William Shakespeare
The World of Shakespeare
The Works of Shakespeare
The Theatre of Shakespeare
Vernacular
of Shakespeare
100

What is the name of the theater Shakespeare built?

The Globe Theater

100

Who took over after Queen Elizabeth?

King James

100

Name the three types of plays Shakespeare wrote.

Comedy, tragedy, history

100

Where were the cheapest seats in the house?

Standing room in the yard in front of the stage

100

Doth

Does

200

When was Shakespeare born? (year)

 1564

200

Who was the Queen of England from 1558-1603?

Queen Elizabeth

200

How many lines make up a sonnet?

14

200

How many woman actors were allowed to act in Shakespeare's plays?

Zero

200

Adieu

Farewell

300

What town did Shakespeare grow up in?

Stratford

300

What was the main religion during Queen Elizabeth's reign?

Protestant

300

How many feet in a line of Iambic Pentameter

5

300

How many stories high was the Globe Theatre?

3

300

'Twas

It was

400

What is the name of Shakespeare's wife?

Anne Hathaway

400

What was the name of the plague that broke out during Queen Elizabeth's reign?

The Black Death

400

What is the name of the pattern Shakespeare uses to write his sonnets?

Iambic pentameter

400

What theatre could accommodate the biggest audience

1. The Globe Theatre

2. The Capitol Theatre (Sydney)

The Globe Theatre (3000)

The Capitol Theatre (2094)

400

Oft

Often
500

What were the names of Shakespeare's Children?

Hamnet, Judith, Susanna

500

What was Shakespeare's first play written under King James?

Macbeth

500

What was Shakespeare's first collection of works called?

The First Folio

500

When did the Globe theatre first burn down?

1613

500

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