ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____ died when he was just 11 years old.
A
Hamnet
B
Judith
C
Susanne
D
Mary
E
Anne
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamnet died at the age of 11 and was buried in the churchyard at Holy Trinity in Stratford-upon-Avon on 11 August 1596. The cause of death was not routinely recorded in the parish records, so Hamnet’s death is unknown and it is not clear whether his father was able to attend his funeral in Stratford.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hamnet died at the age of 11 and was buried in Stratford-upon-Avon on 11 August 1596. The cause of his death is unknown.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scholars have pointed to the constant outbreaks of bubonic plague during this period and assumed that Hamnet contracted the disease. But in All Is True, the writer Ben Elton imagined that Hamnet might have drowned in a Stratford pool.

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