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Shakespeare Terminology Review
Shakespeare Terminology Review
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Review of dramatic conventions and parts of the Globe Theater
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What is a character's remark that others on stage do not hear?
aside
soliloquy
remark
pun
2
How did the public know what kind of play was being shown at the theater?
the box office
someone yelling loudly
pamphlets
a flag
3
The Globe Theater needed this because it was built on marshy land
tiring house
trap door
support pillars
brick foundation
4
What is a character called when they contrast sharply with the protagonist?
allusion
foil
aside
colleague
5
This painted structure was built to protect the actors from the weather.
inner stage
tiring house
upper stage
The heavens
6
Part of the stage that was used for indoor scenes
inner stage
tiring house
upper stage
main stage
7
Where the majority of the action took place; usually represented outside
upper stage
main stage
open yard
inner stage
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What is the force opposing the protagonist called?
tragedy
antagonist
tagontagonist
foil
9
What is a reference to a literary or historical person or event?
allusion
antagonist
aside
pun
10
Tragedy, comedy, and history are all what?
types of college courses offered
types of plays that put us to sleep
types of plays Marlowe wrote
types of plays Shakespeare wrote
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What is a speech given by a character alone on stage?
allusion
pun
soliloquy
aside
12
When the audience knows more than the characters, we call it....
aside
epic plot twist
pun
dramatic irony
13
What is blank verse?
Verse that doesn't have any meaning
Verse that does not make sense
Verse that is unrhymed
Verse written in invisible ink
14
Where witches and ghosts could rise or descent
entrance
trap door
brick foundation
support pillars
15
This is where the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet takes place
inner stage
the upper stage
galleries
The heavens
16
What is the protagonist called when they usually fail or die?
antagonist
tragedy
tragic hero
unlucky
17
What do we call a drama that usually ends in catastrophe?
comic relief
epic
chick flick
tragedy
18
Where the patrons put their pennies in the box; hence the term "box office"
open yard
entrance
brick foundation
inner stage
19
What is humor based on words with similar sounds but opposite meanings?
foil
aside
pun
hilarious
20
What is iambic pentameter?
Line of poetry with three beats
Line of poetry with seven beats
Line of poetry with five beats
Line of poetry that has six beats
21
This is where the richer people sat to watch the play
the heavens
the galleries
main stage
open yard
22
Supported the roof; usually painted marble
brick foundation
entrance
trap door
support pillars
23
What was a humorous scene or speech used to relieve the tension?
Comic Relief
Pun
Comedy
Tragedy
24
This is where actors rested between scenes and changed costumes
galleries
tiring house
trap door
pillars
25
Who was the queen that the era was named after?
Elizabeth I
Queenie McQueen Face
Elizabeth II
Victoria III
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Who made up Shakespeare's audiences?
The middle class
All of them
The lower class
The upper class
27
Where the lower classes watched the play; only cost one penny
inner stage
trap door
galleries
open yard
