9M12 Shakespeare Quiz

Question 1

Why were authorities not happy with the theatre district?

Accepted Answer

Poor sanitation, People left work early

Question 2

What language would Shakespeare have learned at the Grammar school?

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 3

Which of these words is he said to have invented?

Accepted Answer

alligator, bedroom

Question 4

Which monarch believed in witchcraft?

Accepted Answer

James

Question 5

How did students learn?

Accepted Answer

Through memorisation and acting

Question 6

Which monarch was excommunicated from the church by the pope?

Accepted Answer

Queen Elizabeth

Question 7

Shakespeare's son was named...

Accepted Answer

Hamnet

Question 8

What poetic style did Shakespeare write in?

Accepted Answer

Iambic Pentameter

Question 9

How old was Shakespeare when he got married?

Accepted Answer

18

Question 10

School in Shakespeare's time ran generally from...

Accepted Answer

6am-6pm

Question 11

Female characters were played by...

Accepted Answer

Adolescent boys

Question 12

Queen Elizabeth issued laws governing fashions people could wear.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

How many plays did he write?

Accepted Answer

37

Question 14

How many words is Shakespeare said to have invented or popularised?

Accepted Answer

1700

Question 15

Would Shakespeare have learned to write at the Grammar school?

Accepted Answer

Probably not

Question 16

Did the Globe Theatre have a roof?

Accepted Answer

No

Question 17

Religion in Elizabethan England was divided between...

Accepted Answer

Catholic and Protestant

Question 18

A ticket to a Shakespeare play cost the same as...

Accepted Answer

a loaf of bread

Question 19

William Shakespeare often staged his plays in this theatre.

Accepted Answer

Globe

Question 20

A woman's ultimate goal in Elizabethan England was...

Accepted Answer

Marriage

Question 21

A popular form of entertainment during this time was...

Accepted Answer

public executions

Question 22

Where was he born?

Accepted Answer

Stratford-Upon-Avon

Question 23

What could women learn?

Accepted Answer

Household management, Music, dancing

Question 24

Why do people question Shakespeare's authenticity?

Accepted Answer

Lack of documented evidence, His humble origins

Question 25

In the Elizabethan period, which two countries merged?

Accepted Answer

England and Scotland

Question 26

When were plays held?

Accepted Answer

During the day

Question 27

Women could attend school.

Accepted Answer

False

9M12 Shakespeare Quiz

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9M12 Shakespeare Quiz

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