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Shakespeare Introduction
Shakespeare Introduction
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A quiz game on the background to Shakespeare, the Globe Theatre, and Elizabethan England
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Questions
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1
Built into the stage to allow for suden appearances or disappearances were...
special curtained off areas
sliding scenery
trap doors
screens
2
The handsomest English teacher of all time is who?
Ms. Anita Friend
Mr. James Roddy
Ms. Candi Dish
Mr. Dwayne Pipe
3
The Queen who gave England stability for a long time during Shakespeare's life was...
Elizabeth
Victoria
Ethelrod
Mary
4
The Globe was only partially roofed over to allow for ...
afternoon light
moon light
wind effects
sky imagery
5
Besides "The Theatre" other competing playhouses were...
The Stage and The World
The House and The Kennel
The Swan and The Rose
The Brick and The Stone
6
The greatest comic actor of Shakespeare's troupe (he created the role of Falstaff) was
William Shakespeare
Richard Burbage
Christopher Marlowe
Will Kemp
7
Folks in London could tell if there were a play that day or not by ...
they could never be sure
ads in pamphlets
criers in the street
a flag on top of the theater
8
Plays usually began at what time?
10 am
noon
2 pm
8 pm
9
Actors usually had how many weeks to rehearse a new play?
two months
two weeks
10 weeks
one month
10
The audience could be as large as how many people?
100
2500
500
1000
11
The actor who was one of the greatest tragic actors of his time (the first to play Hamlet) was
Will Kemp
William Shakespeare
Richard Burbage
Christopher Marlowe
12
Exits and entrances onto the main stage are made through...
two doors
two stairs
a curtained off area
a balcony
13
During his 10 years at the Globe Theatre, Shakespeare wrote at least how many plays?
54
20
15
7
14
Before theaters, plays were perfomed at ...
open fields
highway rest areas
town squares
inn yards
15
Burbage's "Theatre" was torn down, relocated, and rebuilt and renamed
The Globe
The Stage
The Swan
The Lion's Den
16
The Globe Theatre was located in
Puxatawny
in London
in Canterbury
across the Thames from London
17
England defeated the Spanish Armada invasion in what year?
1066
1495
1602
1588
18
To stand on the ground to watch the play ususally cost...
a shilling
tuppence
a penny
a pound
19
The man who was the first to build his own theatre and increase profits was
Will Kemp
Horatio Hornblower
James Burbage
William Shakespeare
20
The audience was mostly
wealthy folks
men
merchants
women
