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Shakespeare the Superstar
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1
What was his father's occupation?
clergyman
writer
glovemaker
farmer
2
Which 3 types of plays did Shakespeare write?
romances
comedies
histories
tragedies
3
What is incorrect about the Globe Theatre?
The original theatre still stands today
It is three storeys high
As a round stage everyone could see the stage
The poor were called 'groundlings' and had to sit up the front
4
What is Juliet wearing in this Baz Luhrmann movie?
nothing
a nightie
a shimmery mermaid dress
white angel wings
5
Where is the setting of Romeo and Juliet?
Verona, Italy
Veronica, Italy
Le Jenenuve, Paris
La Memme, Italy
6
What has made Shakespeare's 37 plays and 154 sonnets so popular?
Lots of humour and insults
His creative use of language
Random killings
Dramatic openings
7
Which of the following words did Shakespeare invent?
elephant
gnarled
assassination
addiction
8
What did Shakespeare do as an adolescent?
Started working as a glove maker like his father
Started writing songs for his girlfriends
Began his career as an actor and travelled with an acting troupe
Started playing the piano, organ and panflute
9
Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway. Who were their children?
Hamnet
Juliet
Susannah
Romeo
10
What is interesting about Shakespeare's death?
He died on the same day as his wife
He died aged 52
He died in the arms of one of his lovers
He died a very rich man
11
What is true about Shakespeare the actor?
He was an established actor by age 18
He started his career as an actor before being a poet and a playwright
He became a member of Lord Chamberlain's Men in 1594
For seventeen years he wrote plays, performed in them and shared the profit
12
What is true about bear baiting?
Bears sometimes broke free and attacked the crowds
Bears were chosen if they had sharp teeth
Bear baiting pits were found outside the London theatres
A bear was tied to a stake and attacked by one or more dogs
13
What is the first word of the chorus?
Juliet
You
Romeo
Verona
14
Where was Shakespeare born?
Oxford, London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Kensington, London
Cambridge, London
15
What was interesting about the Elizabethan Era?
Poetry, music, art and literature became forms of entertainment
People enjoyed blood thirsty sports
It was considered the Golden Age in English history
Queen Elizabeth I was an adored monarch
16
What was interesting about plays during the Elizabethan Era?
Young boys had to dress up as females
Plays were like huge rock concerts with audiences booing and hissing loudly
There was improvisation; actors received their lines at the last minute
There were no female actors
17
Which common sayings come from Shakespeare?
Brevity is the bane of life
All that glitters is not gold
If music be the food of love, play on
Now is the winter of our discontent
18
What Shakespearean play is this film based on?
The Taming of the Shrew
Julius Caesar
Merchant of Venice
Much Ado About Nothing
19
What was interesting about entertainment and punishment during the 16th century?
Family members would kill each other for fun
It was common to see someone violently killed
On LAW DAY the crowds watched as many as 30 public executions
Torture and death of both animals and people was entertainment
20
What Shakespearean play is this film based on?
Othello
Richard III
Julius Caesar
Romeo and Juliet
21
Which Shakespearean play is this film based on?
King Lear
The Twelfth Night
The Tempest
Macbeth
22
What was London like when Shakespeare arrived?
It was really hectic.
London was tiny - just one square mile of land
People got around on foot or horseback
London Bridge was a residential street and shopping centre too.
23
What else was interesting about entertainment back then?
Queen Elizabeth tried to put a stop to bear baiting
Some people would volunteer to enter an asylum instead of being tortured
A good executioner was considered a celebrity
Pubs and ale houses were loud, bawdy establishments
24
Which two of Shakespeare's plays are the most famous?
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
25
When was Shakespeare born?
1654
1564
1754
1554
26
Shakespeare came from a poor background but his wife's background was middle class
True
False
27
How is the Globe Theatre's history interesting?
It had to close when the bubonic plague struck in 1603 - for five years
It could house over 10 000 people
It burnt down at one stage because a cannon hit the thatched roof
The Puritans brought an end to it in 1642 and it was converted to housing
28
Shakespeare went to a prestigious English Grammar School for most of his school years
False
True
29
What Shakespearean play is this film based on?
Macbeth
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
30
Which are Shakespearean insults?
Thou frothy full-gorged bog
Thou tottering guts-griping pumpion!
Thou withered beetle-brained baggage!
Thou jarring fen-sucked no bowels!
