Shakespeare's Life Quiz

How many details do you know about Shakespeare's life?

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Hint	Answer
Birth Year	1564
Death Year	1616
Birthday (Assumed)	April 23
Baptism Day	April 26
Church	Holy Trinity
Birth City	Stratford upon Avon
Queen	Elizabeth I
Father	John Shakespeare
Mother	Mary Arden
Only Known Education	Grammar School
Wife	Anne Hathaway
Age at marriage	18
Wife's age at marriage	26
Firstborn child	Susanna
Twin children	Hamnet and Judith
Child who died early	Hamnet
Lost Years	1585-1592
Original Playhouse, torn down and rebuilt in 1599	The Theatre
Most Famous Playhouse	The Globe
Preferred Poem Type	Sonnet
Preferred Poetic Meter	Iambic Pentameter
Primary Acting Company	Chamberlain's Men
Later Acting Company	King's Men
Lead Company Actor	Richard Burbage
Lead Comic Actor	William Kempe

Hint	Answer
Government official who censored plays	Master of the Revels
Genre of play which emphasizes England's past	History
Genre of play which has a happy ending and a lighter tone	Comedy
Genre of play which has a sad ending and a darker tone	Tragedy
Most famous rival playwright	Christopher Marlowe
"Poor playhouse attendees"	Groundlings
King after 1603	James I
England's former national religion, before Henry VIII	Catholicism
England's national religion after Henry VIII	Church of England
A public health issue which often caused the playhouses to close	The plague
Type of language in which lower-class characters often speak	Prose
Most famous Jewish character	Shylock
Most famous Black character	Othello
Youngest lead character (13)	Juliet
Most overweight character	Falstaff
Most indecisive character	Hamlet
Most famous magical (human) character	Prospero
Most famous magical (fairy) character	Robin Goodfellow (Puck)
Most famous portrait	Chandos
Posthumous Publication	The First Folio
Wrote the Preface to this Publication	Ben Jonson
Most famous candidate of "Authorship" debate	Edward de Vere (Earl of Oxford)
Item left to his wife in his will	Second best bed
Place of burial	Holy Trinity
First two words of the "curse" on his grave	Good Friend

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