Intro to Shakespeare

When was Shakespeare born?

• April 1564

• April 1764

• April 1664

• April 1864

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Where was Shakespeare born?

• Stratford-Upon-Avon

• London

• Oxford

• Liverpool

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Before the Renaissance, European world view was focused on mainly what two related topics? (choose 2)

• God

• Afterlife

• Human achievement

• Architecture

Who was the Queen of England during the time Shakespeare was born and wrote many of his plays?

• Queen Lizzy

• Queen Anna IV

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Queen Sophie II

Which of the following is NOT one of the five new emphasis of art a renaissance man excelled in?

• Science

• Geography

• Commercially

• Philosophically

• Culinary

What city in Europe had more theatres than any other city in Europe?

• Stratford-upon-Avon

• Barcelona

• London

• Rome

Shakespeare was affiliated with what theatre company?

• The Globe Theatre

• The Black Friars Theatre

• Lord Chamberlain's Men

• King James' Acting Council

Where did Shakespeare’s theatre company perform its plays?

• The Globe Theatre

• The Columbus Theatre

• The Rhine Theatre

• The World-Globe Theatre

What is NOT one of the reasons why theatregoers particularly enjoyed Shakespeare’s plays, what were they?

• They had powerful orations

• Shakespeare's plays contained eerie supernatural elements

• His shows always involved the audience

• His audience enjoyed the action of the play

• Shakespeare's plays sough the insights of what humans really valued and cared about

From what (2) types of documents do we get to know Shakespeare today?

• Lengthy biographies written months after Shakepseare died

• Newspapers accounts of his life and plays

• Church records relating to Shakespeare

• Property deeds of what he owned