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What did Shakespeare’s father do?

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He was a bailiff

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Where was Shakespeare born?

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Stratford-upon-avon, during the Elizabethian age, during the renaissance

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How much schooling did Skaespeare have?

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Finished high school but didn’t go to college

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Who did Spakespeare marry?

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Anne Hathaway

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How many children did Shakespeare have?

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3

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1585-1593 are known as Shakespeare’s….

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Lost years

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What did people think Shakespeare was doing during his Lost Years?

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Working his way into the theatre and writing

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Who was Spakespeares first patron and acting company?

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Lord Chamberlain and Lord Chamberlains Men

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What is a coat of arms and what does it symbolize?

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It’s a family emblem and it’s expensive so it symbolizes wealth

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When was the play Julius Caesar written?

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1599

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What book did Shakespeare study Caesar from?

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The Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans

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When Elizabeth died who took the throne?

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James 1

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Shakespeare moved to James 1 acting company which was called

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The King’s Men

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How many Sonnets did Shakespeare write?

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154

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When did Shakespeare die?

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April 23,1616

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Shakespeare’s first folio that was published consisted of

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36 plays that were comedies, histories, and tradgedies

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A play in which the main character suffers a downfall

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Tragedy

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A character whose personality flaws caused him to suffer

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Tragic hero

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A personality weakness which causes a character to suffer

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Tragic flaw

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A 4 line pattern

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Quatrain

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2 rhyming lines

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Couplets

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Pattern in which lines rhyme

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Rhyme scheme

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The beat

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Meter

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753 BC

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Founding of Rome

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Romulus and Remus is what?

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A made up story of how Rome was founded

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In 510 the Tarquinius monarchy was overthrown and what was set up

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Republic of Rome

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What are the 2 social classes?

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Patricans and plebeians

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Patricians were

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Upper class, 10%, powerful educated, held office

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Plebeians were

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Working class, 90%, not educated, no office holding

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What is a tribune?

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Plebeians representatives; patricians protected plebeian rights

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The real Julius Caesar was born when

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100 BC

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Caesar was born into a patricians family and his father was a

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Praetor

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The idea of March is

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March 15

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Who wrote the Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans

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Plutarch

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Who were the 8 conspirators?

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Casca 
Cassius
Trebonois
Metellus Cimber
Decius
Brutus 
Cinna
Caius Ligarius

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