Popular Prose on Page and Stage

able to read and write fluently

• literate
• ransom

money that is paid to free someone who is captured

• ransom
• linger

nervous, worried

• anxious
• vulgar

to wait or stay around longer

• linger
• vulgar

impolite, crude, inappropriate

• vulgar
• linger

made from straw

• thatched
• ransom

What job did Cervantes have before he became a writer?

• soldier and tax collector
• blacksmith and policeman

Who was called "The Bard of Avon?"

• Shakespeare
• Cervantes

What country was Shakespeare from?

• England
• Italy

What country was Cervantes from?

• Spain
• Portugal