Question 1

In which town was William Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

Stratford-upon-Avon

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London

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Cambridge

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Birmingham

Question 2

What is the name of Shakespeare's wife?

Accepted Answer

Anne Hathaway

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Catherine of Aragon

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Mary Arden

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Elizabeth I

Question 3

What era is commonly referred to as the time when Shakespeare wrote his plays?

Accepted Answer

The Elizabethan era

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The Romantic era

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The Victorian era

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The Renaissance era

Question 4

Which theatrical venue is famously associated with Shakespeare's plays?

Accepted Answer

The Globe Theatre

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The Old Vic

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The Royal Opera House

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The Blackfriars Theatre

Question 5

What genre of play is 'Romeo and Juliet' categorized as?

Accepted Answer

Tragedy

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Comedy

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Romantic

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History

Question 6

What is ironic about Shakespeare’s death?

Accepted Answer

It was his birthday

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It was his anniversary

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It was the same date Hamnet died

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It was the date his theater burned down

Question 7

Why did the theaters of London close between 1592-1594?

Accepted Answer

Bubonic Plague

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European Flu

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Tuberculosis

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Chicken Pox

Question 8

Who performed the roles in Shakespeare’s plays?

Accepted Answer

only men

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both men and women

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only women

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mostly children

Question 9

What are Shakespeare’s famous love poems called?

Accepted Answer

Sonnets

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Odes

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Ballads

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Quatrains

Question 10

Which of the following was not a belief during Elizabethan England?

Accepted Answer

Everyone is entitled to practice the religion of their choice.

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It is foolish to marry for love.

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Everyone wants and expects to have children.

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Wives are property of their husbands.

Question 11

Which of the following monarchs ruled mostly during Shakespeare's time?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I

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Edward VI

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Mary I

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Henry VIII

Question 12

Which of the following is a characteristic of the English Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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Ideas and beliefs were less restrictive

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Astrology became a widely practiced and respected field

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People started to question humankind’s relationship to God

Question 13

Which of the following best defines iambic pentameter?

Accepted Answer

Lines of poetry made up of 10 unstressed / stressed syllables

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Lines of poetry following the unstressed / stressed syllable pattern

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Lines of poetry with 10 syllables

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Poems made up of 3 quatrains and 1 couplet

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