Shakespeare & The Globe Theater

Question 1

Which character in Macbeth is a relative of James I, King of England?

Accepted Answer

Banquo

Question 2

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

Accepted Answer

37

Question 3

What did the "The Lord Chamberlain's Men" change its name to when they had a new patron?

Accepted Answer

The King's Men

Question 4

How many children did Shakespeare have?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 5

Where was Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

Stratford

Question 6

What caused the fire in the first Globe Theater?

Accepted Answer

Cannon Fire

Question 7

Which play has been filmed more than any other?

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet

Question 8

What year did Shakespeare die?

Accepted Answer

1616

Question 9

Who were the monarchs during Shakespeare's time?

Accepted Answer

Elizabeth I and James I

Question 10

Who, along with his men, rebuilt The Theater as The Globe?

Accepted Answer

Richard Burbage

Question 11

Where is Shakespeare ranked in English literature?

Accepted Answer

The greatest

Question 12

What things were missing in the Elizabethan theater?

Accepted Answer

lights and elaborate stage sets

Question 13

What were poor people who stood in front of the stage called?

Accepted Answer

Groundlings

Question 14

After the twins were born, what did Shakespeare do?

Accepted Answer

Went to London

Question 15

The setting of Macbeth

Accepted Answer

Scotland

Question 16

How did Elizabethans view the universe

Accepted Answer

a great interconnected chain of being

Question 17

What is our "guess" at Shakespeare's birth date based upon?

Accepted Answer

baptism records

Question 18

What was the first play presented at the New Globe Theater in modern times?

Accepted Answer

Henry V

Question 19

What was the famous theater called where Shakespeare's company acted out plays?

Accepted Answer

The Globe Theater

Question 20

England's First Playhouse

Accepted Answer

The Theater

Question 21

The title of the first published collection of Shakespeare's works...

Accepted Answer

The First Folio

Question 22

How were actors viewed in this period?

Accepted Answer

Wildly popular with the public, Condemned by city fathers

Question 23

T or F: Shakespeare's plays have been reproduced for 400+ years.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 24

Name Shakespeare's children...

Accepted Answer

Suzanna, Hamnet, Judith

Question 25

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

Accepted Answer

154

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