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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Will and Christopher Marlowe have in common?
(a) Love of language
(b) The same university education
(c) The desire to drink heavily
(d) Family connections

2. Who did the Earl of Southampton eventually marry?
(a) Will’s sister
(b) One of the queen’s maids
(c) Will’s daughter
(d) A princess from France

3. What is the name of another epic poem that Will wrote?
(a) Othello
(b) The Rape of Lucrece
(c) As You Like It
(d) Hamlet

4. In which play did Will NOT poke fun at the members of the prominent group of playwrights in London during his day?
(a) Hamlet
(b) The Merry Wives of Windsor
(c) Twelfth Night
(d) King Lear

5. What did Queen Elizabeth require of her subjects, no matter what their religious beliefs were?
(a) Public baptism
(b) Tithing to the Protestant church
(c) Attendance of the weekly government-mandated church services
(d) Commitment to marriage

6. Which is NOT a description of Will?
(a) Sexually cautious
(b) Socially and politically reticent
(c) Tied by commitment to his family
(d) A drinker and a brawler

7. What does Chapter 8 say that Will may have developed towards the Earl of Southampton?
(a) Apathy
(b) Animosity
(c) Romantic feelings
(d) Sympathy

8. Which of these is a writing technique that Will used in writing Hamlet?
(a) Alliteration
(b) Rewriting of an earlier play
(c) Group writing
(d) Intentional forgetfulness of characters

9. What was another significant innovation in Hamlet that refers to the development of the play’s characters?
(a) Removal of all women
(b) Removal of consequences
(c) Removal of motivation for actions
(d) Removal of character descriptions

10. What people group was deported from England hundreds of years before Will’s time?
(a) Africans
(b) Russians
(c) Jews
(d) Australians

11. What object did Will leave to his wife after his death?
(a) All of his money
(b) The family home
(c) His second-best bed
(d) His personal sword

12. What happened to the Earl of Essex?
(a) He was pardoned
(b) He was deported
(c) He was imprisoned for life
(d) He was executed

13. Which of these was NOT one of Will’s early comedies?
(a) The Taming of the Shrew
(b) The Comedy of Errors
(c) King Lear
(d) Two Gentleman of Verona

14. Which young aristocrat eventually became Will’s patron?
(a) King Henry
(b) The Earl of Stratford
(c) The Earl of Southampton
(d) Queen Elizabeth

15. In what year did Will die?
(a) 1616
(b) 1580
(c) 1620
(d) 1610

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a result of the production of Hamlet?

2. Which best describes the theme of Venus and Adonis?

3. What technique does the author use at the beginning of Chapter 9?

4. Chapter 8 focuses mostly on Will’s…

5. 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?

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