Elizabethan Age
Who became Queen of England in 1558?
Elizabeth I
Attendance at Church of England services was ______.
a. mandatory
b. optional
a. mandatory
______ were educated to be literate members of society.
Boys
The _____, which opened in 1599, became the playhouse where audiences first saw some of Shakespeare's best-known plays.
Globe
In spite of his limitations, _____ is now the most performed and read playwright in the world.
Shakespeare
Shakespeare lived during a period of political ______ in England.
a. turmoil
b. stability
c. positive aura
b. stability
________ was central to the society for which Shakespeare wrote.
Religion
The language of literacy throughout Europe was _______ and students were expected to be proficient in it.
Latin
_______ played all the characters, male and female.
men and boys / males
Shakespeare was born / baptized in _____-upon______.
Stratford-upon-Avon
Elizabeth balanced conflicts between ______ and ______ leaders. (hint: religions)
Protestant and Catholic
While not illegal to be ______, it was illegal to hold Mass.
Catholic
Formal schooling was not encouraged for ____ unless they were the children of nobility.
girls
Playgoers in Shakespeare's day paid a ______ to stand in the uncovered yard of a playhouse, or two ______ for a balcony seat. (hint: same word, second blank is plural)
penny, pennies
When King James came to the throne in 1603, he issued a royal license to Shakespeare and his fellow players, organizing them as the ______'s Men.
King's Men
With the naval defeat of the ______ Armada in 1588, England was firmly established as a leading military and commercial power in the Western world.
Spanish
People who skipped church faced ______.
fines
By 1600, at least ______ of the male population could read. (hint: fraction)
1/3
Shakespeare's company, the Lord ___________ Men, was one of several to perform at the Theatre.
Chamberlain's
A fascinating detail of Shakespeare's will is that he bequeathed the family's “second best ____” to his wife Anne.
bed
Queen Elizabeth also recognized the importance of the _____ to the life and legacy of her nation.
arts / theater
Elizabeth allowed freedom of ______ as long as laws were obeyed.
belief
Boys started grammar school at the age of _____ or ______.
6 or 7
Exits and entrances were in plain view of the audience, but they included some vertical options: actors could descend from the "______" above the stage or enter and exit from the "______" below through a trapdoor.
heavens, hell
In 1609 or 1611, Shakespeare's sonnets were published, though he did not live to see the ____ _____ of his plays published in 1623.
First Folio