FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Yes
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No
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The plague took three of William’s siblings. William Shakespeare’s wife, Anne Hathaway, gave birth to three children, Susanna, and a set of twins, Hamnet, a son, and Judith, a daughter. At the age of 11, Hamnet died from the plague.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare’s family was not large by standards of the time. Shakespeare’s sister, Joan, was his only sibling to survive him. She was five years younger than him and much loved by him. Shakespeare died a rich man and he left her well provided for in his will with both property and money.
Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare’s brothers and sisters Joan, born 1558, died before 1569. Margaret, born 1562, died 1563 (aged 5 months). (William, born 1564, died 1616.) Gilbert, born 1566, haberdasher, died 1612.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: Shakespeare had at least seven siblings. He had two older sisters named Joan and Judith, and three younger brothers named Gilbert, Richard, and Edmund. He also had an older sister who was born in 1558 but who died from the plague when she was just an infant.