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Shakespeare's Life and Times
Shakespeare's Life and Times
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1
The commoners who stood to watch Shakespeare's plays were called?
Pennypayers
Groundlings
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Shakespeare wrote his plays in poetry called blank verse. Each line had ? syllables.
8
10
3
Sometimes Shakespeare wrote in prose rather than poetry. Prose is
everyday language
highly poetic language
4
Plays were usually 3 hours long and held
during the day
in the evening
5
The Elizabethan Era was named after?
A popular play
Queen of England
6
The emphasis in Shakespeare's play was on
sets
words
7
The actors who played women's roles were
young women
young men
8
Actors in Shakespeare's day were highly respected professionals.
False
True
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The theater where Shakespeare's plays were shown was called
The Globe
The Square
10
Shakespeare was born in 1564 and died in 1616.
True
False