1. Yeah, actually. . .when was he born?
   April 23, 1564
2. April 26, 1564

We know he was baptized on April 26, 1564, but don't know the actual date of his birth.

1. Plymouth
   Stratford-Upon-Avon
2. London

It's also where you can find his grave.

1. teacher
   leatherworker
2. rector

John Shakespeare primarily made gloves.

1. town drunk
   bishop
2. bailiff

Shakespeare's father was a high-ranking member of the city's governing body.

1. homeschool
   a local grammar school
2. no school

It's likely that Shakespeare attended the King's School, near his home.

1. music training
   a robust theatre program
2. Latin and Greek classics

Latin and Greek were standard curriculum in the 16th century, which makes the literary and historical references in his work not unusual for a middle-class kid.

1. marriage
   a child
2. both

Shakespeare married at 18, while his wife was already three months' pregnant with their first child.

1. Anne Hathaway
   Anne Avon
2. Jane Seymour

Not that Anne Hathaway.

1. separated
   divorced
2. three children

Susanna, born in 1582, and the twins Judith and Hamnet, born in 1585.

1. got a job as a swordmaker
   bummed around town trying to write plays
2. only appears in the historical record in London, 1592

Between 1585 and 1592, there's no clue what Shakespeare was doing. But by the 1592 mention, he already seemed to be established as a playwright and actor in London.

1. The Happy Players
   Lord Chamberlain's Men
2. The Globe Theatre Troop

Lord Chamberlain's Men (later the King's Men) was an acting company that Shakespeare wrote for, produced and performed in.

1. "Taming of the Shrew"
   "Richard III"
2. "Henry IV"

Keep in mind that nobody is certain about chronology, but it's the best guess of scholars.

1. 1512
   1572
2. 1599

Before that, Shakespeare and the Chamberlain Men performed at a theater called … The Theatre.

1. a clown
   a pen
2. a spear

Will was pretty literal, for a writer.

1. "Winter's Tale"
   "Timon of Athens"
2. "Coriolanus"

To be fair, some disagree that it's a comedy all the way through.

1. ancient Roman Britain
   16th century York
2. Italy

Another romantic comedy, "Cymbeline" doesn't have the same acclaim as other works.

1. "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
   "As You Like It"
2. "The Tempest"

It was unusual for Shakespeare to tackle a contemporary time.

1. "Othello"
   "Hamlet"
2. "Richard III"

At over 4,000 lines, it usually runs around four hours if it's uncut.

1. the first published collection of some of Shakespeare's work
   the first five plays Shakespeare wrote
2. a Shakespeare play about two dueling lawyers

Less than a decade after Shakespeare's death, players from his company published 36 of his plays in one collection.

1. 18
   10
2. seven

Without the First Folio, these plays would never have been printed.

1. two
   none
2. 223

If you have one in your closet, it might be worth something.

1. random people transcribed the plays as they watched
   part of other playwright's collections
2. quartos

Quartos were small books, and each Shakespeare quarto contained a single play.

1. "Pericles"
   "Venus and Adonis"
2. "King John"

"Venus and Adonis" is a narrative poem; the other two are plays.

1. a young man
   a dark lady
2. both

That is, the narrator in the poems is addressing them to a young man and dark lady.

1. Queen Elizabeth I
   Mr. W. H.
2. Shakespeare's wife

Unsurprisingly, much controversy storms over who W.H. is.

1. "Two Gentleman of Verona"
   "The Two Noble Kinsmen"
2. "The Tempest"

The play was co-written with John Fletcher, around 1613.

1. 1613
   1624
2. 1616

It seems that Shakespeare was going between London and Stratford for some years, but died in Stratford.

1. a curse to anyone who moves his remains
   a prayer
2. a popular song of the time

"Blessed be the man that spares these stones/ And cursed be he who moves my bones."

1. not Shakespeare
   probably Shakespeare
2. Christopher Marlowe

Although an enormous amount of speculation in the 20th century has ensued, most academics believe Shakespeare himself was Shakespeare.

1. don't exist
   live in Stratford
2. can be found around Great Britain

The family line died out.