Shakespeare Background Test Review

Question 1

Flagellants believed the plague was caused by...

Accepted Answer

God's anger

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an occupation of John Shakespeare?

Accepted Answer

gatherer

Question 3

Black Death conquered Europe for...

Accepted Answer

200 years

Question 4

John and Mary Shakespeare had...

Accepted Answer

6 living children

Question 5

Where did Shakespeare learn Latin and Greek?

Accepted Answer

King's New School

Question 6

Time period from 14th-16th centuries

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 7

The reformation was a split between the Catholics and the Anglicans.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

Time period from 5th-15th centuries

Accepted Answer

Medieval

Question 9

For what was the Tower of London NOT used?

Accepted Answer

judicial hearings

Question 10

King Henry VIII was considered an abominable monarch.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Renaissance is Spanish for "rebirth"

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Henry VIII's 2nd wife was Anne Boleyn.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Shakespeare had ______ children.

Accepted Answer

3

Question 14

Shakespeare was the ________ child of John and Mary.

Accepted Answer

third

Question 15

A symbol of a family's coat of arms

Accepted Answer

Memorial Ring

Question 16

Kipchak Janiberg used the plague

Accepted Answer

as a means to conquer his enemies

Question 17

Shakespeare wrote 5 plays.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

From the years 1584-1594, Shakespeare wrote mostly...

Accepted Answer

comedies

Question 19

Edward I was Queen Elizabeth's successor.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 20

Where is The Globe located?

Accepted Answer

Bankside

Question 21

Queen Elizabeth was a Protestant.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 22

What is a Dogsbody?

Accepted Answer

an apprentice

Question 23

Shakespeare's first child was conceived out-of-wedlock.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

How old was Shakespeare when he married?

Accepted Answer

18

Question 25

Shakespeare wrote to entertain the upper class and royalty.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

Who was excommunicated from the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

Henry VIII

Question 27

Shakespeare's mother

Accepted Answer

Mary Arden

Question 28

The path the plague traveled.

Accepted Answer

China, Tartars, Italy, France, England

Question 29

James I was the first King of England and Ireland at the same time.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 30

Who sponsored Shakespeare's work?

Accepted Answer

Henry Wriothesley

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