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1
How did Shakespeare present battles and death scenes?
Using pigs blood and intestines
With special effects
He actually killed the actors
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Why did they feel this way?
Because he was Scottish and Protestant
Because he looked funny
Because he was a man
3
The word usurper means...?
a person who is not enjoying their rule
a person who actively takes power from the "rightful" ruler.
a person who becomes King/Queen
4
How did Shakespeare present weather conditions?
With instruments
With a sound system
With sound effects
5
If you were a woman in the Elizabethan/Jacobean era you might be worried…?
that you would be married off to someone you’ve never met
that you would die during childbirth
That someone would accuse you of witchcraft
All of the Above
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Shakespeare was part of the…?
Wave of new performers and writers
Theatre building mayhem
Chamberlains Women
Kings Women
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How many times was The Globe forced to shut and why?
4 Times; Plague and the Fire
Never- Shakespeare was too popular
50 Times; Plague, the Fire, and for Debt
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Where would you sit if you were wealthy?
The upper levels
You wouldn’t, the play would come to you
In the Heavens
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What did the Elizabethans/ Jacobeans call their hierarchy?
The Great Being
The Great Chain of Existence
The Great Chain of Being
The Chain
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What was the lower level called?
The Lower
The Basement
The Pits
The Yard
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Did William Shakespeare write all of those plays?
We don't know
He wrote some, he had help from others
No- it was someone else
Possibly
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How did the Elizabethans feel about James I?
They loved him
They feared him
They hated him
They were nervous and apprehensive
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Where else weren’t women allowed to be?
On stage
On the throne
Wealthy
14
The word used when someone has killed the King is…?
Regiment
Regicide
Usurper
Regimide
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How many levels did The Globe have?
One
Four
Eight
Three and a Basement
16
What would you find in a theatre today that you don’t find at The Globe?
A Play
A Stage
A Roof
An Audience
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What other writer was famous during Shakespeare’s time?
Christopher Marlow
Ben Jonson
King James I
All of the Above
18
Where did women factor into this hierarchy?
Lower than men
Higher than men
Equal to men
19
What punishments could you be given for the act of Regicide?
Hung Drawn and Quartered
Burnt at the stake
Imprisoned
Drowned
20
Due to the lack of a roof, when could plays be performed?
In the freezing cold winter months
In the summer
In Daylight hours
21
Shakespeare’s theatre is called…?
The Globe
The Theatre
The Swan
The Rose
22
For whom was the play created?
King Henry VIII
Elizabeth II
King James I
Queen Elizabeth
23
Why did they punish those for the act of Regicide?
So that other countries would fear England
As a warning to others
As revenge
Because they could
24
Actors went from performing on the…?
stages to streets
Street to pubs to stages
streets to stages,
theatres to swamps
25
How did Shakespeare make Actors 'disappear'?
Using smoke
Using a trap door
All of the Above
Using props
26
Living in the Elizabethan/Jacobean era women had to be…?
Controlling
Dominant
Suspicious
Subservient
27
Why did Shakespeare set Macbeth in Scotland?
To play on the audiences fears
To avoid insulting the English Monarchy
To avoid punishment from the King
To avoid the offending Scottish people
28
How much would it cost to stand in The Yard?
A Penny Farthing
A Penny
A Pound
A Shilling
29
Why else would you sit at the top if you were wealthy?
To avoid the smell of the lower classes
All of the Above.
To get a better view
To look down on those lower than you
30
How did Shakespeare find the money to put on his plays?
From a wealthy patron
His parents paid for it all
He didn’t get paid
31
During the Elizabethan era Acting was…?
Illegal and then became highly popular
Legal
Awful
Illegal
32
What was the order of their hierarchy?
Witches, Kings, Women
Women, Witches, Children
Kings, Nobles, Women, Knights, Peasants
God, Angels, Kings, Nobles, Knights, Land Owners, Peasants
33
How did Shakespeare present a scene that was set during the night?
He would tell the audience
Actors would carry candles
He would switch the lights off
Actors would wear nightwear
34
What era was Macbeth written in?
Edwardian
Jacobean
Shakespearean
Elizabethan
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What did Shakespeare’s theatre look like?
a Globe
a Sphere
a theatre
