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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 does Nat realize about Roper?
(a) Roper is just like Nat's brother.
(b) Roper's dislike is enviousness.
(c) Roper cannot read.
(d) Roper is just like Nat's best friend in the United States.

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

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

4. Where is Nat when he wakes in Chapter 4?
(a) In a different bed from that at the Fisher's.
(b) In his bed at the Jones' household.
(c) In a theater in Paris.
(d) Back in his bed at his aunt's house in the United States.

5. Of what does the Company of Boys comprise?
(a) The actors, theater crew, rehearsal staff and costume maker.
(b) The rehearsal staff and the board of trustees.
(c) The actors.
(d) The actors and rehearsal staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. What seems louder to Nat?

2. What is one of the plays being rehearsed?

3. What class does John Heminges teach?

4. How does Nat feel in this time period?

5. What play is Shakespeare thinking of writing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the purpose of the games and what does Nat think of some of the games?

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

5. How does Nat respond when Shakespeare calls the group a family and what does Shakespeare do?

6. How does Roper conspire to make Nat look bad?

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

8. What does Arby forbid the boys to do and how does Nat react to Arby's guidance?

9. How does Nat increase his acting skills, in particular playing the character of Puck?

10. How is Nat different from the other apprentices and to what do the apprentices attribute the differences?

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