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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which of Will’s plays are husbands portrayed as neglecting their wives?
(a) Macbeth
(b) Julius Caesar
(c) King Lear
(d) Hamlet

2. Will’s wife was likely of what faith?
(a) Paganism
(b) Hedonism
(c) Roman Catholicism
(d) Protestantism

3. What does Tamburlaine the Great contain that impacted Will’s own writing?
(a) Soliloquies
(b) Epic poems
(c) Mean characters
(d) Massive spectacles

4. Which description does NOT fit the members of the important group of playwrights in London during Will’s day?
(a) Intent upon making a mark in theater
(b) Generous and mild
(c) University educated
(d) Outcasts from their families

5. Gloves during this time were made from which material?
(a) Silk
(b) Leather
(c) Polyester
(d) Cotton

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Will feel about a future career in theater?

2. What main theme in presented in Chapter 4 as occurring in many of Will’s later theatrical works?

3. What was the name of Will’s mother?

4. What illegal activity was John Shakespeare involved in?

5. Where did Will possibly live between the time of his school days and his marriage?

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