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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16 and Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nat remember from his history lesson about the Earl of Essex?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The Earl died of the plague.
(c) The Queen had the Earl executed.
(d) The Earl adopted a son from the theater.

2. Who signals Nat and Harry incorrectly?
(a) Gilbourne.
(b) Roper.
(c) Burbage.
(d) No one.

3. What does Nat think is similar to the Globe Theater of 1999?
(a) Carneige Hall.
(b) The Globe of 1599.
(c) Nothing that he knows.
(d) The old playhouse in Maine where he did summer stock.

4. Who quit the acting company in a dramatic fashion?
(a) Will Kempe.
(b) Nat.
(c) No one.
(d) Harry.

5. What does Nick Tooley ask Nat about Nat's aunt?
(a) If she is an actor.
(b) If she is his dad's sister.
(c) If she is married.
(d) If she is a wise woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Sam Gilbourne ask Nat?

2. When is the Company of Boys allowed to rehearse at the theater?

3. How does Nat save Roper's life?

4. How does Nat feel onstage?

5. What is the name of Shakespeare's son?

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