William Shakespeare Biography
Questions
Use the biography to help you
answer the following questions about Shakespeare’s life and significance.
1.
What is ironic about Shakespeare’s birth and death?
(thi /2)
2.
Why do you think Shakespeare was baptized only three days after birth? (thi /2)
3.
Why is it interesting to note that Shakespeare did not attend university? (thi /1)
4.
Shakespeare’s son, Hamnet, died around the time that Shakespeare wrote his
great tragedies. Why is this
fact significant? (thi /2)
5.
When Shakespeare began writing in London, he did his writing in the evening in a local pub. Why would this
be the best time to write? (thi /2)
6.
How was theatre received during Shakespe
are’s time? (k/u /1)
7.
What does Shakespeare’s writing
style consist of? (k/u /2)
8.
What is the main difference between Shakespeare’s tragedies and his later tragicomedies? (k/u /1)
9.
What does Ben Jonson’s quote about Shakespeare mean?
(thi /1)
10.
Why do you think we still study Shakespeare today? (thi /2)
thi /12 & k/u /4
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