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Shakespeare and Elizabethan Theater Background
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1
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the Globe
It had an open roof
It was built by Shakespeare's father
It held 2500-3000 people
It was probably round or octagonal
2
Why are there so few female parts in Shakespeare's plays?
It was hard to find women to act
Queen Elizabeth forbid female characters who were not royal
Women cannot play dramatic roles
Women were not allowed to act
3
Who was the Earl of Southampton?
Queen Elizabeth's advisor
The founder of the New Globe
Shakespeare's patron and lover
Shakespeare's rival
4
What kind of education did Shakespeare have?
An apprenticeship with the local record-keeper
A serious education in Latin and the classics
None
5
What did Shakespeare do in an effort to be one of the gentility?
He applied for a coat of arms
He performed as King Hamlet's ghost
He courted Queen Elizabeth
He moved his family to Southwark
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True or False: After the Globe burned down in 1613, Shakespeare retired to Stratford upon Avon
False
True
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What are the last words that Shakespeare probably wrote?
The lease to the Blackfriars
His epitaph
His will
The first folio
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How much did Shakespeare write?
64 plays; 154 sonnets
32 plays, 100 sonnets
154 plays; countless sonnets
38 plays, 154 sonnets
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What is iambic pentameter?
A unit of meter
Repetition of consonant sounds
Alternating unstressed/stressed syllables in poetry
Deliberate exaggeration
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Who are Shakespeare's sonnets written to?
His twins
Elizabeth I; James I
The young man and the dark lady
Elizabeth I and the Earl of Southampton
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Why were the theaters sometimes closed?
The plague
There were not enough actors
There were not enough new plays
James I shut them down
12
Which of the following flags represented that a comedy would be performed?
White
Black
Red
Yellow
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What is a sonnet?
Two poetic lines.
Four poetic lines.
A dramatic poem.
A 14 line poem written in iambic pentameter.
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What is a couplet?
Four poetic lines
The first eight lines of an Italian sonnet
A pair of rhyming iambic pentameters
The last six lines of an Italian sonnet
15
Which of the following is NOT one of the three great plays Shakespeare wrote in his last years?
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth
Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Why were Shakespeare's early years called "the lost years"
We don't know what Shakespeare was doing.
Shakespeare lost all his money.
The Globe burned down and was never rebuilt.
17
On what day was Shakespeare born?
April 26, 1745
April 23, 1564
April 26, 1616
April 23, 1566
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Which is Shakespeare's LAST play?
Hamlet
The Tempest
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
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Which of following is NOT a name for Shakespeare's acting company?
Lord Chamberlain's Men
The King's Men
The Queen's Players
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Which of the following is a Shakespearean sonnet rhyme scheme?
abbaabbacdecde
ababcdcdefefgg
