Shakespeare & Witchcraft

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  1. 2. The Scottish King blamed the ____________ of witches for conjuring violent storms (two words)
  2. 5. King Henry VIII passed the first ____________ Act, which officially made the practice of witchcraft punishable by death (two words)
  3. 8. How many times you have to spin around outside of the theater if you utter the play that shall not be named
  4. 11. Mary, Queen of Scots died by _____
  5. 12. James VI was the ______ of Scotland
  6. 14. Sixteenth century ______ was notorious for its witch-hunts
  7. 15. Audiences were likely to believe that women became witches by consenting to sexual intercourse with the ______ or some other evil spirit.
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  1. 1. The witches in Macbeth were referred to as this (three words)
  2. 3. Shakespeare wrote this play in 1606
  3. 4. Book about witchcraft, published by King James
  4. 6. King James played an active role in the ____________ witch trials
  5. 7. Christopher ______ wrote Doctor Faustus
  6. 9. Witches usually also had _______ to carry out tasks for them
  7. 10. According to folklore, Macbeth was ______ from the beginning.
  8. 13. One rumoured mishaps of the play include real ______ being used in place of stage props for the murder of King Duncan