Elizabethean England

Question 1

16th century (_______), ___________ society

Answer 1

1500s
agriculture

Question 2

Struggle for __________

Answer 2

survival

Question 3

Majority of population lived in the _________

Answer 3

South

Question 4

Approximately 120,000 people lived in ________

Answer 4

London

Question 5

Population _________ by 1 million during Elizabeth’s reign

Answer 5

increased

Question 6

Inside houses : ___________________________, dark, dingy, lit by candles

Answer 6

no running water or proper drainage

Question 7

1561 – ____________ plague kills 17,000 in London

Answer 7

Bubonic

Question 8

Dusty roads, travel by __________________

Answer 8

horseback or boat

Question 9

Major industry: ________ exported as ________ to Europe

Answer 9

wool
cloth

Question 10

Queen Elizabeth I was the daughter of _________ 2nd marriage to ______________

Answer 10

Henry VIII
Anne Boleyn

Question 11

Queen Elizabeth I was known as the _____________because she never married.

Answer 11

Virgin Queen

Question 12

Queen Elizabeth I liked the consummate ________ of being Queen and didn’t want to share

Answer 12

power

Question 13

Queen Elizabeth I was born in _________

Answer 13

1533

Question 14

Queen Elizabeth I’s mother was _________ in 1536

Answer 14

executed

Question 15

Elizabeth ___________ and _____________ from court

Answer 15

illegitimate
banished

Question 16

Befriends ________________________ and lives with her after his death in 1547

Answer 16

Catherine Parr, Henry’s 6th wife

Question 17

Elizabeth ______________________ upon her half-sister’s death

Answer 17

becomes Queen in 1558 at 25 years old

Question 18

Elizabeth was ___________ for the enormity of the task which lay ahead and had to maintain a _______________

Answer 18

ill-prepared
politically low profile

Question 19

Elizabeth’s greatest talent –

Answer 19

an unerring ability to choose and inspire capable men to govern her kingdom

Question 20

Elizabeth inherited a ________________ nation at a time when profound _______________ changes were sweeping across the whole of Europe

Answer 20

weak, divided, and dispirited
political and social

Question 21

Powerful neighboring countries were ________________ as __________________________ tore at the very hearts and souls of her subjects.

Answer 21

threatening invasion
conflicting old and new religious ideologies

Question 22

Elizabeth’s reign

Answer 22

1558-1603

Question 23

Current state:

Answer 23

England at war with France, who is allied with Scotland

Question 24

broke with Rome and dissolved all monasteries

Answer 24

Henry VIII

Question 25

Henry VII created the

Answer 25

Church of England

Question 26

Hard line Protestant

Answer 26

Edward VI

Question 27

Catholic, publicly burned heretics at the stake

Answer 27

Mary I

Question 28

Believed to be the greatest playwright in history

Answer 28

Shakespeare

Question 29

Shakespeare was know for his ability to _____________

Answer 29

depict human character

Question 30

Shakespeare was born on

Answer 30

23 April 1564 in Stratford

Question 31

In 1582, Shakespeare marries ____________, who is ___________

Answer 31

Anne Hathway Illiterate

Question 32

Shakespeare died on

Answer 32

April 23, 1616 at 52 years old

Question 33

James I ruled from:

Answer 33

1603–1625

Question 34

King James paid Shakespeare’s theater company the greatest possible compliment by endowing its members with the status of the ______________.

Answer 34

King’s Players

Question 35

Shakespeare is said to have written _____ plays and ____sonnets.

Answer 35

37 154

Question 36

Shakespeare gained the bulk of his fame ____________.

Answer 36

posthumously

Question 37

Founding member of the ___________________, an acting company

Answer 37

Lord Chamberlain's Men

Question 38

Late 1580s, becomes involved with ________________ and moves to London

Answer 38

a travelling group of actors

Question 39

_____________ built on Bankside; Shakespeare is a shareholder.

Answer 39

Globe Theater

Question 40

Plays were ______________.

Answer 40

staged in the open air

Question 41

No_____________________ , minimal music and sound effects

Answer 41

women, no curtains or props

Question 42

Julius Caesar born

Answer 42

July 12, 100BC

Question 43

Caesar was considered to be a _______________________.

Answer 43

military genius and brilliant politician

Question 44

Rome suffered from constant infighting between _____________________ to whom they supposedly owed allegiance.

Answer 44

ambitious military leaders and the far weaker senators

Question 45

Caesar was stabbed to death by his conspirators Most accounts say ___ times Shakespeare says ___ times

Answer 45

23 33

Question 46

Caesar was named dictator for life or _______________

Answer 46

Dictator Perpetuus