Shakespere Bio Flashcards

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What was the infant mortality rate when Shakespeare was born?

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1/3

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2
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Which family was in power? Which monarch began the Protestant Reformation in England?

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Tudors. Henry the 8th

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3
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How many times had the religion changed in the past 12 years?

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3 changes

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4
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What traces of Warwickshire exist in Shakespeare’s plays? 2 examples.

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  1. Dialect 2. Spelling
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5
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Where was Shakespeare’s mother family from?

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Walcott

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6
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What did John Shakespeare do for a living in Stratford

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A master glover

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What would have been Mrs Shakespeare’s “pride and joy”?

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Expensive fabric, bedding

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8
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To what office was John Shakespeare elected on 1565?

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Town counselor

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What happened to the painting in Stratford’s Guild Chapel, and why? What were some of the subjects?

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The enforcement of the queens will. They white-washed the painting but didn’t destroy it. We’re tales of the old Christianity

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When Shakespeare went to school in 1571, what revolutionary changes were taking place?

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160 new school(educational revolutions) , they wanted the most literate generation

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What was a typical school day for the 7-year old Shakespeare? The

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6 days a week, 6am-5:30pm, based on Latin

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What was a favorite play performers by Elizabethan school children? What was its “moral message”? What was its concluding message?

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Ralph Royster Doyster
Justice
The queen is good

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13
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What scholar found the record of James Langrake informing on John Shakespeare

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David Thomas

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14
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It turns out John Shakespeare was a “brogger.” What did that mean?

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Illegal wool dealer

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What other crime was John Shakespeare prosecuted for, and at what interest rate?

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Money lending and 20 pounds interest

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16
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Where did young Shakespeare see mystery plays? How old was he when they were banned?

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Coventry

15 years old

17
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Which poet was Shakespeare’s favorite? Which version of his works. Besides Latin, did Shakespeare know?

A

Avid- latin

English- Arthur folding

18
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How did Shakespeare’s “childhood end” when he was around 12? Why? What were the immediate consequences for William?

A

Fathers business collapsed & started selling the property

He stopped going to school, worked w/ his father at home

19
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What is chervil, and to what does Shakespeare compare it to?

A

Goat skin & human consciences

20
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Who were Edward Campion and his missionaries? When they visit Warwickshire, how were they connected to Shakespeare’s family?

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Jesuits, they were Catholics

Received economic aid

21
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Who was Winifred of Holywell? What document concerning her was found in the roof of the Shakespeare’s house?

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Patron saint of Catholics, place of pilgrimage for Catholics

Testament of the Soul

22
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What was the “hot book” of 1582? And on whom was Shakespeare using it?

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Tom Watsons collection of love poems

Anne Hathaway

23
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Where was Shakespeare on Tuesday, November 27, 1582? What’s the proof of that, and what’s the twist with that proof?

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Worcester Cathedral

Documentation

Promised himself to 2 diff women

24
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What do we know about John Frith, who officiated in the Temple Grafton ceremony

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Catholic priest, didn’t read the bands, held the ceremonies during the holidays. Skilled at cures

John Frith

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What opportunities were lost to Shakespeare when he married?
Lost the chance at a university | Lost his APPRENTICESHIP
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Who was John Somerville? What did he do in 1583? What did Thomas Lucy do about it?
Son-in-law of the Arden's. Said he was going to go to London and assassinate the queen Has him beat in jail and searches their homes
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What happened next for the Arden Family? What was the location of the final disgrace?
Arrested, taken to London, tortured the Arden Family Public execution @ the meat market in Smithfield
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Where,when and how was William baptized? Who were his parents?
Stratford Upon Avon, baptized in a small parish. April 26, 1564. John & Mary