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Question 1

William Shakespeare lived and wrote during the...

Accepted Answer

Elizabethan Era

Question 2

In Elizabethan plays, the most important element of the drama was...

Accepted Answer

the words

Question 3

the use of a regular rhythm pattern in poetry

Accepted Answer

meter

Question 4

How many iambs does a line of perfect iambic pentameter contain?

Accepted Answer

five

Question 5

William Shakespeare died at the age of _______.

Accepted Answer

52

Question 6

Name of the Greek philosopher that spelled out his ideas on tragedy in "The Poetics."

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 7

Unrhymed iambic pentameter is called

Accepted Answer

blank verse

Question 8

The Globe Theatre was shaped like a/an...

Accepted Answer

"O"

Question 9

Shakespeare was a member of what theatrical company?

Accepted Answer

Lord Chamberlain's Men

Question 10

The language of everyday, ordinary speech is ___________.

Accepted Answer

prose

Question 11

Where was Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

Stratford

Question 12

The Elizabethan audience believed that weather and other natural events in plays...

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were symbolic of the plot or characters

Question 13

What year was William Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

1564

Question 14

What was Shakespeare's birth and death date?

Accepted Answer

April 23

Question 15

The English Renaissance was a time of...

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immense creativity in the arts.

Question 16

What is another name for poetry?

Accepted Answer

verse

Question 17

What year did Shakespeare die?

Accepted Answer

1616

Question 18

During the English Renaissance, actors were...

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not highly esteemed but highly patronized.

Question 19

Queen Elizabeth died in...

Accepted Answer

1603

Question 20

Why did all London theatres close for two years during 1592?

Accepted Answer

the plague

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT one of Shakespeare's plays?

Accepted Answer

Faustus

Question 22

Shakespeare's last plays were...

Accepted Answer

A Winter's Tale and The Tempest

Question 23

A concentrated and heightened form of language, produced through rhythm and sound devices...

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poetry

Question 24

Spectators at the Globe who stood on the ground in front of the stage while watching a play--

Accepted Answer

groundlings

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