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1
Lower-class who stood around the stage to watch plays
Pit-lings
Muddlings
Groundlings
Darlings
2
The "Heavens" represented the sky and heavens and was painted with golden stars.
False
True
3
What job did Shakespeare's father NOT have?
high baliff
glover
leathermaker
lawyer
4
As a child, Shakespeare was inspired to be an actor by watching traveling players or actors come to town
True
False
5
Where did Burbage derive his theater's shape?
auditorium seating
courtyards of inns
amphitheater seating
concert seating
6
How much did groundlings pay to watch a play?
2 cents
1 cent
5 cents
10 cents
7
Which of the following is a nickname for the Globe Theater?
The Universe
The Stone E
The White Marble
The Wooden O
8
Three covered seating sections where audiences paid more to sit
tiring house
the "heavens"
galleries
open yard
9
Shakespeare left his family and moved to London in 1592.
False
True
10
An inner stage separated from the audience by a large curtain w/ the audience sitting only in front of the stage
Window
Round
Proscenium
Thrust
11
What was one of Queen Elizabeth's favorites (causing her to close the theater on the days this took place)?
Bear baiting
Fencing
Dancing
Chicken fighting
12
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about The Globe Theater?
It was able to hold up to 3,000 spectators
It had three stories
No women were allowed to work as actors
Poorer people sat in the balconies.
13
Which king later supported the acting group The King's Men, causing them to change their group's name?
King James
King John
King William
King Henry
14
The Globe Theater had how many sides, making it look like a circle?
23
15
20
8
15
lines of ten syllables, with an alternating pattern of unstressed and stressed syllables
Iambic Pentameter
Iambic Tetrameter
Trochaic Pentameter
Trochaic Tetrameter
16
How did Pyramus and Thisbe communicate?
Pigeon Carriers
Email
Love letters
A crack in the wall
17
where the main action of the play took place, especially outdoor scenes of battlefields, forests, or cityscapes.
open yard
main stage
trap door
entrance
18
a Shakespearean sonnet
has a specific rhyme scheme
all of the above
is 14 lines long
ends with a couplet
19
Shakespeare's twins' names
Judith & Hamnet
Anne & Katherine
James & Richard
Judith & Hamlet
20
What caused the Globe Theater to burn down?
An angry mob with torches set fire to the outside
An overturned candle catching the curtains on fire
A canon misfire catching the roof on fire
Lightning stuck it
21
audiences paid one penny to stand here and watch the performance rain or shine. Were called groundlings
flag
open yard
support pillars
galleries
22
A proscenium stage has an audience on only 1 side.
True
False
23
Unrhymed
lines of iambic pentameter
open verse
blank verse
closed verse
free verse
24
Where is the Globe Theater located?
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Paris
Manchester
25
Shakespeare goes by
this
nickname, meaning poet
The Bailiff
The Playwright
Will-I-Am
The Bard
26
How does Pyramus die?
Thisbe kills him
His own sword
The lioness eats him
An enemy of his
27
At the Globe Theater, a flag indicated
A storm was coming
None of the above
Acting openings
A play was being performed that day
28
Shakespeare's acting group was originally known as ____ after its first patron or sponsor.
The King's Men
Lord Chamberlain's Men
Shakespearean Sonnets
Lady Liz's Group
29
What was James Burbage's theater named?
The Theater
National Theater
The Globe
Royal Opera House
30
The value of Shakespeare's writing is his ______ to the human experience.
insight
indifference
sympathy
foresight
31
The Globe Theater was a polygon having this many sides
it’s a circle
10
4
20
32
Queen Elizabeth I commissioned Shakespeare to write about
her pets
her family history
her romance
her rise to the throne
33
Around how many plays did Shakespeare write before retiring?
37
42
27
31
34
How many siblings did Shakespeare have?
8
5
3
7
35
Shakespeare had lower class characters speak in prose...
since the upper class were educated & would be entertained & appreciate it
so the commoners could understand the play and not heckle the actors
so the nobility could understand the play and not heckle the actors
to show off his writing ability
36
When he was eighteen, Shakespeare married________ because she was pregnant.
Judith Windsor
Susanna Wolcott
Anne Hathaway
Elizabeth Bennet
37
Shakespeare's works were published ___ years after his death
5
6
7
4
38
Who owned/ran the Globe Theater?
No one
The king
Just Shakespeare
Lord Chamberlain's Men
39
What was Shakespeare's father's name?
John
Joshua
James
Jacob
40
How does Thisbe die?
she stabs herself with Pyramus's sword
the lioness kills her
she gets killed by Pyramus's family
she jumps off a cliff
41
The more educated, better behaved, upper class citizens paid a penny more & sat in the balcony seats at The Globe
False
True
42
the stage used mostly for indoor scenes; had a curtain that could be closed for scene changes
the balcony
the tiring house
the inner stage
the main stage
43
How did Puritans feel about theatre during the Elizabethan period?
It was only something women participated in.
It was very popular and exciting for everyone.
It was very fancy and only for noble people.
It was immoral and sinful.
44
What is Shakespeare's theater called?
The Globe
The King's Castle
The World
The Tempest
45
At the Globe Theater, the white flag stood for either a romance or a...
history
comedy
tragedy
tragic comedy
46
R+J is based on a long narrative poem by Arthur Brooke published in 1562 as
The
Tragical Historye of Romeus and Juliet
.
