Shakespeare Biography

Question 1

What were the names of Shakespeare's parents?

Accepted Answer

John and Mary

Question 2

Shakespeare fathered how many children?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 3

Is it reasonable to think that someone other than Shakespeare wrote the works attributed to him

Accepted Answer

no

Question 4

Where was Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

Stratford-upon-Avon

Question 5

How old was Shakespeare when he got married?

Accepted Answer

18

Question 6

Who did Shakespeare marry?

Accepted Answer

Anne Hathaway

Question 7

Shakespeare was born in what year?

Accepted Answer

1564

Question 8

Why did Shakespeare leave his home town, Stratford?

Accepted Answer

It is not known for sure how or why he left.

Question 9

After 1600, Shakespeare started writing tragedies. Which 5 are his "greatest tragedies"?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Antony & Cleopatra

Question 10

How much did Shakespeare write?

Accepted Answer

38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 epic narrative poems

Question 11

In what year did Shakespeare die?

Accepted Answer

1616

Question 12

The London theater was closed due to an outbreak of _______________ in 1593 and part of 1594.

Accepted Answer

The Bubonic Plague

Question 13

In what year was the Globe Theater built?

Accepted Answer

1599

Question 14

Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar School, aka the King's New School:

Accepted Answer

There are no records of attendance, but it is likely he did.

Question 15

In what year was the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, the First Folio, published

Accepted Answer

1623

Question 16

What county is Stratford-upon-Avon in?

Accepted Answer

Warwickshire

Question 17

The Lord Chamberlain's Men became the King's Men. Which king was their patron?

Accepted Answer

James I

Question 18

In later years, Shakespeare collaborated with what author on the play The Two Noble Kinsmen?

Accepted Answer

John Fletcher

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