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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 was the name of Paris' wife?
(a) Abigail.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Sara.

2. How old must Sarah be before she can be engaged?
(a) 22.
(b) 25.
(c) 18.
(d) 15.

3. Whose conflict is the cast of the play discussing in Book One, Part Four?
(a) Kemp's and Paris'.
(b) Bailey's and Aubrey's.
(c) Adams' and Erasmus'.
(d) Sarah's and Erasmus'.

4. Who does Thurso decide to have flogged?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) Matthew Paris.
(c) His son.
(d) Barton.

5. To whom does Paris write a letter?
(a) Charles.
(b) William Kemp.
(c) His dead wife.
(d) The Bishop of Norwich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things are built in Book One, Part One, Chapter Eight?

2. In what city does the Prologue take place?

3. Who argues over the value of each slave?

4. Why does Thurso tell his men not to mistreat the slaves?

5. Who asks Paris to be part of the ship's crew?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Erasmus compare to cattle in Book One, Part Four?

2. What good results from the slaves going aboard the ship, according to the narrator in Book One, Part Four?

3. Describe Paris' last night on shore before boarding the Ship.

4. How does the reader gain an inside perspective of the death of Paris' wife?

5. Why is Kemp so motivated to convince Paris to go aboard the Ship?

6. What types of memories does Paris frequently dwell on when he is on the ship?

7. Which three characters share a toast in Book One and why do they share it?

8. How does Erasmus' role in the play reflect aspects of himself in real life?

9. Why does Erasmus not like Matthew Paris?

10. Why is the title of the play rehearsed on the Wolpert property appropriate?

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