WITCHCRAFT IN SHAKESPEARE'S TIME

Question 1

What was the name of the act that made witchcraft a serious offense in 1542?

Accepted Answer

Witchcraft act

Question 2

Was Macbeth the play that Shakespeare's play prominently featured witches?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What did Christian Europeans believe witches could do?

Accepted Answer

Cause harm

Question 4

Why did people in the Elizabethan era believe in witchcraft?

Accepted Answer

They blamed witches for misfortunes like plagues and deaths

Question 5

When was the first Witchcraft Act passed in England?

Accepted Answer

1542

Question 6

Shakespeare never included supernatural elements in his plays?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Which of these people were most commonly accused of witchcraft?

Accepted Answer

Poor, old, single, or wise women

Question 8

Christian Europeans believed witches made pacts with the devil.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

Who was the English king fascinated by witchcraft and demonology?

Accepted Answer

James I

Question 10

What did the “water test” determine about witches?

Accepted Answer

Floating meant they were a witch

Question 11

What was a common way to determine if someone was a witch?

Accepted Answer

Looking for “witch marks” on their body

Question 12

The Witchcraft Act of 1542 was abolished and later reinstated in 1562.

Accepted Answer

True

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