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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Will’s acquisition of more land in Stratford enabled him to be considered a…
(a) Lord
(b) Gentleman
(c) Priest
(d) Mayor

2. Which of these was NOT an element of patronage during Will’s day?
(a) Financial support
(b) Legal protection
(c) Adoption into the patron’s family
(d) Social advancement

3. What did Will buy more and more of in Stratford?
(a) Land
(b) Swords
(c) Books
(d) Sheep

4. Who was Christopher Marlowe’s roommate?
(a) The Earl of Southampton
(b) Thomas Nashe
(c) Robert Greene
(d) Thomas Kyd

5. In Chapter 9, who was the reigning monarch of England?
(a) King James
(b) King Henry
(c) Queen Catherine
(d) Queen Elizabeth

6. Describe Queen Elizabeth’s reaction to Richard II.
(a) She was upset
(b) She was indifferent
(c) She was apathetic
(d) She was pleased

7. With whom did Will want to be united near the end of his life?
(a) His wife Anne
(b) His daughter Judith
(c) His daughter Susanna
(d) His son Hamnet

8. In Chapter 8, the author states that the theaters in London were closed. Why was this the case?
(a) Because of church sanctions
(b) Because of financial woes
(c) Because of political unrest
(d) Because of the plague

9. Which person associated with Queen Elizabeth was executed on accusations of heresy and treason?
(a) The monarch’s daughter
(b) The monarch’s hairdresser
(c) The monarch’s doctor
(d) The monarch’s priest

10. What theater in London burned down towards the end of Will’s life?
(a) The Glove
(b) The Globe
(c) The Rose
(d) The Thorn

11. Where was Will’s family living while he was in London?
(a) Stratford
(b) London
(c) Paris
(d) Lancashire

12. Which young aristocrat eventually became Will’s patron?
(a) The Earl of Southampton
(b) King Henry
(c) Queen Elizabeth
(d) The Earl of Stratford

13. Who staged a rebellion against Queen Elizabeth that is described in Chapter 10?
(a) Richard Field
(b) Sir Thomas Lucy
(c) Robert Greene
(d) The Earl of Essex

14. Which member of the important group of playwrights in London was particularly opposed to Will’s success?
(a) Richard Field
(b) The Earl of Southampton
(c) Robert Greene
(d) Christopher Marlowe

15. What relationship forms the basis of human interactions in several of Will’s works in his latter days?
(a) Brother-sister relationship
(b) Father-son relationship
(c) Husband-wife relationship
(d) Father-daughter relationship

Short Answer Questions

1. Will’s plays are considered to be…

2. Which is NOT a description of Christopher Marlowe?

3. What is thought to have been the motivation behind Will’s bequeathment of his second-best bed to his wife?

4. What people group was deported from England hundreds of years before Will’s time?

5. What technique does the author use at the beginning of Chapter 9?

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