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Shakespeare; True or False

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    Let`s get to know about Shakespeare through this quiz!
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  • Shakespeare was born and died on the same day.
    True. He was born and died on April 23rd (he did not die on the same die he was born...that would be stupid how could he write all those plays in just one day!)
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  • He wrote over 100 plays.
    False. He wrote about 40 (if you got this wrong your punishment is to read all of them)
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  • Shakespeare`s marriage caused a scandal.
    True. He married a woman 8 years older who was pregnant at the time.
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  • Shakespeare was an actor who performed in his own plays.
    True. He was a double threat! This means he was good at two things!
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  • Shakespeare made NO money from his work.
    False. He became very rich and was a clever businessman
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  • There were no actresses in Shakespeare`s time.
    True. All parts were played by men. It was illegal for women to appear on the stage
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  • Shakespeare is my great great great great great great great grandfather`s best friend.
    False. Actually they did not like each other....sorry also false
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  • Shakespeare`s plays have been translated into a fictional language from a TV show.
    TRUE!! Two have been translated into Klingon from Star Trek
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  • Teaching Shakespeare at school is done so to torture badly behaved students
    FALSE!! But why do we study Shakespeare! Let`s talk about it!
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  • Shakespeare`s favorite food was chicken nuggets.
    FALSE....as far as I know
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  • There is a conspiracy that Shakespeare did not write his plays.
    TRUE. Not much evidence for this. Let me explain what could be the reason for this. Not enough space to type here!
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  • Shakespeare`s plays were loved by all his contemporaries.
    FALSE. Some critics did not like his work. How about you?
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  • A lot of Shakespeare`s plays are based on real events
    TRUE. Many of them have some historical basis, even Romeo and Juliet.
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