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- 1. Multiple ChoiceHow many plays are attributed to Shakespeare?35373839
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the name of the town where Shakespeare grew up?LondonScrantonCanterburyStratford upon Avon
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat is ironic about the accepted date of Shakespeare's death?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.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat was going on in the year of Shakespeare's birth that had tragic effects throughout Europe?Spanish FluSwine FluZika Virusthe Bubonic Plague
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a sonnet?a poema poem of fourteen linesa poem using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.ALL of the above
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat year was Shakespeare thought to be born?1532156416021643
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA story or play that ends UNHAPPILY is known as...ComedyTragedyFictionSadness
- 8. Multiple ChoiceShakespeare tried ALL of these professions, EXCEPT...poetplaywrightactorteacher
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHow many children did Shakespeare have?Susanna, Hamnet and Judith (twins)Hamnet, Susanna and Jordan (twins)Judith, Shanna and Hamnet (twins)Susanna, Hamnet and Justine (twins)
- 10. Multiple ChoiceShakespeare wrote...38 plays and 158 sonnets158 plays and 38 sonnets74 poems, 47 plays, 747 sonnetsNo one knows exactly how many things he wrote.
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIn Shakespeare's time all of the actors were men.TrueFalse
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat was Shakespeare's wife's name?Queen ElizabethAnne HathawayJuliet MonroeVivian Marlowe
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these is NOT a genre of Shakespeares' plays?ComedyHistoryHorrorTragedy
- 14. Multiple ChoiceShakespeare's plays were performed at this theatre...The OvalThe GlobeThe HorseshoeThe Colosseum
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