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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Arby kick out of the company?
(a) A boy who plays a trick on Nat.
(b) A boy who is too young to be there.
(c) No one.
(d) A boy who refuses to play the games.

2. What is the name of Shakespeare's son?
(a) Othello.
(b) John.
(c) Rosencrantz.
(d) Hanmet.

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

4. What class does John Heminges teach?
(a) Tumbling.
(b) Singing.
(c) Fencing.
(d) Elocution.

5. Whose voice sounds somewhat like Elizabethan English?
(a) Gil's.
(b) Arby's.
(c) No one's.
(d) Nat's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nat say as to how his father died?

2. What does Gilbourne urge the apprentices to do?

3. What is one thing that worries Nat?

4. What does Nat find comforting even in the heat of an argument?

5. For how long will the Company of Boys rehearse in their current location?

(see the answer key)

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