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William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 in (a) _____ village of Stratford-on-Avon in (b) _____ country of WarwickshirE- His father John Shakespeare was (c) _____ farmer's son who came (d) _____ Stratford about 1531, and began to prosper as (e)  trader in corn, wheat, leather and agricultural products. His mother Mary Arden was (f) _____ daughter of (g) _____ prosperous farmer, descended from (h) _____ old family of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Norman blood. It is generally believed that neither (i) _____ poet's mother nor his father could read or writE- In 1582, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the daughter of (j) _____ peasant family. She was eight years older than ShakespearE-