Lesson 4

Question 1

Shakespeare Born on______ at _______

Answer 1

23rd April, 1554
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England

Question 2

Third son of ________, a leather
merchant and _______

Answer 2

John Shakespeare
Mary Arden

Question 3

Had to leave _________ as his father
had fallen into poverty

Answer 3

Grammar School

Question 4

Followed his father and became a ______

Answer 4

glove maker

Question 5

Travelled to ______ to start his career

Answer 5

London

Question 6

Married at age _____ to

Answer 6

18
Anne Hathaway

Question 7

1st child was a daughter,

Answer 7

Susanna- born in 1583

Question 8

Twins, born in 1585

Answer 8

Hamnet and Judith

Question 9

Hamnet died at the age of

Answer 9

11

Question 10

The period between 1585 to 1592 is known as the _____ because there are no documentary records of Shakespeare’s activities.

Answer 10

“Lost Years”

Question 11

Moved to London around _____ and became an actor

Answer 11

1591

Question 12

Worked with the Lord Chamberlin’s company of players, later known as the

Answer 12

king’s Men

Question 13

By 1599, Shakespeare built his own theater on the south bank of Thames river, which is called the _____.

Answer 13

Globe

Question 14

The 1st period (1588-1596)-

Answer 14

“Period of apprenticeship”.

Question 15

“Period of apprenticeship”. Major plays-

Answer 15

The comedy of errors,
king John,
Romeo and Juliet.

Question 16

The 2nd period (1596-1600)-

Answer 16

“Summer time of Shakespeare’s literary
career”

Question 17

“Summer time of Shakespeare’s literary
career”. Major plays-

Answer 17

The Merchant of Venice,
Much Ado about Nothing,
As You Like It.

Question 18

The 3rd period (1601-1608)- Major Plays-

Answer 18

“The Tragic period”.

Question 19

“The Tragic period”. Major Plays-

Answer 19

Julius Caesar,
Hamlet,
Othello,
King Lear,
Macbeth,
Antony and
Cleopatra.

Question 20

The 4th period (1608-1612)

Answer 20

“The Last Period”

Question 21

“The Last Period”. Major plays –

Answer 21

The Tempest,
The Winter’s Tale.

Question 22

Shakespeare lived and wrote during what is known as the _______ which lasted from 1485 through the 1660s

Answer 22

English Renaissance,

Question 23

Period is also known as ________, named after Queen Elizabeth who ruled English from 1558-1603

Answer 23

Elizabethan Age

Question 24

_______ plays including _________

Answer 24

37
Tragedies, comedies,
tragicomedies, histories.

Question 25

______ sonnets.

Answer 25

154

Question 26

William Shakespeare

Answer 26

All’s Well that Ends Well • As You Like It • Comedy of Errors • Measure for Measure • Midsummer Night’s Dream • Much Ado About Nothing • Merchant of VeniceComedies

Question 27

William Shakespeare Tragedies

Answer 27

Julius Caesar • Hamlet • Macbeth • Othello • Romeo and Juliet • King Lear

Question 28

William Shakespeare Histories

Answer 28

King Henry V • King John • Richard II • Richard III

Question 29

Words That First Appeared in Shakespeare’s Plays

Answer 29

Gloomy • Suspicious • Lonely • Hurry • Accommodation • Assassination • Dislocate • Obscene • Reliance • Premeditate

Question 30

Returned to ________ where he lived as a country gentleman

Answer 30

Stratford around 1610

Question 31

Died at Stratford in _____ at the age of_____. His death was a mystery. It is rumored that he _____₱ or that he died from a _______

Answer 31

23 April, 1616 52 drank too much and contracted a fever cerebral hemorrhage

Question 32

William Shakespeare is regarded by many as the _________ of all time.

Answer 32

greatest dramatist

Question 33

He is often referred to as _______

Answer 33

England’s national poet