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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Queen Elizabeth require of her subjects, no matter what their religious beliefs were?
(a) Tithing to the Protestant church
(b) Attendance of the weekly government-mandated church services
(c) Public baptism
(d) Commitment to marriage

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

3. Who took Robert Greene in so that he did not have to die on the streets of London?
(a) A shoemaker
(b) A queen
(c) An actor
(d) Another playwright

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

5. In what year did Will die?
(a) 1620
(b) 1616
(c) 1580
(d) 1610

6. What happened to the Earl of Essex?
(a) He was executed
(b) He was deported
(c) He was pardoned
(d) He was imprisoned for life

7. Where did Will live near the end of his life?
(a) London
(b) Lancashire
(c) Birmingham
(d) Stratford

8. Which best describes the theme of Venus and Adonis?
(a) A spiritual quest
(b) A political intrigue
(c) A treatise on parenting
(d) A tangle of romantic expression

9. What was a result of the production of Hamlet?
(a) Will was made a knight by the queen
(b) Will’s position as a playwright in London was destroyed
(c) Will was invited to go to France to write plays
(d) Will’s position as a preeminent playwright was assured

10. What was the name of Christopher Marlowe’s play that was about a Jew?
(a) The Jew of Malta
(b) Come Alongside Me
(c) As You Like It
(d) Tamburlaine the Great

11. Which of Will’s plays does the removal of motivation for characters’ actions NOT affect?
(a) Twelfth Night
(b) Hamlet
(c) Othello
(d) King Lear

12. Which is NOT a description of Will?
(a) Socially and politically reticent
(b) Tied by commitment to his family
(c) Sexually cautious
(d) A drinker and a brawler

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

14. What was the name of the house that Will purchased?
(a) New Place
(b) Old Faith
(c) New Hope
(d) Dominant Hope

15. Which monarch ascended to the throne after the death of Queen Elizabeth?
(a) King James I
(b) King Richard II
(c) Queen Elizabeth II
(d) King Henry IV

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character in one of Will’s works especially reflects the encounters that Will had with two of the members of the important group of playwrights in London?

2. Which person associated with Queen Elizabeth was executed on accusations of heresy and treason?

3. Chapter 8 focuses mostly on Will’s…

4. In which play did Will NOT poke fun at the members of the prominent group of playwrights in London during his day?

5. Which of these descriptions does NOT reflect Will’s relationship with the Globe Theater?

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