elizabethan era (queen elizabeth I) and shakespeare

Question 1

Queen Elizabeth I is the younger sister of:

Answer 1

Queen Mary I

Question 2

Queen Elizabeth I became the:

Answer 2

Second female monarch of England

Question 3

What was Queen Elizabeth I called and why was she called that?

Answer 3

She was called the “Virgin Queen” due to her lack of a husband or heir

Question 4

Queen Elizabeth I believed that although her body is of a woman she believed that her body represented the king of England and wasn’t politically a woman.

What is this concept called?

Answer 4

“Body Politic”

Question 5

At the forefront of Queen Elizabeth’s I mind was religion.

What did she establish?

Answer 5

Protestantism (1558)

Question 6

Queen Elizabeth’s sovereignty ensured an era of peace and economic and cultural prosperity and is named after her called the:

Answer 6

Golden Age era

Question 7

The Queen was a patron of the arts, particularly of England’s:

Answer 7

Theatre

Question 8

Who are Queen Elizabeth’s I parents?

Answer 8

Henry VII and Anne Boleyn

Question 9

In Shakespeare’s sonnets, who were the two characters?

Answer 9

The Fair Youth and The Dark Lady

Question 10

What were the three qualities of theatre?

Answer 10

1. The people
2. The production
3. The plague

Question 11

What are two adaptations of Shakespeare’s work?

Answer 11

1. West side story (Romeo and Juliet)
2. The Lion King (Hamlet)

Question 12

Who did Shakespeare marry and what age did he get married

Answer 12

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway (age 26) in 1582 at age 18