Background for Romeo and Juliet

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  1. 3. What is the name of the famous river/port in London.
  2. 4. What Period is known as the “Birth of Learning”?
  3. 5. What is the name of Shakespeare's theatre?
  4. 7. What is another name for the Black Plague that killed 50% of Europe?
  5. 9. What city is the play set in?
  6. 10. Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
  7. 12. What is the name of the Scottish King who ruled England after the queen died in 1603?
  8. 14. What genre is Romeo and Juliet?
  9. 15. What is the name of those who paid a penny to stand and watch plays?
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  1. 1. What is the name of someone who writes plays?
  2. 2. Who played Romeo in the 1996 film Romeo and Juliet?
  3. 6. What is the name of the queen who ruled during Shakespeare's time?
  4. 8. What is the name of the medical practice of draining "bad" blood from the sick?
  5. 11. Where did Shakespeare grow up?
  6. 13. In 1588, who was the most powerful nation?