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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Will feel about a future career in theater?
(a) He felt torn between theater and teaching
(b) He did not like the idea of it at all
(c) He liked the idea of it very much
(d) He did not care

2. What was John Shakespeare’s primary occupation?
(a) Priest
(b) Glove maker
(c) Builder
(d) Teacher

3. Which of these was a prominent playwright within the theater community of Will’s day?
(a) Edmund Campion
(b) Christopher Marlowe
(c) Richard Field
(d) Sir Thomas Lucy

4. Which of these prominent playwrights died last?
(a) Marlowe
(b) Shakespeare
(c) Greene
(d) Campion

5. What aspect of social life was very important in Will’s time?
(a) Honesty
(b) Generosity
(c) Status
(d) Health

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these is a skill that Will needed to learn in order to be successful as an actor?

2. Where did Will meet his future wife?

3. Which of these WAS an aspect of life inside the ancient Roman wall in London?

4. In which of Will’s plays do characters get married because of an unhealthy obsession?

5. What play did Will likely see upon his arrival in London?

(see the answer key)

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