powerpoint test

Question 1

birth date

Answer 1

april 23,1564

Question 2

death date

Answer 2

april 23, 1616

Question 3

where was he born

Answer 3

stratford-upon-Avon, England

Question 4

who were his parents

Answer 4

John and Mary Arden Shakespeare

Question 5

what did he father do for a living

Answer 5

tanner, glovemaker, one term as high bailiff (mayor)

Question 6

in 1596 what was his father awarded

Answer 6

a coat of arms

Question 7

his father has money during his early life. what happened toward the end of his life

Answer 7

he lost the money

Question 8

what did his father leave him when he died

Answer 8

a little real estate

Question 9

when was william married

Answer 9

1582 at age 18

Question 10

who did he marry

Answer 10

anne hathaway who was 26

Question 11

where was anne from

Answer 11

shortest, a village a mile away from stratford

Question 12

how many children did they have

Answer 12

three
susanna
and the twins
hammer and judith

Question 13

what william did between 1583-1582 is not known. these are known as his

Answer 13

lost years

Question 14

by 1592 shakespeare was in london and was already recognized as an actor and a pkayright

Answer 14

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Question 15

between 1592/1594 what kept londons theaters closed most of the time

Answer 15

plague

Question 16

during the plague years shakespeare wrote his earliest sonnets and two long narrative poems

Answer 16

.

Question 17

until 1598 shakespeare’s theater work was confined to a district

Answer 17

northeast of london

Question 18

what were the two playhouses

Answer 18

the theatre and the curtain

Question 19

who were the two playhouse managed by

Answer 19

james burbage, whose son richard burbage was shakespeare’s friend and the greatest tragic actor of the day

Question 20

up to 1596, shakespeare lived near these theaters in bishopsgate.

Answer 20

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Question 21

sometime between 1595 and 1599, he moves across the Thames River to a district called

Answer 21

Bankside

Question 22

what two theaters did philip henslowe build

Answer 22

the rose and the swan

Question 23

james burbage a chief competitor

Answer 23

philip henslowe

Question 24

in 1598 the burbages moved to Bankside and built the

Answer 24

famous Globe Theatre

Question 25

which theater was shakespeare associated with for the rest of his life

Answer 25

the globe theater

Question 26

how did the glove theater bring shakespeare money

Answer 26

he owned shares in it

Question 27

how were the globe theater performances advertised

Answer 27

handbills posted around the city

Question 28

when did performances take place

Answer 28

suitable weather and during the day to take advantage of sunlight

Question 29

how did peopl know that all was well and the show scheduled for that day would be performed that day

Answer 29

a flag flew in front of the theater

Question 30

how much would a ticket for the pit cost

Answer 30

1 penny, $.60 today

Question 31

stood around the three sides of the stage in the open air

Answer 31

groundlings

Question 32

which seats cost more

Answer 32

under cover in the galleries around the sides, higher up

Question 33

how much did the higher seats cost

Answer 33

1 schilling, $1 today

Question 34

which queen dude in 1603

Answer 34

queen elizabeth 1

Question 35

who followed queen elizabeth 1 to the throne

Answer 35

King James 1

Question 36

shakespeare’s theatrical company was taken under the kings patronage and called

Answer 36

the kings company

Question 37

which theatrical company was the most successful of its time

Answer 37

the kings company

Question 38

when did shakespeare retire from his theater work

Answer 38

1610

Question 39

after he retired, where did he move

Answer 39

stratford

Question 40

when did shakespeare die

Answer 40

1616 at the age of 52

Question 41

who did shakespeare give most of his property to

Answer 41

susanna and her daughter

Question 42

what did shakespeare leave for his wife

Answer 42

his second best bed with it’s furnishings