Shakespeare Background
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14 Questions
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Question 1
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30 seconds
Q. How many plays are attributed to Shakespeare?
answer choices
35
37
38
39
Question 2
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Q. What is the name of the town where Shakespeare grew up?
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London
Scranton
Canterbury
Stratford upon Avon
Question 3
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Q. What is ironic about the accepted date of Shakespeare's death?
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It was Christmas day.
It was the same day King James I died.
It was his birthday.
It was the same day his son died.
Question 4
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30 seconds
Q. What was going on in the year of Shakespeare's birth that had tragic effects throughout Europe?
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Spanish Flu
Swine Flu
Zika Virus
the Bubonic Plague
Question 5
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Q. What is a sonnet?
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a poem
a poem of fourteen lines
a poem using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
ALL of the above
Question 6
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20 seconds
Q. What year was Shakespeare thought to be born?
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1532
1564
1602
1643
Question 7
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120 seconds
Q. A story or play that ends UNHAPPILY is known as...
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Comedy
Tragedy
Fiction
Sadness
Question 8
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30 seconds
Q. Shakespeare tried ALL of these professions, EXCEPT...
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poet
playwright
actor
teacher
Question 9
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60 seconds
Q. How many children did Shakespeare have?
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Susanna, Hamnet and Judith (twins)
Hamnet, Susanna and Jordan (twins)
Judith, Shanna and Hamnet (twins)
Susanna, Hamnet and Justine (twins)
Question 10
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Q. Shakespeare wrote...
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38 plays and 158 sonnets
158 plays and 38 sonnets
74 poems, 47 plays, 747 sonnets
No one knows exactly how many things he wrote.
Question 11
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30 seconds
Q. In Shakespeare's time all of the actors were men.
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True
False
Question 12
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120 seconds
Q. What was Shakespeare's wife's name?
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Queen Elizabeth
Anne Hathaway
Juliet Monroe
Vivian Marlowe
Question 13
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20 seconds
Q. Which of these is NOT a genre of Shakespeares' plays?
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Comedy
History
Horror
Tragedy
Question 14
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120 seconds
Q. Shakespeare's plays were performed at this theatre...
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The Oval
The Globe
The Horseshoe
The Colosseum
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