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Shakespeare Activate Your Prior Knowledge!!!
Shakespeare Activate Your Prior Knowledge!!!
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1
What was scenery like in The Globe?
Lightly done
Inexpensive
Non-existent
Extravagant
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Who was not allowed on stage in the Renaissance?
Animals
Royalty
Men
Women
3
Who constructed The Globe Theater?
William Shakespeare
George Elliot
Richard Burbage
Robert Johnson
4
Where is The Globe located?
Detroit
London
New York
Wales
5
Where was Shakespeare born?
London
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Manchester
Dublin
6
Who was the leader of England during Shakespeare's time?
King Henry
Queen Mab
Queen Elizabeth
King Richard
7
Where were the most theaters in England located?
Dublin
Manchester
London
Stratford-Upon-Avon
8
What else took place in the theaters besides plays?
All of these
Executions
Bear-Baiting
Prostitution
9
How did people know a play would be seen on that day?
Posters on the street
A flag flew above the theater
They never knew, it was a huge surprise!
People shouting on the streets
10
What is the stress pattern of iambic pentameter?
unstressed stressed
stressed unstressed
11
Sonnets are poems about what?
war
children
love
hate
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How many syllables does iambic pentameter have?
14
12
5
10
13
How does a comedy always end?
There is a wedding...or 3
There is a party
There is a death
A big joke on the audience
14
What is a rhyming couplet?
2 rhyming lines in the middle of the poem
The last 2 lines of the sonnet that rhyme together
2 lines at the beginning that rhyme
15
In what year did The Globe first open?
1581
1599
1539
1516
16
How does a tragedy always end?
The "hero" dies
The "hero" gets married
The "hero" is miserable
The "hero" wins the battle
17
What signaled the start of a play at Renaissance theaters?
Gun shot
Trumpet horn
Cannon fire
Whistle blow
18
What does the "penta" in pentameter mean?
5 iambs
pent up energy
5 sides
19
What color represented royalty, wealth, and power in the Renaissance?
White
Purple
Red
Black
20
In 1603 and 1608 the Globe closed due to
a fire
the Protestant Reformation
the Bubonic Plague
financial difficulties
21
Which of these types of plays did Shakespeare NOT write?
Comedy
Romance
History
Tragedy
22
How would Shakespeare say "yourself"?
Theeself
Yeself
Thouself
Thyself
23
What was the name of Shakespeare's play company?
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The Queen's Men
The King's Troupe
The Globe Troupe
24
How many lines does a sonnet have?
5
12
14
16
25
How much did groundlings have to pay to get inside The Globe?
a penny
a nickel
a dime
two pennies
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What was the Globe Theater also called?
The World's Stage
The Rose Theater
The Wooden "O"
The Brick House
