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 Shakespeare’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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