Life and Times of William Shakespeare: Quiz Review

William Shakespeare is best known as...

• an actor

• a doctor

• a playwright

• a theater owner

Shakespeare works and retires in this place:

• London

• Verona

• Stratford-on-Avon

• Venice

Shakespeare spent most of his life working in...

• London

• Verona

• Stratford-on-Avon

• Venice

This phrase refers to the undocumented years of Shakespeare's life:

• "the long years"

• "the London years"

• "the lost years"

• "the last years"

What was the name of Shakespeare's theater?

• the Golden Theater

• the Glistening Theater

• the Globe Theater

• Ye Olde House o' Shakespeare

What university did Shakespeare attend?

• London

• He was not university educated.

• Harvard

• Stratford-on-Avon

Queen Elizabeth's rule of England is referred to as the _______ era.

• Elizabethan

• English

• Shakespearean

• Golden

As a result of migrating Europeans during the Elizabethan era , ____________ became a culturally diverse city.

• London

• Venice

• New York

• Berlin

Renaissance artists were largely inspire by "the __________ ."

• Romans

• Greeks

• religions

• classics

In Shakespeare's time, classical literature referred to....

• Roman mythology

• Greek mythology

• the Bible

• Greek and Roman mythology