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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. What happened to the members of the important group of playwrights in London during Will’s day?
(a) They all left the country
(b) They all died
(c) They all conspired to assassinate Will in the method of Julius Caesar
(d) They all joined the Church

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

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

4. Where did Will live near the end of his life?
(a) Lancashire
(b) London
(c) Birmingham
(d) Stratford

5. Who staged a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth that is described in Chapter 10?
(a) Richard Field
(b) Robert Greene
(c) The Earl of Essex
(d) Sir Thomas Lucy

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Christopher Marlowe’s play that was about a Jew?

2. What does Chapter 8 say that Will may have developed towards the Earl of Southampton?

3. What did Will publish in rebuttal of Robert Greene’s written attacks?

4. Where was Will buried?

5. During the production of which of Will’s plays did the Globe Theater burn down?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who defended Will and his work after the criticism voiced by Robert Greene? Why might this person have defended Will?

2. Why was Will’s removal of explained motivation for the actions of his characters important?

3. Which character did Will create that seemed to be a reflection of his experiences with both Christopher Marlowe and Robert Greene? What is one trait of this character?

4. In what ways were Christopher Marlowe and Will similar?

5. What was Will’s response to the fact that Richard II was not well-received by Queen Elizabeth?

6. Why did Will not fit in with the prominent group of playwrights in London? How were they different from him?

7. Describe Will’s relationship with the Earl of Southampton.

8. What were the provisions of Will’s will? What object did he leave to his wife?

9. What great tragedy did Will write in the latter part of his life that centered around a father-daughter relationship?

10. Describe why Will’s play Richard II was not well-received by Queen Elizabeth.

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