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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a popular way of teaching students in Will’s school?
(a) Travel abroad
(b) Independent studies at home
(c) Enacting classical plays
(d) Reading many texts

2. What does Tamburlaine the Great contain that impacted Will’s own writing?
(a) Soliloquies
(b) Mean characters
(c) Epic poems
(d) Massive spectacles

3. Chapter 1 begins with a discussion of…
(a) Will's early childhood
(b) Will's marriage
(c) Will's death
(d) Will's baptism

4. What did Will apparently believe in as the “ultimate religion?”
(a) Romantic love
(b) Paganism
(c) Roman Catholicism
(d) Protestantism

5. What play did Will likely see upon his arrival in London?
(a) Macbeth
(b) As You Like It
(c) Elizabeth I
(d) Tamburlaine the Great

6. In what country is Stratford located?
(a) England
(b) Germany
(c) France
(d) Poland

7. What characteristic was prevalent among theaters during Will’s day?
(a) Competition
(b) Honesty
(c) Generosity
(d) Collaboration

8. What important thing was developed in Will through his early education?
(a) Financial independence
(b) A love of mathematics
(c) Stellar grammar
(d) A love of language

9. In which of Will’s plays are husbands portrayed as neglecting their wives?
(a) King Lear
(b) Hamlet
(c) Julius Caesar
(d) Macbeth

10. Which early farcical play written by Will was likely influenced by his studies in school?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Henry IV
(c) Macbeth
(d) Comedy of Errors

11. Where did Will go, apparently in retreat, shortly after his marriage?
(a) London
(b) Stratford
(c) Lancashire
(d) Paris

12. How did Will feel about a future career in theater?
(a) He did not care
(b) He did not like the idea of it at all
(c) He liked the idea of it very much
(d) He felt torn between theater and teaching

13. What main theme in presented in Chapter 4 as occurring in many of Will’s later theatrical works?
(a) Hard work
(b) Marriage
(c) Pregnancy
(d) Parenting

14. What was John Shakespeare’s primary occupation?
(a) Glove maker
(b) Teacher
(c) Builder
(d) Priest

15. Will’s wife was likely of what faith?
(a) Paganism
(b) Roman Catholicism
(c) Protestantism
(d) Hedonism

Short Answer Questions

1. Gloves during this time were made from which material?

2. What illegal activity was Will possibly involved in?

3. What trait is characteristic of all Will’s rural characters?

4. Where did Will go after leaving the county where he met Campion?

5. What illegal activity was John Shakespeare involved in?

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