Shakespeare's play which is rumoured to be cursed is

not going to be mentioned here, because it's cursed

Shakespeare can be hard to understand because

English has changed over the last 400 years

The main point of Romeo and Juliet is

hasty decisions have disastrous results

Women were not allowed to perform on stage in Shakespeare's day, so

boys played the female roles wearing women's clothing

One major controversy about Shakespeare is

whether he actually wrote his plays

The acting term 'sides' comes from

posting the plot of the play backstage, off to the sides

Shakespeare's company performed

a different play each day, 6 days a week

The acting term 'role' comes from

the roll of paper an actor's lines were written on

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Shakespeare General Knowledge

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1
Shakespeare's writing is
meaningful to people of different cultures and times
full of dirty jokes
meant to make people think
all of these
2
Shakespeare got ideas for his plays from
Holinshed's Chronicles
all of these
ancient writers like Ovid and Plutarch
plays by other writers
3
Shakespeare's play which is rumoured to be cursed is
not going to be mentioned here, because it's cursed
The Taming of the Shrew
Hamlet
Romeo & Juliet
4
Shakespeare coined many phrases, such as
"all's well that ends well"
"dead as a door-nail"
all of these
"catching a cold"
5
Shakespeare can be hard to understand because
English has changed over the last 400 years
he wrote in Old English
most translations aren't very good
his spelling and grammar were terrible
6
Shakespeare wrote the original
blonde jokes
"Why did the chicken cross the road?" jokes
Dad jokes
knock-knock jokes
7
Shakespeare's plays were originally performed at
The Theatre
The Globe
all of these
Blackfriars Theatre
8
Shakespeare made his home in
Stratford, Ontario
Stratford-upon-Avon
Avon
London
9
Theatres were sometimes closed during Shakespeare's career because of
poor attendance
the risk of fires spreading if they burned down
questions of morality
outbreaks of plague
10
The main point of Romeo and Juliet is
never pick up strange girls at parties
love conquers all
bad things happen when families fight
hasty decisions have disastrous results
11
Which of these films is based on a Shakespeare play?
The Lion King
Ten Things I Hate About You
West Side Story
all of them
12
Women were not allowed to perform on stage in Shakespeare's day, so
boys played the female roles wearing women's clothing
plays with female roles were produced away from the theatres
plays with female roles had to be performed in secret
there are no female roles in Shakespeare's plays
13
Before performing, Shakespeare's company rehearsed a play for about
a month
six weeks
2 to 3 hours
a week
14
Shakespeare's theatres often lacked
a curtain
all of these
a roof over most of the audience
fancy sets and backdrops
15
On June 29th, 1613
Shakespeare was born
Shakespeare died
The Globe Theatre burned down
The Globe Theatre opened
16
One major controversy about Shakespeare is
that he's hard to understand
that he got married very young
whether he actually wrote his plays
exactly when he was born
17
The acting term 'sides' comes from
the importance of knowing which side to enter from
writing an actor's lines on both sides of the paper
the importance of knowing whose side you're on
posting the plot of the play backstage, off to the sides
18
Shakespeare's company performed
about 3 plays a year
a different play each day, 6 days a week
a new play every month
a new play every week
19
Shakespeare is best known today as a
local mayor
playwright
poet
glovemaker
20
The acting term 'role' comes from
a Latin word meaning 'to act'
a French word meaning 'to act'
an actor knowing his part so well it 'rolled off his tongue'
the roll of paper an actor's lines were written on

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