Exercise 5 page 85

1)      Because he is seen as a font of wisdom and a source of truth about human behaviour, both good and bad.

2)      For example if you say I have not slept a wink, knitted your brows or had short shrift you’re quoting Shakespeare.

3)      The argument of the study is that Shakespeare “is not of an age, but for all time”

4)      For example relationships between art and politics and important issues like gender or sexuality.

Exercise 1 page 88

London was a place of great crossroads, indeed it was built by the Romans, the roads were narrow, it was a city of spectacle, it was really crowded, it had more than 200000 residents, but it was really filthy, due to the amount of people living there.

Exercise 3 page 88

Because it was really crowded, there were very good merchants that imported foreign goods and there were a lot of troupes.

Exercise 4 page 88

1)      C

2)      C

3)      B

4)      A

5)      C

6)      B