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Year 10 English - Shakespeare's Life
Year 10 English - Shakespeare's Life
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Let's understand more about this guy they called 'The Bard'
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1
What were the names of Shakespeare's parents?
Jim Shakespeare and Mary Arden
John Shakespeare and Mary Arden
Jimothy Shakespeare and Daniella Arden
2
Why was writing plays during the Elizabethan times considered an achievement?
People were illiterate
Inability to act
People were blind
Lack of writing utensils
3
Shakespeare died of.......
The Black Plague
Bowel Cancer
Nobody knows
Drinking too much
4
Plays were usually 3 hours long and held...
in the evening
during the day
5
The actors who played the women's roles were
young men
young women
6
How old was Shakespeare when he married Anne Hathaway?
28
18
17
26
7
He died on his 52nd birthday
True
False
8
Actors in Shakespeare's day were highly respected professionals
True
False
9
Shakespeare had 3 children: Susannah, then twins Hamnet and Judith. Which child died, aged 11?
Judith
Hamnet
Susannah
10
When was Shakespeare born?
23rd of April 1564
23rd of April 1546
6th September 1563
20th of April 1563
11
What were the names of Shakespeare's twins
Anna and Hamlet
Hamnet and Judith
Judith and Anna
Judith and Susanna
12
Shakespeare became an important citizen in Stratford and his family was granted a coat of arms
True
False
13
The emphasis in Shakespeare's plays was on the .....
Realistic story lines
Words
Elaborate sets
Relatable characters
14
Sometimes Shakespeare wrote in prose rather than poetry. What is prose?
everyday language
highly poetic language
15
As he became successful, Shakespeare bought a large house is Stratford for his family called
Big House
Old Place
New House
New Place
16
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
155
154
37
36
17
When the theatres were closed during the plague, Shakespeare wrote poetry for a patron who was:
The Earl of Oxford
Lady Norton
The Lord Chamberlain
The Earl of Southhampton
18
Name the theatre in London which Shakespeare owned shares in and wrote plays for
The Swan
The Rose
The Globe
Blackfriars
19
Shakespeare went to work in London, becoming an actor in which company?
The King's Men
The Lord Chamberlain's Company
The Queen's Players
The Earl of Leicester's Company
20
The commoners who stood to watch Shakespeare's plays were called?
Pennypayers
Groundlings
