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2: how many of shakespeare's plays weren't included in his first folio?
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8: how many brothers and sisters did shakespeare have?
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36: how many plays were in shakespeare's first folio?
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45 years: how long was elizabeth queen?
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52: how old was shakespeare when he died?
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1558: when did elizabeth become queen?
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1592: what year was shakespeare first know as a successful actor and playwright
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1594: when did shakespeare join the lord chamberlain's men?
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1599: when is julius caesar believed to have been written?
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1603: when was hamlet published?
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1603: when did the lord chamberlain's men become the king's men?
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1605: when was macbeth written?
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1609: when were shakespeare's sonnets published?
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1612: when did shakespeare retire?
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1613 during a battle scene of henry VIII when someone lit a candle: when did the globe burn down and why?
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1623: when was the first folio published?
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a crow strutting about in another bird's feathers: what did robert greene, a rival playwright, compare shakespeare to?
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blank verse: what style did shakespeare write in?
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boys: who played all of the women's parts in shakespeare's plays?
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chastity and housewifery: what did girls' education cover?
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glovemaker: what was john shakespeare's job?
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go to catholic masses or practice their faith: what were catholics not allowed to do?
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go to church of england services: what did queen elizabeth make it mandatory to do?
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grammar: what kind of school did shakespeare go to?
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groundlings: who sat in the pit?
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his second best bed: what did shakespeare leave his wife in his will?
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iambic pentameter: what meter did shakespeare write in?
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in the courtyards of inns: where were the first stages set up?
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intimate friend, inferior, insult: what are the three uses of thee, thine, and thou?
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james burbage, 1576, the theater: who built the first theater when, and what did he call it?
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John Heminges and Henry Condell: who published shakespeare's first folio?
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latin: what language were all school boys expected to be proficient in?
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located above the stage to house spectators or musicians: what was the gallery?
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more: what does moe mean?
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most people could read: what was literacy like in elizabethan england?
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no: did shakespeare go to university?
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nobles' homes: when foreign dignitaries or the queen were traveling, where were they housed?
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one's ranking in society: what is precedence?
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preferment and precedence: what two things was elizabethan society based on?
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queen elizabeth I and king james I: who were the two most important people that shakespeare performed for?
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richard burbage: who was the leading actor in many of shakespeare's plays?
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run-on lines: what is another word for enjambment?
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shareholder, actor, and playwright: what were shakespeare's roles in the lord chamberlain's men?
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she was three months pregnant: why is it believed that shakespeare married anne hathaway?
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shut them down: what did the puritans do to the theaters?
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slowly or wait a minute: what did soft mean in shakespeare's day?
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storage area that also held winches which could raise and lower the characters on and off stage: what was the purpose of the hut?
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stratford: where was shakespeare buried?
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the area under the stage: what was hell?
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the globe: after the theater burned down, what new theater did the lord chamberlain's men build?
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the heavens: what was overtop of the stage?
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the king or queen's view of one's standing: what is preferment?
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the pit: what was the area in front of the stage called?
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the private galleries where the wealthy sat: what are the lord's rooms?
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the Restoration: what did king charles II start after he returned from france?
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the trap door: what was hidden in the stage that lead to hell?
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theaters didn't want rival theaters to find them and perform them: why weren't shakespeare's plays originally published?
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their titles were unpaid: why did nobles have low incomes?
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there was a show that day: what did the flag above the theater mean?
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they thought people wasted their time there and that disease was too easil spread: why were people trying to close the theaters?
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they were lazy people who were no good: what was thought of actors in shakespeare's time?
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upper, inner, and outer: what were the three levels of stage?
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wrote his poems and sonnets: what did shakespeare do while theaters were closed because of the plague?
