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Shakespeare's Life Click here to answer these questions.
1. How much do we know about Shakespeare's life? Why?
2. Where was Shakespeare born?
3. What date was he born on?
4. Did Shakespeare ever get married? If so, to whom?
5. Shakespeare established himself as an _______________ and _________________
6. What day did he die? What is unusual about this date?
7. What did he leave his wife in his will?
Religion Click here to answer these questions
8. What were the two major religions in Elizabethan England?
9. Who dictated the favored religion?
10. Which Monarchs reigned during this time? When?
11. Which religion did each Monarch believe in?
12. How did each Monarch treat those who did not follow their favored religion?
13. Why did Queen Elizabeth I ban all performances of religious plays and stories? Click here.
Elizabethan Period Click here to answer these questions
14. What was the Elizabethan Period?
15. When was this period? Click here to answer his question.
16. What was the most significant invention of this time and why?
17. What did this lead to a renewed interest in?
18. During this period, what were unexplained events blamed on?
19. Why were people of this period superstitious?
20. What were the four humors and what were they associated with? Click here.
21. How was Elizabethan class structure maintained? Click here.
22. What was the Chain of Being and what did it uphold? Click here.
23. What is the Rotae Fortuna? Click here.
Education Click here.
24. What did education depend on?
25. What was the main purpose of schooling?
26. Why were students taught Latin?
27. What were girls from wealthy families educated in? Click here.
28. Why were courses in university conducted in Latin? Click here.
Elizabethan Theatre Click here to answer these questions.
29. What was the general feeling towards plays during this period in time?
30. What was the name of the first theater?
31. What was the name of them most famous theater?
32. What happened to this theater?
33. Where did people sit or not sit?
34. When did they have performances? Why?
35. How many women performed in these plays?
Shakespeare's Influence Click here to answer these questions
36. What does Shakespeare's work provide reference for?
37. What were Shakespeare's histories a tribute to?
38. What was Shakespeare attempting to do with these tributes?
39. How many words did Shakespeare invent? Click here.
40. Give an example of a word or phrase we have gotten from Shakespeare. Click here.
Shakespeare's Life Click here to answer these questions.
1. How much do we know about Shakespeare's life? Why?
2. Where was Shakespeare born?
3. What date was he born on?
4. Did Shakespeare ever get married? If so, to whom?
5. Shakespeare established himself as an _______________ and _________________
6. What day did he die? What is unusual about this date?
7. What did he leave his wife in his will?
Religion Click here to answer these questions
8. What were the two major religions in Elizabethan England?
9. Who dictated the favored religion?
10. Which Monarchs reigned during this time? When?
11. Which religion did each Monarch believe in?
12. How did each Monarch treat those who did not follow their favored religion?
13. Why did Queen Elizabeth I ban all performances of religious plays and stories? Click here.
Elizabethan Period Click here to answer these questions
14. What was the Elizabethan Period?
15. When was this period? Click here to answer his question.
16. What was the most significant invention of this time and why?
17. What did this lead to a renewed interest in?
18. During this period, what were unexplained events blamed on?
19. Why were people of this period superstitious?
20. What were the four humors and what were they associated with? Click here.
21. How was Elizabethan class structure maintained? Click here.
22. What was the Chain of Being and what did it uphold? Click here.
23. What is the Rotae Fortuna? Click here.
Education Click here.
24. What did education depend on?
25. What was the main purpose of schooling?
26. Why were students taught Latin?
27. What were girls from wealthy families educated in? Click here.
28. Why were courses in university conducted in Latin? Click here.
Elizabethan Theatre Click here to answer these questions.
29. What was the general feeling towards plays during this period in time?
30. What was the name of the first theater?
31. What was the name of them most famous theater?
32. What happened to this theater?
33. Where did people sit or not sit?
34. When did they have performances? Why?
35. How many women performed in these plays?
Shakespeare's Influence Click here to answer these questions
36. What does Shakespeare's work provide reference for?
37. What were Shakespeare's histories a tribute to?
38. What was Shakespeare attempting to do with these tributes?
39. How many words did Shakespeare invent? Click here.
40. Give an example of a word or phrase we have gotten from Shakespeare. Click here.