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Questions are based on Mr. Batcheller's slide show of Shakespeare's life.
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1
Who banned Christmas in England?
Puritans
Charles I
James I
English Parliment
2
Shakespeare's education was finished at __________.
London School of Economics
King Edward VI School
Cambridge
Oxford
3
Edward de Vere _________.
was the 17th Earl of Oxford
came from Canterbury
was executed for treason in 1599
fathered many children
4
The Bubonic Plague ____________.
killed Queen Elizabeth I
closed London theaters
killed William Shakespeare
never visited London
5
Which of the 50 states in the U.S. is named in honor of Queen Elizabeth I?
Maryland
Virginia
Georgia
Elizabethia
6
Shakespeare's parents were...
middle class
peasants
immigrants
upper class
7
The Globe Theater ________
was built by Queen Elizabeth I
was built in 1596
was built in 1599
was destroyed during a French attack
8
Who were the Groundlings?
Peasant theater goers
clownish characters in a play
members of Shakespeare's acting company
musicians
9
Shakespeare's grave is missing what?
his epitaph
his skull
the bones of his hands
a date of birth
10
Shakespeare was NOT a(n) _________.
poet
actor
politician
theater owner
11
Shakespeare's wife was...
older than him
a distant cousin of his
much younger than him
super hot!
12
Shakespeare's sonnets __________.
were written to his wife
were written by Shakespeare as a teenager.
made Shakespeare rich
were never meant to be published
13
What year was Shakespeare born?
1599
1559
1564
1616
14
Shakespeare's only son was named _______.
Henry
William Jr.
Richard
Hamnet
15
Shakespeare died ________.
with no money
on his birthday
while living in London
suddenly and tragically
16
Which is NOT a theory about the "lost years" of Shakespeare's life?
Catholic Underground
traveled to Italy
deer poaching
joined a troupe of actors
17
Which two English era's did Shakespeare live under?
Elizabethan and Jacobean
Tudor and Elizabethan
York and Tudor
Elizabethan and Jamesian
18
The average lifespan for a Londoner in the 1590s was _________.
35
30
60
55
19
Christopher Marlowe ____________.
was killed in a pub in 1603
tried to take credit for Shakespeare's plays
wrote Faustus
travelled to Italy often
20
Robert Greene called Shakespeare a(n) _______________.
jealous midwife
ravenous dog
upstart crow
spoiled child
