Shakespeare

What was the audience area in front of the stage called?

Where was William Shakespeare born?

Who survives at the end of the play?

Which of the following is a tragedy?

What is the typical structure of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Who kills Hamlet?

What is the main theme of many Shakespearean sonnets?

What happens to Ophelia?

What typically characterizes a Shakespearean comedy?

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

What is the usual rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Who played the female roles in Elizabethan theatre?

Who is often addressed in the "Fair Youth" sonnets?

What was the name of the theatre company Shakespeare was part of?

What country is the setting of Hamlet?

How many children did Shakespeare have?

What famous line begins the “To be or not to be” soliloquy?

When did Shakespeare die?

Who is the ghost in Hamlet?

Which genre often includes mistaken identities and disguise?

What theme is common to both comedy and tragedy in Shakespeare’s plays?

What poetic meter is used in Shakespeare’s sonnets?

What typically characterizes a Shakespearean tragedy?

What was the name of Shakespeare’s wife?

What time of day were plays typically performed?

What was the name of the theatre where many of Shakespeare’s plays were performed?

In what year was Shakespeare born?