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Authors of the Elizabethan Age
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A trip to the days of Shakespeare, Marlowe and Co.
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1
What is the connection between Kyd and Shakespeare?
Kyd and Shakespeare were a couple
Shakespeare used some of Kyd's plays as inspiration
Kyd and Shakespeare went to the same school
They both loved the same woman and therfor engaged in a duel
2
Who was Thomas Kyd's roommate?
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare
Queen Elizabeth I
Stephen King
3
"The Knight of the Burning Pestle" is Beaumonts most important work
Yes, it's also the only play written by him without any help
Yes, he wrote it together with Shakespeare
No, his most important work is "Macbeth"
4
Marlowe was an atheist and rejected the religious beliefs of his days- the reason for his death
False
True
5
Fletcher was admitted to Corpus Christi College at the early age of 11
Yes, but it's unknown if he graduated
No, at such a young age he couldn't even read
Yes, at the age of 14 he went on and became a lawyer
6
What is special about Kid's play "The Spanish Tragedy"?
In the play Kyd processes his family's tragedy
Kyd finished the play within 5 days because he needed money
Kyd established a new form of tragedy: the revenge-tragedy
Kyd wrote his play while on vacation in Seville
7
Ben Jonson worked as a bricklayer.
Yes! He even helped building Westminster Abbey!
No, he was allergic to cement and would've died!
Yes, his stepfather was a bricklayer and taught him
No, he hated working with his hands.
8
The Marlovian Theory: Marlowe faked his death and continued his work under the name Shakespeare
No, the theory says that both CM and WS were father and son
No, Shakespeare was long gone when Marlowe became famous
Yes, the theory exists as his death couldn't be explained
Shakespeare hated Marlowe and would've never let this happen
9
Francis Beaumont helped Ben Jonson with his work "Volpone"
No, they hated and ridiculed each other's writing styles
Yes, B. contributed to the work's prefix
Yes, actually B. wrote most of Volpone
No, Jonson refused his help as the thought B. had no talent
10
His most important work is based on the German legend of Faust
No, his most important work is based on Homer's Illiad
Yes, his Faust is actually the first staged adaptation
No, he used Marvel characters like Iron Man as inspiration
No, but he asked Goethe for advice on how to write
11
Marlowe's life was full of mysteries. He may have even worked as a secret agent for Her Majesty
No, secret agents didn't exist in those days
No, Marlowe was boring and spent most of the day inside
Yes, he even was an ancestor of James Bond's.
Yes, there is proof that he worked for the government.
12
John Fletcher died of the plague
No, he died taking a selfie on a high bridge
No, he died during a fight with Shakespeare
Yes, he died in the London plague
13
Jonson was very popular at the courts of both King James I. and King Charles I.
Yes, both loved his work and took care of him financially
Jonson never met any Kings as he was a committed democrat
No, they hated his works and tried to decapitate him
No, but Jonson did marry King James' ex-wife
