Other than the theatre, where did most of the London poor go to see plays?
The court
Inn yards
A local school
Unlike modern theatres, Elizabethan theatres did not have...?
A stage
A curtain
Music
Some of the most popular entertainments among Elizabethans are illegal now. What were they?
Animal baiting
Gambling
Wrestling
Why did studying classics and theology become more popular?
More people could read
There were more schools and universities
The invention of the printing press made books more available
Which of these feast days was not only celebrated as part of the farming calendar?
Plough Monday
Harvest
Lammas Day
Why were people in Elizabethan England superstitious?
They thought good and evil were so finely balanced, that even tiny things could affect it
They were very religious
They weren't very educated
Which of these did the Elizabethans think was lucky?
Being breathed on by a cow
Peacock feathers
Eclipses
How were witches in England punished?
Burning
Drowning
Hanging
Who was given the job of censoring plays?
The Master of the Revels
The church
The Lord Mayor of London
Which of these was the main reason for the Puritans opposing the theatre?
They thought it stopped people thinking about God
They were worried about the spread of disease
They thought that some of the plays were too political