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Shakespeare - Elizabethan Age - Theatre
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Questions regarding W. Shakespeare, The Elizabethan Age and theatre at the time
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1
In Shakespeare's time, theatres were built close to brothels and taverns.
False
True
2
Why was acting not considered to be a respectable profession in Shakespeare's time?
acting upset the natural order of things
boys dressed up as women
commoners dressed up as kings
people believed actors could not be trusted
3
Groundlings were not protected against the elements of nature.
True
False
4
Shakespeare's language often includes...
wordplays and puns.
iambic pentameter
dialogues and monologues
dialogues and dream sequences.
5
His plays fall into the main categories...
tragedy, comedy and history.
tragedy, comedy and idiocy.
tragedy, comedy and tragicomedies.
tragedy, comedy and blasphemy.
6
William Shakespeare was born in...
London
Bristol
Clacton-on Sea
Stratford-upon-Avon
7
Two different royal houses ruled during Shakespeare's lifetime.
False
True
8
Two groups of people where opposed to the crown when James I ruled:
Protestants and Anglicans
Catholics and Protestants
Protestants and Puritans
Catholics and Puritans
9
According to the Elizabethan world view, a person's character was shaped by...
elements
effort
experience
excellence
10
Her nickname was...
The Fashion Queen
The Butch Queen
The Virgin Queen
The Lady Queen
11
He wrote at least 37 plays and 124 sonnets.
False
True
12
Plays where NOT performed...
in the morning
at night
during outbreaks of the plaque
in winter
13
The modern-day Globe Theatre is the __________ theatre which bears this name.
second
third
fourth
first
