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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The relationship that Will had with what person enabled him to gain more knowledge and have greater access to books?
(a) Christopher Marlowe
(b) Robert Greene
(c) Richard Field
(d) Edmund Campion

2. Why did “The Queen’s Men” supposedly need an additional actor?
(a) One of their members had been killed
(b) One of their members had quit
(c) One of their members had been arrested
(d) One of their members had gotten the plague

3. Chapter 6 begins with a discussion of…
(a) The political climate of Will’s day
(b) Life in the various sections of London
(c) Life in nearby France
(d) The life of Will’s children

4. Will attended a school that was most likely for…
(a) Servants
(b) Boys and girls alike
(c) Religious students only
(d) Upper middle class students

5. Chapter 5 ends with a discussion of…
(a) Why Will did not leave documents inscribed with his name
(b) Why Will did not have a happy marriage
(c) Why Will did not live with his family
(d) Why Will wrote so prolifically

6. What illegal activity was John Shakespeare involved in?
(a) Deer poaching
(b) Illicit wool dealing
(c) Spying
(d) Whiskey brewing

7. Which of Will’s plays was particularly influenced by the work of Christopher Marlowe?
(a) Romeo and Juliet
(b) King Lear
(c) Henry VI
(d) Othello

8. What did Will see upon entering his new home city that made him afraid?
(a) People dying from the plague
(b) An army of soldiers coming out to meet him
(c) Heads of executed men impaled on spears
(d) The crumbling defenses of the city

9. Which early farcical play written by Will was likely influenced by his studies in school?
(a) Comedy of Errors
(b) Macbeth
(c) Henry IV
(d) Hamlet

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

11. What was the name of Will’s wife?
(a) Mary Arden
(b) Anne Hathaway
(c) Rosalie Campion
(d) Juliet Greene

12. What illegal activity was Will possibly involved in?
(a) Illicit wool trading
(b) Deer poaching
(c) Stealing from the rich
(d) Whiskey brewing

13. What characteristic was prevalent among theaters during Will’s day?
(a) Honesty
(b) Collaboration
(c) Generosity
(d) Competition

14. Which of these was NOT a major location of recreation in London during Will’s day?
(a) Brothels
(b) Horse tracks
(c) Bear-baiting pits
(d) Theaters

15. What is a possible evidence for John’s Shakespeare’s suspected alcoholism?
(a) Detailed descriptions of John Shakespeare’s alcoholism
(b) Drunken father-like figures in several of Will’s plays
(c) Written statements by Will’s siblings
(d) Complaints made by Will’s mother

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of Will’s plays does NOT discuss loss of social status?

2. Which is a likely description of Will’s marriage?

3. In Chapter 3, what occupation is presented as one that Will might have done while living in Lancashire?

4. Who wrote Tamburlaine the Great?

5. In which of these writings did Will refer to his wife?

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