Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was born:

• Shortly after Columbus's voyage: 1500

• Just before Queen Elizabeth's reign: 1550-1600

• During the era of Julius Caesar: 75 BC

• During the American revolutionary war: 1770s

How many plays did Shakespeare credited with writing?

• 37

• 12

• 41

• 27

Shakespeare's plays fall into three genres:

• comedies, tragedies, and romances

• romances, tragedies, histories

• histories, mysteries, romances

• comedies, tragedies, histories

Shakespeare was

• Irish

• British

• Scottish

• American

Shakespeare has influenced all of the following except:

• Our language today

• Film and music adaptations

• Psychology and how we understand ourselves

• the internet

Which is the most accurate description of Shakespeare's vocabulary

• He had a vocabulary of over 20,000 words; all of which are used in his plays

• He used over 30,000 words in his plays and then invented another 14,000

• He knew nearly a million words, and we see 100,000 in his plays

• Having limited education, his working (active) vocabulary was roughly that of a high school student today: 12-15,000

The name of Shakespeare's theater (and which has been rebuilt and you can visit) was:

• Stratford-upon-Avon

• The World

• The Globe

• The Main

The main religious conflict during Shakespeare's life was between

• Puritans and Protestants

• Catholics and Puritans

• Catholics and Protestants

• The Pope and the Puritans

All of the movies below were adapted from Shakespeare plays except

• Iron Man

• Lion King

• Ten Things I Hate About You

• She's the Man

Like many artists, Shakespeare was not financially or critically successful in his own time, but only after death.

• True

• False