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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of an epic poem that Will wrote?
(a) Venus and Adonis
(b) As You Like It
(c) Othello
(d) Come to Me
2. What was the name of the house that Will purchased?
(a) Dominant Hope
(b) New Place
(c) New Hope
(d) Old Faith
3. Where was Will buried?
(a) Lancashire
(b) London
(c) Birmingham
(d) Stratford
4. Who did the Earl of Southampton eventually marry?
(a) Will’s sister
(b) Will’s daughter
(c) One of the queen’s maids
(d) A princess from France
5. What happened to the Earl of Essex?
(a) He was executed
(b) He was imprisoned for life
(c) He was deported
(d) He was pardoned
6. Which character in one of Will’s works especially reflects the encounters that Will had with two of the members of the important group of playwrights in London?
(a) Romeo
(b) Falstaff
(c) King Lear
(d) John Cade
7. Will’s acquisition of more land in Stratford enabled him to be considered a…
(a) Mayor
(b) Priest
(c) Lord
(d) Gentleman
8. Chapter 11 begins with…
(a) More discussion about Hamlet
(b) More discussion about Othello
(c) More discussion about Venus and Adonis
(d) More discussion about King Lear
9. Which important person in Will’s life supported the rebellion against the queen led by the Earl of Essex?
(a) The Earl of Southampton
(b) Richard Field
(c) The Duke of York
(d) Christopher Marlowe
10. What phrase best describes the Earl of Southampton?
(a) Focused on traveling
(b) Religious
(c) Self-indulgent
(d) In poor health
11. Where was Will’s family living while he was in London?
(a) Stratford
(b) Lancashire
(c) London
(d) Paris
12. What theater in London burned down towards the end of Will’s life?
(a) The Thorn
(b) The Globe
(c) The Rose
(d) The Glove
13. Where did Will live near the end of his life?
(a) London
(b) Lancashire
(c) Birmingham
(d) Stratford
14. Which is NOT a description of Christopher Marlowe?
(a) Dedicated to the church
(b) Socially and politically outspoken
(c) A drinker and a brawler
(d) Sexually liberated
15. Which of these prominent playwrights died last?
(a) Campion
(b) Greene
(c) Marlowe
(d) Shakespeare
Short Answer Questions
1. What is thought to have been the motivation behind Will’s bequeathment of his second-best bed to his wife?
2. In Chapter 9, who was the reigning monarch of England?
3. In what year did Will die?
4. Which of these was a prominent playwright within the theater community of Will’s day?
5. What did Queen Elizabeth require of her subjects, no matter what their religious beliefs were?
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