Education in Elizabethan England was:

For middle-class children, focused on trades and crafts.

If you wanted see a play at the Globe, how would you find out if one was on?

See if the Globe's flag is raised.

How did bear-bating influence Elizabethan drama?

Like bearbating, plays satisfied the audience's bloodthirst.

Why were Shakespeare's more controversial plays set in foreign countries?

It was easier for him to engage in social criticism that way

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Historical Context of Shakespeare

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1
Education in Elizabethan England was:
Non-existent for upper-class children.
For middle-class children, focused on trades and crafts.
Organized into local neighbourhood schools.
For peasant children, focused on Latin and the Bible.
2
If you wanted see a play at the Globe, how would you find out if one was on?
Ask the pigeon-monger.
Read a newspaper.
Turn on the radio.
See if the Globe's flag is raised.
3
How did bear-bating influence Elizabethan drama?
Like bearbating, plays satisfied the audience's bloodthirst.
The theatre was shaped like the triangular bear-bating pit.
There were lots of bears in plays.
Audience members had to stand in bear poop.
4
Why were Shakespeare's more controversial plays set in foreign countries?
His wife was Italian so he set most of his plays there.
It was easier for him to engage in social criticism that way
QueenElizabeth forbade plays that criticized English people.
He traveled a lot and was inspired by his trips.
5
The name of the typical Elizabethan stage was:
proscenium arch
thrust stage
antebellum awning
groundling
6
Where does Romeo and Juliet take place?
Verona, Italy
Venice, Italy
Stratford, England
London, England
7
Which of the following WAS a feature of the typical Elizabethan stage?
scenery
darkness
curtains
trap doors
8
Which of the following was NOT a requirement of Shakespeare's actors?
A booming voice.
Nudity.
Playing multiple characters.
Physical fitness.
9
Why was language so important in Shakespeare's plays?
It had to compensate for lack of lighting and darkness.
It had to tap into the audience's imagination.
All of the above.
Because it had to compensate for lack of scenery.
10
Where did Shakespeare get the idea for Romeo and Juliet from?
Shakepeare's own experience with his own first girlfriend.
From a poem by Arthur Brooke.
From a play by Alfredo Gagliardi.
From the diary of a sailor who'd witnessed events in Verona

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