True
False
47
At the Globe Theater, the black flag stood for....
comedy
tragic comedy
tragedy
history
48
What is the definition for the word star-crossed?
to intensify
especially beautiful
brave
ill-fated, doomed
49
Shakespeare's works are meant to be performed and not read
False
True
50
What did the lioness soak in blood in Pyramus & Thisbe?
A shirt
A veil
A shoe
A towel
51
All the
commoners
in Shakespeare's plays speak in ....
dialects
none of these
prose
poetic verse
52
What is Pyramus and Thisbe about?
A woman being attacked by a lion.
Men feeling embarrassed about dressing as women.
Two lovers who are destined for tragedy.
A man and his dog.
53
Shakespeare had upper class characters speak in verse...
so the nobility could understand the play and not heckle the actors
since the upper class were educated & would be entertained & appreciate it
to show off his writing ability
so the commoners could understand the play and not heckle the actors
54
Shakespeare's birth date and death date
born April 23, 1554 and died on April 23, 1616.
born April 2, 1654 and died on April 2, 1616.
born May 23, 1554 and died on May 23, 1600.
55
At The Globe Theater, a red flag stood for.....
tragic comedy
tragedy
comedy
history
56
the "chamber" used for most bedroom and balcony scenes
upper stage
turret
heavens
inner stage
57
Which of the following is
NOT
true about Elizabethan theater?
Elaborate scenery was created for each play
Most scenes were staged downstage near the audience for volume purposes
trap doors in the floor were used for some actors' entrances
Elaborate costumes were used
58
Actors playing ghosts or witches could rise or descend through the _________________.
Trick door
Main Stage
Platform
Trapdoor
59
What is Shakespeare’s Folio?
Shakespeare’s biography
the first edition of Shakespeare’s published plays
John Shakespeare's biography
a collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets
60
The city Shakespeare was born
Oxford
Stratford-Upon-Avon
London
Snitterfield
61
Which of the following is
TRUE
about Elizabethan theater?
Visiting the theater was very expensive.
Only males were allowed to perform.
Friday nights were the most popular times for shows.
Plays had a lot of special effects.
62
Verse is
written or spoken language in its ordinary form
informative language or writing
poetry, has a regular rhythm, is divided into stanzas
persuasive language or writing
63
What are reasons Shakespeare uses inversion (mixed word order) in his verse?
To make it sound smart and to entertain people.
To create blank verse and make verse sound like prose.
To fit the meter of iambic pentameter and create rhymes.
To make his work complicated and to challenge his readers.
64
What type of drama ends sadly and often with the demise of the main character?
tragedy
history
romance
drama
65
The "heavens" was a canopy supported by pillars and a hut on top, which shaded and protected the actors from sun/rain.
True
False
66
What was the first play performed at the Globe Theater?
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
67
What type of stage is where the audience sits on 3-4 sides of it (surrounding the stage)?
Round
Thrust
Proscenium
Window
68
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
Meter
Stanza
Refrain
Couplet
69
Who dies first in Pyramus & Thisbe?
Pyramus
Thisbe
70
R+J borrows from a tradition of tragic love stories dating to antiquity; 1 is Pyramus & Thisbe from Ovid's
Metamorphoses
True
False
71
used to describe words/specific meanings which have disappeared from current common usage
dramatis personae
iamb
archaic
meter
72
When did Shakespeare become an actor/playwrite?
1590
1591
1593
1592
73
Which were popular forms of entertainment during Shakespeare's time?
All of the above
Going to the theater to watch plays
fencing & dancing
Bear baiting & chicken fighting
74
What date did Shakespeare return to Stratford to retire?
1612
1615
1600
1616
75
Which monarch was the ruler of England during
most
of Shakespeare's life?
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth II
Henry VIII
James V
76
What was the name of Shakespeare's eldest daughter?
Hamnet
Mary
Anne
Susanna
77
Shakespeare and his wife had how many children?
8
2
3
5
78
What type of drama dramatizes a fictional historical event?
comedy
tragedy
history
romance
79
A literary technique in which the order of a sentence is reversed is?
wraparound
metaphor
inversion
denotation
80
Where did Pyramus and Thisbe live?
Rome
Italy
Greece
Babylonia
81
What was Shakespeare's mother's name?
Mary
Jane
Anne
Juliet
82
How many years older was Shakespeare's wife?
7
5
8
6
83
What type of drama contains supernatural elements and is a more serious form of comedy?
romance
tragedy
comedy
history
84
What type of drama often ends happily, usually with a wedding or other celebration?
comedy
history
romance
tragedy
85
Typically in Shakespearean plays, the
nobility
speak in
couplets.
prose.
verse/poetry.
unrhymed lines.
86
Who is credited with building the first theater?
King James
King Chamberlain’s Men
James Burbage
William Shakespeare
87
Shakespeare was part of the group first called Lord Chamberlain's Men. What did the name change to?
The King's Men
Pembroke's Men
The Globe's Men
King James' Men
88
Prose is
written or spoken language in its ordinary form
persuasive language or writing
informative language or writing
poetry, has a regular rhythm, is divided into stanzas
89
Where is Shakespeare buried?
in his family's tomb at the Church of Stratford cemetery
outside the Church of the Sacred Heart
in the cemetery of the Church of the Virgin Mary
inside the Church of Holy Trinity near the altar
90
Who reached their planned meeting location, the Tomb of Ninus, first?
Thisbe
Pyramus
91
At one point theaters closed due to
They never closed
The Plague
Queen Elizabeth ordered them closed
Low crowd attendance
92
The dressing and storage rooms were located here which also served as the actor's main entrances and exits
Galleries
Tiring house
Main stage
Trapdoor
