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This is a quiz on facts about Shakespeare's life.
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1
Shakespeare was born in ________.
London
Stratford
Edinburgh
New York City
2
William Shakespeare was born in______.
1564
1343
1400
1616
3
Shakespeare's father's first name was ______.
Henry
William
Mary
John
4
Apparently, Will and Anne got married because ____.
she was pregnant
they were in love
their families forced to them to marry
they were pledged to each other as children
5
Shakespeare went to college at _____.
Cambridge University
he did not go to college
Harvard University
Oxford University
6
Shakespeare's most famous theater was called the ______Theater.
Royal
Globe
Curtain
Rose
7
The Black Plague was actually _____.
Bubonic plague
Ebola
Smallpox
Spanish Influenza
8
The new Globe theater was built in _____.
1743
1992
1660
1616
9
Shakespeare's family was ______when he was a child.
in jail
financially well off
homeless
lower middle class
10
Education in Shakespeare's time was based on the study of ________.
Chinese
Greek
Latin
calculus
11
Which two regents were Shakespeare’s patrons?
Elizabeth I and James I
Henry VIII and Mary, Queen of Scots
Henry IV and Henry V
Elizabeth I and Richard III
12
Shakespeare's plays are written in _____.
Middle English
Old English
Late Modern English
Early Modern English
13
When Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway got married, she was ______years old.
18
35
26
12
14
When Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway got married, he was ______years old.
18
12
26
35
15
__________was not one of Shakespeare's children.
Judith
Walter
Hamnet
Susannah
16
William Shakespeare was born on______.
May 2
April 1
October 16
April 23
17
The first written record we have of Shakespeare's life is _______.
his birth certificate
his baptismal certificate
his death certificate
an arrest record
18
The Globe Theater was destroyed twice, once by fire and once by _______.
the Puritans
Irishmen
the king
groundlings
19
Shakespeare's father made ______for a living.
clothing
shoes
leather gloves
pencils
20
Shakespeare died _______.
On New Year's Day of 1616
on the same day as Queen Elizabeth I
on his birthday in 1616
on Christmas day, 1616
