What distinguishes a tragedy from a comedy?

Tragedies have unhappy endings; comedies have happy endings.

Why did male actors play female parts?

It was considered improper for women to act in plays

Why was London a good place for the plague to spread?

there were lots of people crowded together

What were foul papers?

Pieces or scraps of the play Shakespeare wrote with his own hand

What are the four humors?

phlegm, blood, black bile, yellow bile

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1
What was the cheapest seat in The Globe Theatre?
The Gods
The Gallery
The Stage
The Pit
2
The name of the first theatre in London
The Theatre
Cinemark Tinseltown
Shakespeare's Theatre
The Globe Theatre
3
How do we know about the birth of William Shakespeare?
Your mom told me
Hospital records
Diary
Baptismal records
4
What distinguishes a tragedy from a comedy?
Tragedies are in the past; comedies are in the present.
Tragedies have unhappy endings; comedies have happy endings.
Tragedies are sad; comedies are funny.
Tragedies have strong heroes; comedies have weak heroes.
5
Where was Shakespeare baptized?
Holy Trinity Church
Faith Baptist Church
Whole Lee Trinity Church
Westminster Abby
6
Shakespeare's acting troupe was called
We don't know
The Groundlings
Lord Chamberland's Men
The London Players
7
Name the children of Shakespeare
Juliet Hamlet Susanna
Susan Hamnet Judith
Judith Hamnet Susanna
Hamlet Judith Susanna
8
Why did Shakespeare write poetry?
He wanted to make more money
No one wanted to act in his plays
His wife died
The theaters closed
9
How may children did Shakespeare have with his wife?
0
2
3
1
10
The Globe Theatre had all of the following EXCEPT...
Multiple levels
A fully enclosed roof
An elevated stage
A trap door
11
Shakespeare built the Globe Theatre
False
True
12
This Scottish monarch became King of England after the death of Queen Elizabeth
William
Edward the Confessor
Charles
James
13
Shakespeare married
Anne Hathaway
Irene Adler
Mary Shelley
Mary Arden
14
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
38
42
Over 150
10
15
How did the Globe Theatre burn down?
Rebellion
Canon fire
War
Fire to kill rats and fleas
16
Why did male actors play female parts?
Male actors needed the money
Shakespeare hated women
It was considered improper for women to act in plays
Women are typically terrible actors
17
How many different words did Shakespeare create in the English Language?
We don't know
Over 800
Over 1,700
Over 700
18
Shakespeare's Era was the
Elizabethan
Industrial
Renaissance
Jacobian
19
Shakespeare was married at the age of
26
18
15
16
20
Which of the following most impacted theater in Shakespeare's time?
Influenza
Sewage
Poverty
Bubonic Plague
21
Why was London a good place for the plague to spread?
there were lots of people crowded together
people didn't take vitamins
it was hot and humid
the plague said challenge accepted
22
Shakespeare was...
an only child
Christopher Marlowe's cousin
the son of a playwrite
the son of the mayor
23
Where was Shakespeare Born?
London
Merriweather
Manchester
Stratford-upon-Avon
24
What was the style of the Globe Theatre?
Abstract
Modern
Elizabethan
Medieval
25
What were foul papers?
The copies of Shakespeare's manuscript written by a scribe
Pieces or scraps of the play Shakespeare wrote with his own hand
Dirty pieces of paper in The Pit
The name of the London newspaper
26
What are the four humors?
phlegm, blood, black bile, yellow bile
saliva, blood, phlegm, black bile
phlegm, blood, black bile, red bile
blood, saliva, yellow bile, phlegm

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