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Shakespeare Knowledge Test

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Questions requiring overall knowledge of Shakespeare's techniques, rather than his works specifically.

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1
If it says "aside" by a character's name, who can hear what the character is saying?
Characters beside them
The audience only
Characters they're looking at
Characters they're friends with
2
What does "exeunt" mean?
Everybody leaves the stage
Nobody leaves the stage
The person speaking leaves the stage
A group of actors leave the stage
3
In a Shakespearean play, what's the difference between a line of poetry and a line of prose?
The poetry is always in rhyming couplets
If it's poetry, each line starts with a capital letter
The poetry rhymes
The poetry always has 10-12 syllables per line
4
What's the point of stage directions?
To tell the actors where to look on stage
To tell the audience where to look
To tell the actors what to do on stage
To say which way the stage is facing
5
Shakespearean plays are meant to be...
Ignored
Performed
Burnt
Shredded
6
When was Shakespeare writing?
Stuart period (1603-1714)
Georgia era (1714-1830)
Elizabethan era (1558-1603)
Tudor period (1485–1558)
7
Which type of play did Shakespeare not write?
Tragedies
Histories
Comedies
Realistic
8
What is a Shakespearean play split into?
Chapters and verses
Pins and needles
Nooks and crannies
Acts and scenes