Questions › Chapter 3: A long and illustrious history
Which TWO statements about William Shakespeare are correct?
Choose two answers.
- AHis birthplace was Stratford-upon-AvonRight answer
- BHe wrote a diary about the great fire of London
- CHe was both a playwright and an actorRight answer
- DLondon's Globe Theatre is the original building where he worked
Answer: His birthplace was Stratford-upon-Avon and He was both a playwright and an actor
Shakespeare came from Stratford-upon-Avon and acted as well as writing plays and poems. The fire diary was written by Samuel Pepys, and today's Globe in London is a modern copy, not an original theatre.
From chapter 3 of the handbook, "A long and illustrious history", section "The Tudors and Stuarts". Practice question 137 of 651, written in our own words.