Elizabethan Education and Leisure

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Test your knowledge on the fascinating world of Elizabethan education and leisure activities! This quiz will challenge your understanding of the grammar schools, literacy rates, and the social dynamics of 16th century England.

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Multiple choice questions
Insights into historical attitudes toward education
A glimpse into the leisure activities of various social classes

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Which thinkers and writers in the 16th century believed that learning was important in its own right?

Protestants

Catholics

Humanists

Feminists

Why did Protestants believe people should be literate (be able to read and write)?

Because they wanted English people to be more educated than the Spanish

So people could read the Bible in their own language and develop their own relationship with God.

Because they wanted more educated people to support the growing economy.

So people could study to be Protestant clergymen at university.

How were lower class boys able to attend grammar schools?

They had to pass the 11 plus

They had to be family friends with someone who worked at the school

They had to be Protestant

Their places were funded by people who left money to the school to fund scholarships

Approximately, how long was the school day of a grammar school?

Almost 9 hours

Almost 12 hours

Almost 10 hours

Almost 11 hours

What subjects were offered to children receiving an alternative curriculum at a grammar school?

English, Writing, Arithmetic and Geography

Latin, Greek and French

Ancient and classical History, Philosophy, Chess

Archery, Chess, Wrestling and Running

How were boys disciplined at a Petty school?

Detentions

Housework for the teacher

Financial penalty for the family

Beating for poor behaviour or not doing well in lessons.

Why did attitudes towards girls education not really change during the Elizabethan period?

Feminists were often dismissed as spinsters.

Women didn't want to receive an education

Girls were expected to marry, not work outside the home.

Education was a luxury few could afford

Did literacy rates for women improve between 1530 and 1603?

Yes literacy rates improved from 20% to 30%

No, literacy rates remained at 10%

What was the biggest obstacle to an education in the Elizabethan period?

There were too few places in grammar school

Societies views on education

Family values

Its cost

Which of the following was the first purpose-built theatre to be constructed in London?

Red Lion

Shakespeare's Globe

The Rose

The Golden Hind

Why did theatres turn to new, non-religious (secular) plays in the Elizabethan period?

Because the general public were bored of watching religious plays.

Because great play writes like Shakespeare were atheist (didn't believe in God)

Because some Protestants believed that the centuries -old plays were another way for the Catholic Church to control interpretations of the Bible.

Because secular plays reflected Elizabethan's vulgar sense of humour.

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