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Shakespeare's Life and Times
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What was NOT a common punishment?
jail time
hanging
whipping
burned alive
2
Which of these is not a famous Shakespeare play?
Macbeth
Othello
Scrouge
Hamlet
3
What was Shakespeare's first name?
Henry
Jacob
Harry
William
4
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
43
37
21
29
5
What isn't true of Elizabethan theaters?
Seating was based on Social Class
Unhappy Attendees would Throw Rotten Tomatoes
Only Males were Allowed to Act
Only the Rich Could use the Bathrooms
6
What religion was the Church of England?
Buddhist
Muslim
Catholic
Protestant
7
In Elizabethan theaters, poor people...
sat in the balcony
sat in the pit
stood in the balcony
stood in the pit
8
the type of irony where the audience knows something the characters don't
dramatic
sarcastic
verbal
situational
9
the main idea or moral of a story
irony
theme
mood
tone
10
comparing to things using like or as
simile
metaphor
11
an indirect or passing reference
allusion
irony
simile
aside
12
a hint or clue of something that will come later in a story
foreshadowing
imagery
allusion
prediction
13
What theater is Shakespeare known for?
Orpheum
Guthrie
Palace
Globe
14
What major illness continued to appear in Elizabethan England?
tuberculosis
plague
measles
scarlet fever
15
What town did Shakespeare spend most of his life?
London
Wales
Warwick
Stratford-upon-Avon
16
comparing two things without using like or as
metaphor
simile
17
a character speaking their thoughts out loud in a play
soliloquy
aside
monologue
address
18
Who was Shakespeare's wife?
Juliet Capulet
Elizabeth 1
Anne Hathaway
Jennifer Lawrence
19
What movie is based on the play Hamlet?
Beauty and the Beast
Toy Story
The Lion King
Aladdin
20
a self-contradictory statement
hyperbole
paradox
aside
pun
21
a play on words-joke about words meanings
allusion
pun
irony
metaphor
22
Indirect Characterization is shown through...
character's appearance
character's actions
character's thoughts
character's speech
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creating an image in the reader's mind
allusion
foreshadowing
metaphor
imagery
24
exaggerated statements
allusion
pun
hyperbole
paradox
25
Which is the highest social class ranking during the Elizabethan Era?
nobility
merchants
yeomanry
gentry
26
a character that contrasts another and emphasizes their traits
protagonist
plastic
wrap
foil
27
Who was queen in Shakespeare's time?
Mary
Victoria
Elizabeth
Anne
28
What did the rich eat more of in Elizabethan England?
bread
meat
vegetables
fruit
29
What was NOT a common subject in Elizabethan schools?
Latin
grammar
science
rhetoric
30
the feeling created by the tone and atmosphere of a story
theme
mood
tone
imagery
31
What was NOT a common form of entertainment in Elizabethan England?
bear baiting
sports
theater
reading
32
What branch of the English army was the strongest?
Army
Air Force
Marines
Navy
33
A play with an unhappy ending
Musical
Tragedy
History
Comedy
34
Which is not typical of upper-class fashion in Elizabethan England?
corset
bonnet
neck ruff
jewelry
35
What was NOT used in Elizabethan architecture?
high chimneys
thatched roofs
pillars/columns
front porch
36
What year was Shakespeare born?
1564
1864
1664
1764
37
giving human traits to nonhuman things
simile
figurative language
personification
allusion
38
The opposite of what's expected happens
pun
irony
imagery
allusion
39
What is a word Shakespeare invented?
eyeball
elbow
swagger
savagery
40
Who was not a major enemy of Elizabethan England?
Italy
France
Germany
Spain
41
a remark by a character only meant to be heard by the audience
hyperbole
aside
monologue
soliloquy
42
What wasn't music used for in Elizabethan England?
Set the Mood for Plays
Entertainment
Accompany Poems
Announce Guests
43
What Shakespeare play is rumored to be cursed?
Othello
Macbeth
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
