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Question 1

What does "NERVOUS" mean?

Accepted Answer

AGITATO

Question 2

In 1603 Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, became the King's Men. Which king was their patron?

Accepted Answer

James I

Question 3

A Shakespearean Sonnet has the following division:

Accepted Answer

Three quatrains and a couplet

Question 4

How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write?

Accepted Answer

154

Question 5

What is a tragedy?

Accepted Answer

a drama that results in a catastrophe often death for the main characters

Question 6

In what year as the Globe Theatre Built?

Accepted Answer

1599

Question 7

How many tales did Chaucer complete?

Accepted Answer

24

Question 8

In the Canterbury Tales, what is the prize for winning the storytelling contest?

Accepted Answer

A free meal at the Tabard Inn

Question 9

Common subjects in Shakespeare's Sonnets are ___________ and __________.

Accepted Answer

love and nature

Question 10

Where was William Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

Stratford-upon-Avon, England

Question 11

In The Canterbury Tales, in which season does the pilgrimage take place?

Accepted Answer

Spring

Question 12

Which of the following is a narrative poem which many scholars consider to be Chaucer’s finest work?

Accepted Answer

Troilus and Criseyde

Question 13

Why did men play women's roles in Shakespeare's plays?

Accepted Answer

because it was against the law for women to be onstage

Question 14

How many words did Shakespeare create?

Accepted Answer

1700

Question 15

What happened to the Globe Theatre in 1613?

Accepted Answer

It burnt down

Question 16

Which of the following Italian authors did not influence Chaucer?

Accepted Answer

Pietro Bembo

Question 17

What is the real meaning of this word " Sensitive"?

Accepted Answer

SENSIBILE

Question 18

In the Canterbury Tales, apart from the narrator, how many travellers go on the pilgrimage?

Accepted Answer

29

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a category into which Shakespeare's works are divided?

Accepted Answer

Epics

Question 20

The reporter was very _____________. He thanked me for my help.

Accepted Answer

polite

Question 21

Who did Shakespeare marry?

Accepted Answer

Anne Hathaway

Question 22

What is "FABRIC" ?

Accepted Answer

A material made through weaving, knitting, spreading and crocheting

Question 23

Chaucer is often considered the first representative of which movement in English literature?

Accepted Answer

Humanism

Question 24

Is "LIBRERIA" the false friend of "Library"?

Accepted Answer

FALSE

Question 25

What themes do Shakespeare's sonnets explore?

Accepted Answer

Love, beauty, and the passage of time

Question 26

During which of the following periods were the Canterbury Tales written?

Accepted Answer

1387-1400

Question 27

In the Canterbury Tales, The Prologue and majority of the tales are composed of what?

Accepted Answer

Decasyllabic verses in rhyming couplets

Question 28

In what year was William Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

1564

Question 29

How many lines does a traditional Shakespearean Sonnet contain?

Accepted Answer

14

Question 30

In the Canterbury Tales, one story connects a series of other stories. What is this literary technique called?

Accepted Answer

Frame narrative

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