Are you Smarter than a Shakespearean Scholar?

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Are you Smarter than a Shakespearean Scholar?

• Or, what you will

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Shakespeares Life and Times

• In what year was Shakespeare born?
• 1492
• 1564
• 1591
• 1611

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2. In what town was Shakespeare born?

1. London, England
2. London, Ontario
3. Stratford-upon-Avon, England
4. Globe, England

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3. Shakespeare wrote the following

1. plays, sonnets, poems
2. just plays
3. plays and novels
4. plays, news articles, and poems

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4. At least how many plays did Shakespeare write?

1. 14
2. 24
3. 37
4. 64

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5. Shakespeare married a woman by the name of

1. Anne Boleyn
2. Anne Hathaway
3. Elizabeth Arden
4. Victoria Rose

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6. What age was his wife?

1. 8 years younger than Shakespeare
2. The same age as Shakespeare
3. 8 years older than Shakespeare
4. 2 years older than Shakespeare

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Which of the following was a ruling monarch
during Shakespeares life?

1. Catherine of Aragon
2. Anne Boleyn
3. Jane Seymour
4. Queen Elizabeth I

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8. What is not true of Shakespeares education?

• he was university educated
• he would have attended the Free Grammar School
  until age 15
• he would have studied Latin
• he would be familiar with classical mythology

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9. What is true of Shakespeares livelihood?

1. he was an actor and a playwright
2. he was a glovemaker and a playwright
3. he was a priest and a playwright
4. he was a jester and a playwright

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10. What were Shakespeares childrens names?

1. Hamlet, Juliet, and Judith
2. Susanna, Hamnet and Judith
3. Maria, Hamlet and Judith
4. Susanna, James and Juliet