Game Quiz!

1. Game Quiz! The Elizabethan Era!

2. 1) Who is the Elizabethan Era named after? • Elizabeth Taylor • Queen Elizabeth I • Elizabeth Arden • Elizabeth Hurley • Elizabeth Barrett Browning

3. 2) What form of fine art is the Elizabethan Era most famous for? • Literature • Painting • Ballet • Theatre • Calligraphy

4. 3) What famous writer from the Elizabethan Era is considered by many to be the greatest writer of the English language? • Charles Dickens • Jane Austen • William Shakespeare • Emily Bronte • J. K. Rowling

5. 4) What type of plays were performed at the English theatre? • History plays • Comedies • Tragedies • All of the above • None of the above

6. 5) Who of the following was NOT a famous English explorer? • Sir Francis Drake • Christopher Columbus • Sir Walter Raleigh • Sir Humphrey Gilbert • All of the above

7. 6) True or False: During the Elizabethan Era, people wore plain clothing with little decoration and drab colours. • True • False

8. 7) What was the Privy Council? • A group of advisors to the monarch • A group of commoners who voted on laws • An English acting company • A Renaissance singing group • One of the two houses of parliament

9. 10) When did the Elizabethan Era take place? • 1066 to 1112 • 1153 to 1250 • 1300 to 1450 • 1558 to 1603 • 1644 to 1776

10. Answers! • 1) Queen Elizabeth I • 2) Theatre • 3) William Shakespeare • 4) All of the above • 5) Christopher Columbus • 6) False • 7) A group of advisors to the monarch • 8) 1558 to 1603