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The Biography of William Shakespeare
The Biography of William Shakespeare
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Who was Shakespeare’s wife?
Judith Sadler
Anne Hathaway
Susanna Hall
Mary Queen of Scots
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What is the First Folio?
Edition of his collected plays
His comedies
His poems
His tragedies
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When did Shakespeare die?
1599
1623
1616
1642
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When was Shakespeare born?
1592
1564
1558
1616
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The London theaters closed on account of a virulent outbreak of the plague in 1593 and part of 1594. What disease was?
The Plague of Frogs
The pox
Tuberculosis
Bubonic Plague
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In 1603 Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, became the King's Men. Which king was their patron?
Henry VIII
James I
George III
Edward III
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Shakespeare left his home town of Stratford because
He took a job as a school teacher in the country
He hated his father`s work
He was affraid of prosecution
Nobody knows for sure how or why he left
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When was the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, called the First Folio, published?
1616
1685
1623
1599
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When was the Globe Theatre built?
1594
1599
1608
1613
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How old was Shakespeare when he got married?
20
16
18
22
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Which of his plays was lost forever?
Cymbeline
Coriolanus
Troilus and Cressida
Cardenio
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At what age did Shakespeare write his first play?
18
25
22
29
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Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford upon Avon
Snitterfield
London
Oxford
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The names of Shakespeare's father and mother were
John and Mary
Abraham and Sara
Thomas and Elisabeth
William and Anne
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When did Shakespeare leave his home town of Stratford?
1592
1595
1599
1593
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How much did Shakespeare write?
4 plays, 38 sonnets, 5 epic narrative poem
38 plays, 154 sonnets, 2 epic narrative poems
1 play, 38 sonnets,154 epic narrative poems
54 plays, 5 sonnets, 38 epic narrative plays
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What theatre did Shakespeare found?
Globe
Royal Theatre
London Theatre
Moon
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Which five plays are as known as his "great tragedies"?
Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra
The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV P.1, Henry IV P.2, Henry V, Twelfth Night
Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Hamlet, Cymbeline
King John, Henry VI P.1, Richard II, Richard III, Henry VIII
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Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar School, also known as the King's New School:
from 1569 to 1579
He did not attend any school
There are no records of his school attendance
He attended other school
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How many children did Shakespeare have?
2
1
3
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