ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Did Shakespeare have higher education and extensive schooling?
A
Yes
B
No
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -His education ended after grammar school, and Shakespeare did not attend university.

Detailed explanation-2: -He probably left school at fourteen to undertake an apprenticeship of seven years until his coming of age.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although no attendance records for the period survive, most biographers agree that Shakespeare was probably educated at the King’s New School in Stratford, a free school chartered in 1553, about a quarter-mile (400 m) from his home.

Detailed explanation-4: -Although boys normally attended grammar school until age 15 or 16, Shakespeare may have been forced to leave school as early as 1577, at age 13, because of his father’s financial difficulties. There is no record of Shakespeare attending university.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare studied Latin Grammar, Latin Literature, and rhetoric in school. He sought his fortune as a playwright in London.

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