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1
Shakespeare's plays were originally written
as popular entertainment, like movies and television today
for serious study by scholars and students
to amuse the upper class
2
The real Shakespeare never actually met
Queen Elizabeth II
the actor, Ned Allen
the theater owner, Phillip Henslowe
3
In the Elizabethan theater, groundlings were
small mammals used in popular entertainments
stagehands
spectators standing in an open area in front of the stage
4
One of Shakespeare's real-life rivals was the playwrite
Geoffrey Chaucer
Christopher Marlowe
Tom Stoppard
5
Though we think of him as a playwright, during most of his life Shakespeare was also
a lawyer
an actor
a journalist
6
The time in which Shakespeare lived is known as the "Elizabethan era" because
England was ruled by Queen Elizabeth I
England was ruled by Queen Elizabeth II
England was shaken by religious controversy
7
Queen Elizabeth herself
wrote plays and sometimes appeared on stage
enjoyed plays and frequently attended performances
abhorred plays and often ordered the theaters closed
8
William Shakespeare is called "The Bard of Avon" because
he once sold cosmetics
he was descended from the noble family of Avon
he was born in the town of Stratford on the river Avon
9
Laws in Shakespeare's time prohibited
spectators from throwing objects at the actors on stage
dogs from appearing on stage
women from appearing on stage
10
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet is based on
experiences in Shakespeare's own life
a scandal that really occurred in Elizabethan London
an old Italian story of star-crossed love