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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main purpose for Will writing Venus and Adonis?
(a) To get out of jail
(b) To make a religious statement
(c) To make a political statement
(d) To gain favor

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

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

4. Who was Christopher Marlowe’s roommate?
(a) The Earl of Southampton
(b) Robert Greene
(c) Thomas Nashe
(d) Thomas Kyd

5. What was the name of the house that Will purchased?
(a) Dominant Hope
(b) New Hope
(c) Old Faith
(d) New Place

6. To whom did Will leave all of his property in his will?
(a) To his daughter Susanna
(b) To his wife Anne
(c) To his daughter Judith
(d) To his son Hamnet

7. Which member of the important group of playwrights in London was particularly opposed to Will’s success?
(a) Robert Greene
(b) Richard Field
(c) Christopher Marlowe
(d) The Earl of Southampton

8. In which of Will’s plays does Sir John Falstaff appear?
(a) Othello
(b) Macbeth
(c) Henry IV
(d) Henry VI

9. What activities did the important group of playwrights in London spend much money and time doing?
(a) Building theaters
(b) Traveling abroad
(c) Drinking and partying
(d) Helping the poor

10. Both Will and Marlowe utilized main characters in their works from what people group?
(a) Jews
(b) Africans
(c) Russians
(d) Australians

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

12. Which description does NOT fit the members of the important group of playwrights in London during Will’s day?
(a) University educated
(b) Outcasts from their families
(c) Intent upon making a mark in theater
(d) Generous and mild

13. What is the basic plot of Will’s play Richard II?
(a) A powerful monarch gets sick
(b) A cowardly monarch flees the country
(c) A feeble monarch is deposed
(d) A strong monarch is overthrown

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

15. What was a result of the production of Hamlet?
(a) Will was invited to go to France to write plays
(b) Will’s position as a preeminent playwright was assured
(c) Will was made a knight by the queen
(d) Will’s position as a playwright in London was destroyed

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Will’s children died?

2. Which of these was a prominent playwright within the theater community of Will’s day?

3. What did Robert Greene do to criticize Will publicly?

4. In which play did Will NOT poke fun at the members of the prominent group of playwrights in London during his day?

5. Which play did Will write that contains an important Jewish character (Shylock)?

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