Shakespeare Background

What is the name of the town where Shakespeare grew up?

• London

• Scranton

• Canterbury

• Stratford upon Avon

What year was Shakespeare thought to be born?

• 1532

• 1564

• 1602

• 1643

Shakespeare wrote...

• 38 plays and 158 sonnets

• 158 plays and 38 sonnets

• 74 poems, 47 plays, 747 sonnets

• No one knows exactly how many things he wrote.

In Shakespeare's time all of the actors were men.

• True

• False

During which period of time did Shakespeare live?

• The Renaissance

• The Romantic Age

• The Dark Ages

• The Elizabethan Age

Shakespeare lived almos entirely during the reign of...

• Queen Victoria

• Queen Elizabeth II

• Queen Elizabeth I

• Queen Mary

When did W. Shakespeare die?

• 23, April, 1600

• 20, April, 1616

• 23, April, 1616

What was the name of the theater that Shakespeare wrote most of his plays for and partially owned?

• English Theater

• Globe Theater

• Macbeth

• Broadway

Shakespeare was considered to be a part of which social class?

• Lower

• Middle

• Wealthy

• Working

What was going on in the year of Shakespeare's birth that had tragic effects throughout Europe? 

• Spanish Flu

• Swine Flu

• Zika Virus

• the Bubonic Plague