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

2. What does Nurse Stevens do that calms Nat to sleep?
(a) Sings a few lines from a Shakespeare play.
(b) Hums a 16th century lullaby.
(c) Gives him an sleeping pill.
(d) Recites a few lines from A Midsummer Night's Dream.

3. What do the apprentices eat for lunch?
(a) Meat pies and beer.
(b) Bread and jam.
(c) Bread and cheese.
(d) Nothing.

4. Who is quite animated when acting?
(a) Gil.
(b) Eric.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Nat.

5. Of what does Nat dream?
(a) His dead brother.
(b) His dead dog.
(c) His parents.
(d) Flying high above Earth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the first play the Company of Boys rehearses?

3. What character does Nat play in one of the plays?

4. What does Nat forbid any of the boys to see?

5. Who is Rachel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the apprentices go after classes?

2. What does Nat learn about the Globe Theater of 1599?

3. Where does Nat move in Chapter 10 and who shows him around?

4. What does Roper suggest the boys do and what does Nat feel he must go?

5. What does Arby point out to Nat in the first reading of one play?

6. What does Nat learn about an upcoming visit from the Queen and what does he have to do regarding the news?

7. With whom does Nat live in London and how does he feel about them?

8. Why does Arby kick one of the boys out of the company?

9. What happens to make Nat feel uncomfortable with his fellow actors?

10. How do Arby and Gill have a small confrontation and what is the result?

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