Are you Smarter than a Shakespearean Scholar? Or, what you will

Shakespeare’s Life and Times In what year was Shakespeare born? 1492 1564 1591 1611

2. In what town was Shakespeare born? London, England London, Ontario Stratford-upon-Avon, England Globe, England

3. Shakespeare wrote the following: plays, sonnets, poems just plays plays and novels plays, news articles, and poems

4. At least how many plays did Shakespeare write? 14 24 36 64

5. Shakespeare married a woman by the name of: Anne Boleyn Anne Hathaway Elizabeth Arden Victoria Rose

6. What age was his wife? 8 years younger than Shakespeare The same age as Shakespeare 8 years older than Shakespeare 2 years older than Shakespeare

What is not true of Henry VIII? married Catherine of Aragon of Spain had his second wife, Anne Boleyn, beheaded was a staunch Catholic did not produce a male heir until his marriage to Jane Seymour

8. What is not true of Shakespeare’s education? he was university educated he would have attended the Free Grammar School until age 15 he would have studied Latin he would be familiar with classical mythology

9. What is true of Shakespeare’s livelihood? he was an actor and a playwright he was a glovemaker and a playwright he was a priest and a playwright he was a jester and a playwright

10. What were Shakespeare’s children’s names? Hamlet, Juliet, and Judith Susanna, Hamnet and Judith Maria, Hamlet and Judith Susanna, James and Juliet

Answers 1. b 2. c 3. a 4. c 5. b 6. c 7. c 8. a 9. a 10 b