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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 1 focuses largely on the importance of…
(a) Will’s health
(b) Will’s religious preferences
(c) Will’s childhood and education
(d) Will’s mental aptitude

2. Who wrote Tamburlaine the Great?
(a) Robert Greene
(b) Anne Hathaway
(c) Christopher Marlowe
(d) Sir Thomas Lucy

3. What illegal activity was Will possibly involved in?
(a) Whiskey brewing
(b) Stealing from the rich
(c) Deer poaching
(d) Illicit wool trading

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears to be a driving force behind Will’s hasty marriage?

2. Where did Will meet his future wife?

3. Which of the following was NOT a difference between Will and his wife?

4. What was the name of Will’s wife?

5. What eventually happened to Edmund Campion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the possible reason for Will’s hasty marriage and identify which of Will’s plays reflects the same urgency between a male and female character.

2. Was it dangerous for people to travel by road in Will’s day? What did they need for safe passage?

3. What influence did Will’s education have on his later work as a playwright?

4. Why would John Shakespeare’s fall into disrepute have been bothersome to Will?

5. Describe the community in which Will grew up. Was it in a rural area? Was it in a big city?

6. Describe how Will’s father, John Shakespeare, influenced Will’s exposure to theater at a young age.

7. Why would Will’s continued relationship with Edmund Campion have been a hindrance for his career?

8. In Will’s day, what was London like inside the ancient Roman wall that surrounded the city? What was London like outside that same wall?

9. What was another way that Will would have been exposed to theater as a young child?

10. What was the character of John Shakespeare? Was he an upstanding citizen?

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