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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the nameless Lord ask Shakespeare to cancel one of the performances at the Globe?
(a) The weather is so dry, there is a fire hazard.
(b) So the Globe can be completed properly for the Queen's visit.
(c) For the Queen's safety.
(d) There is too much poverty and entertainment is crass at this time.

2. What does Nat sleep with under his pillow?
(a) A translation of King Lear.
(b) His last tooth that fell out.
(c) Shakespeare's sonnet.
(d) A drawing of the Queen.

3. About what does Nat yearn to tell the group?
(a) The advancements of the 20th century.
(b) The dangers of dirt.
(c) His younger sister's acting.
(d) His parents' deaths.

4. What do the nurses fail to notice about Nat?
(a) That he looks and sounds different from other boys his age.
(b) That he is using vocabularly that is not used in the late 20th century.
(c) That he is speaking French.
(d) That he has a different eye color than the boy brought in.

5. What does Nat hope will happen as he returns to St. Paul's?
(a) He will not be allowed to return to St. Paul's.
(b) Something mysterious will happen.
(c) He will be recognized as a talented actor.
(d) No one will realize Nat is not Nat Field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nat's father's occupation?

2. What is Nat's impression of the Queen?

3. What role will Richard Burbage assume in the play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?

4. What does Nurse Stevens do that calms Nat to sleep?

5. Who compliments Burbage for his costume?

(see the answer key)

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