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AQA GCSE Elizabethan Theatre Quiz
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What was the name of Shakespeare's Theatre
The Swan
The Globe
The Rose
The Fortune
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Why did Elizabeth also support the Theatre
To keep people happy
It was a form of propaganda controlled by the Aristocracy
To keep people busy.
It helped keep her popularity rating high
3
The theatres were made of wood.Why wasn't the theatre open at night or in the Winter
To crowded and loud
To noisy and wet
To dark and candles were expensive and dangerous
To cold and dark
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Why was Shakespeare's play Richard III so popular with Elizabeth and her supporters?
They celebrated Elizabeth's reign
It was historically correct
It showed Richard III in a negative light
She liked the story and the fight scenes
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How much did it cost to stand by the stage? What were these members of the audience called
1 penny, the penny stinkers
5 pennies, the unwashed
3 pennies, the punters
4 pennies, the unloved
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How important was Elizabeth's patronage of the Theatre in keeping them open?
She liked watching plays.
She had no influence at all
Limited but it kept her nobles loyal
Both she and members of the Privy Council supported theatre.
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What was the name of the people who opposed the theatre?
Peletrons
Puritans
Matrons
Patrons
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What types of plays did Shakespeare write?
Philosophies, Histories, Melodramas
Open, Closed and Partial
Tragedy, Comedy, History
Tragedies, Histories, Comedies
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If this was Elizabethan times what is wrong with this picture?
The actors are wearing costumes and some are women
One of the actors has false ears on
The actors are sitting down
there are to many actors
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Why did the Puritans oppose the Theatre
They felt it stopped people from going to church
They just were kill joys
They thought Theatres generated sin
It was very expensive
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Who was this playwright
William Shakespeare
Thomas Marlowe
Benjamin Jonson
Richard Burbage
