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1
What was the population of Stratford-Upon-Avon during Shakespeare's time?
2500
5200
6000
4500
2
What were the names of Shakespeare's sisters? Pick two.
Joan
Mary
Elizabeth
Anne
3
How old was Shakespeare when he died?
52
57
51
53
4
What is Shakespeare's longest play?
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
King Lear
5
What was the name for where Elizabethans threw their toilet waste?
skip
muckheaps
bathroom
gutter
6
What did Elizabethans actors use to recreate the effect of someone being stabbed?
rotting cabbage
pig bladders
red paint
tea
7
How many brothers and sisters did Shakespeare have?
2
3
None
5
8
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
38
41
37
39
9
When did William Shakespeare die?
April 24th 1616
April 22nd 1616
April 25th 1616
April 23rd 1616
10
How many people could the Globe Theatre hold?
2500
5000
3500
1500
11
What date was William Shakespeare born?
April 23rd 1564
April 24th 1546
April 24th 1654
April 23rd 1654
12
Name Shakespeare's three children.
William
Hamnet
Judith
Susanna
13
How much did tickets cost for a groundling?
£1
£10.00
10p
1p
14
Who does Miranda fall in love with and marry in The Tempest?
Angelo
Eduardo
Ferdinand
Ricardo
15
Apart from bread, what might you eat for breakfast in Elizabethan England?
Granola
Pancakes
Porridge
Bacon
16
What are 'cheat' and 'manchet' types of?
Bread
Hat
Wine
Dance
17
What are the names of the feuding families in Romeo and Juliet? Pick two.
Montgomery
Capulet
Montague
Catapult
18
What is 'rother' an Old English word for?
dinner
cattle
school
marriage
19
Who did Shakespeare marry?
Anne Hathaway
Anna Hathaway
Anne of Cleves
Anna Kendrick
20
What were the people called who stood in the area at the front of the stage?
bottomleas
earthlings
floorings
groundlings
