Time and Life of Shakespeare

Question 1

Where was Shakespeare born

Answer 1

He was born in Stratford-Upon Avon

Question 2

When was Shakespeare born

Answer 2

He was born on April 23, 1564

Question 3

Who were Shakespeare’s parents

Answer 3

John Shakespeare and Mary Arden

Question 4

Did Shakespeare ever get married? If so, to whom?

Answer 4

Yes, he married Anne Hathaway on November 28, 1582

Question 5

What day did he die? What is unusual about this date?

Answer 5

He allegedly died on his birthday, April 23, 1616

Question 6

What did he leave his wife in his will?

Answer 6

His “second best bed”

Question 7

What were the two major religions in Elizabethan England?

Answer 7

Catholic and Protestant

Question 8

Who dictated the favored religion?

Answer 8

The reigning monarchs (kings and queens) decided the religion.

Question 9

Which Monarchs reigned during this time? When?

Answer 9

Queen Mary I
Queen Elizabeth I

Question 10

Which religion did each Monarch believe in?

Answer 10

Mary - Catholic
Elizabeth - Protestant

Question 11

During the second half of the 16​ th​century, England experienced a time period of renewed learning and growing economic power known as the _____ _____.

Answer 11

The Renaissance

Question 12

Historically, this time period is also referred to as the _____ _____ due to the influence of the famous ruler for almost 50 years

Answer 12

Elizabethen Era

Question 13

What killed nearly a third of the people in Shakespeare’s hometown the year he was born?

Answer 13

Black Plaugue

Question 14

Although his father most likely was not a very good businessman, he did serve as the town’s bailiff, a position similar to a _____.

Answer 14

Sherrif’s officer

Question 15

During his years in grammar school, Shakespeare most likely learned to speak and write in _____ as well as English by age eight.

Answer 15

Latin

Question 16

The names of Shakespeare’s three children are _____, _____, and _____.

Answer 16

Susanna, Judith, Hamnet

Question 17

Shakespeare joined the theatre group known as the _____ _____ _____ by 1594, likely to please the ruler on the throne and gain influence.

Answer 17

The Lord Chamberlains Men

Question 18

Although they were not published for many years, Shakespeare wrote over 150 lyrical poems centered on themes of love during the 1590’s. These poems are referred to as _____, containing _____ lines with a strict rhyme scheme.

Answer 18

Sonnets, 14

Question 19

Shakespeare often wrote his plays using a rhythm referred to as _____ _____ due to its pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.

Answer 19

iambic pentameter

Question 20

As Shakespeare grew in popularity in London, tragedy struck at home with the death of his child ____________________ in 1596.

Answer 20

Hamnet

Question 21

A new English ruler, _____ (name and number), came to the throne from Scotland in 1603, causing Shakespeare’s acting group to change its name to the _____ _____.

Answer 21

James 1, King’s men

Question 22

Into what 3 categories are his plays divided?

Answer 22

tradgedies, comedies, histories

Question 23

Upon his death, who did Shakespeare say would be cursed?

Answer 23

He that moves my bones

Question 24

What color flag indicated the performance of a tragedy at the Globe?

Answer 24

Black

Question 25

What color flag indicated the performance of a comedy at the Globe?

Answer 25

White

Question 26

What color flag indicated the performance of a history at the Globe?

Answer 26

Red

Question 27

What was and is the Globe Theatre’s nickname referring to its shape, a phrase used by Shakespeare to describe it in ​Henry V,​ the first play performed there?

Answer 27

The wooden O