Introduction to William Shakespeare & Macbeth

Question 1

In the theater community, many actors believe the play is cursed and thus...

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refuse to utter the play's name & say "the Scottish play.", believe performing it has caused many deaths and injuries.

Question 2

If you were looking for entertainment in Shakespare's London, you could...

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all of the above!

Question 3

On the other hand, some scholars and biographers believe their marriage was happy because...

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he invested in land near Stratford and retired there., he regularly returned to Stratford while living in London., he shared his newfound wealth with his wife and children.

Question 4

During Shakespeare's life, the theater was...

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very popular, considered by some to be immoral, enthusiastically supported by Queen Elizabeth, attended by rich and poor, educated and illiterate alike

Question 5

In Shakespeare's time, the audience at a theatrical performance was...

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often raucous.

Question 6

Performances at the Globe Theater...

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only happened in daylight, always ended in a dance, lacked curtains and rarely had much scenery, only featured male actors

Question 7

Shakespeare's gravestone...

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may not mark the location of Shakespeare's skull., is inscribed with a curse on anyone who moves his bones.

Question 8

William Shakespeare was...

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baptized April 26, 1564; he was likely born around the 23rd., born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon., the son of a glove-maker who served as town baliff (mayor).

Question 9

The death of Hamnet, at age 11...

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may have been caused by Bubonic Plague., may have inspired the character Hamlet.

Question 10

Macbeth is usually categorized as a...

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tragedy

Question 11

When he died, William Shakespeare's work was...

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very popular in England.

Question 12

Shakespeare and his wife had three children, named...

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Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet

Question 13

Some scholars and biographers believe that Shakespeare's marriage was unhappy because...

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he spent a lot of time in London, 100 miles away from home., he married a pregnant 26-year-old at 18., he left his wife his "second-best" bed in his will.

Question 14

Shakespeare's wife was named...

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Anne Hathaway

Question 15

What is a groundling?

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an audience member with little money, a person in the front row at the Globe

Question 16

Events associated with the curse of "the Scottish Play" include...

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an 1849 riot in NYC in which 22 people died., the set collapse at a 1928 production in London., the fatal exchange of real daggers for fake daggers in 1672., Lincoln reading the play just days before his assassination.

Question 17

Shakespeare's plays were often performed...

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at the Globe Theater, at the royal court

Question 18

In addition to writing plays, William Shakespeare was...

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part owner of the King's Men, a theater company., an actor (one rumored to have been the ghost in Hamlet!), part owner of the Globe Theater.

Question 19

William Shakespeare lived in...

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England

Question 20

William Shakespeare's plays are generally divided into three categories:

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histories, tragedies, and comedies

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