What are the answers to these Shakespearean Questions?

1. William Shakespeare is called "The Bard of Avon" because

-a. he once sold cosmetics.

-b. he was descended from the noble family of Avon.

-c. he was born in the town of Stratford on the River Avon.

2. Shakespeare's plays were originally written

-a. as popular entertainment, like moves and television today.

-b. for serious study by scholars and students.

-c. to amuse the upper class.

3. The time in which Shakespeare lived is known as the "Elizabethan era" because

-a. England was shaken by religious controversy and unrest.

-b. England was ruled by Queen Elizabeth I.

-c. England was ruled by Queen Elizabeth II.

4. In the Elizabethan theater, groundlings were

-a. stagehands.

-b. spectators standing in an open area in front of the stage.

-c. small mammals used in popular entertainment.

5. The real Shakespeare never actually met

-a. the theater owner, Philip Henslowe.

-b. the actor, Ned Alleyn.

-c. the nobleman, The Earl of Wessex.

6. Laws in Shakespeare's time prohibited

-a. dogs from appearing on stage.

-b. women from appearing on stage.

-c. spectators from throwing objects at the actors on stage.

7. Queen Elizabeth herself

-a. Abhorred plays and often ordered the theaters closed.

-b. enjoyed plays and frequently attended performances.

-c. wrote plays and sometimes appeared on stage.

8. One of Shakespeare's real-life rivals was the playwright

-a. Geoffrey Chaucer.

-b. Christopher Marlowe.

-c. Tom Stoppard.

9. Though we think of him as a playwright, during most of his life Shakespeare was also

-a. a lawyer.

-b. a journalist.

-c. an actor.

10. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is based on

-a. a scandal that really occurred in Elizabethan London.

-b. an old Italian story of star-crossed love.

-c. experience in Shakespeare's own life.