Shakespeare's Plays

Question 1

The room behind the stage of The Globe that was used for costume changes is called the

Accepted Answer

Tiring House

Question 2

Which play features lovers?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 3

In which country was William Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

England

Question 4

Which play features a character who pretends to be insane?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Question 5

Which play features 3 fortune telling witches?

Accepted Answer

Macbeth

Question 6

In which play do characters disguise themselves by cross dressing?

Accepted Answer

Twelfth Night

Question 7

Which play features a double suicide?

Accepted Answer

Romeo & Juliet

Question 8

Why is 1558-1603 called the Elizabethan Age?

Accepted Answer

Queen Elizabeth was ruler

Question 9

Why were the galleries more expensive than the pit?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 10

Which play ends Happily Ever After?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 11

Which play is a tragi-comedy?

Accepted Answer

The Tempest

Question 12

Which play has a major theme of mistaken Jealousy?

Accepted Answer

Othello

Question 13

Fireworks were used for special effects. What problem did this cause?

Accepted Answer

Playhouses burned down

Question 14

How many plays did William Shakespeare write (we think)?

Accepted Answer

37

Question 15

Which play features a character named Desdemona?

Accepted Answer

Othello

Question 16

Which play features a character who can control the seas?

Accepted Answer

The Tempest

Question 17

What Rank was the most powerful?

Accepted Answer

Royal Court

Question 18

What was used as fake blood in Shakespeare's plays?

Accepted Answer

Pig's blood

Question 19

Which play's main theme is vengeance (revenge)?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Question 20

Which play is set in Scotland?

Accepted Answer

Macbeth

Question 21

What year was William Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

1564

Question 22

What was William Shakespeare's wife's name?

Accepted Answer

Anne Hathaway

Question 23

What was used to simulate Thunder in Shakespeare's plays?

Accepted Answer

rolling cannonball

Question 24

In which play does the main character have his best friend murdered?

Accepted Answer

Macbeth

Question 25

Which play features a character named Miranda?

Accepted Answer

The Tempest

Question 26

Who was not allowed to act during the Elizabethan era?

Accepted Answer

Women

Question 27

What was THE ORIGINAL name of Shakespeare's acting company?

Accepted Answer

Lord Chamberlain's Men

Question 28

True or False: Queen Elizabeth was a tyrannical ruler who tortured and executed many people.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 29

Who looks upon "poor Yorick's" skull as he contemplates life and death?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Question 30

Which play contains a character who is a drunken butler?

Accepted Answer

The Tempest

Question 31

Which play contains the character Friar Lawrence?

Accepted Answer

Romeo & Juliet

Question 32

Which play features a character named Hermia?

Accepted Answer

A Midsummer Nights Dream

Question 33

The people who stood in the pit to watch the play were called...

Accepted Answer

Groundlings

Question 34

Which play features a play within the play?

Accepted Answer

A Midsummer Nights Dream

Question 35

Which play features a love potion?

Accepted Answer

A Midsummer Nights Dream

Shakespeare's Plays

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Shakespeare's Plays

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