stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Macbeth Context Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Macbeth Context
Macbeth Context
16 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
2,247 plays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQBaZ0Z9kzU Testing context of Macbeth based on this video
Flashcards
16 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
16
Answers
1
The system which people believed in was called...
The Great Chain of Being
The Great Ladder of Being
The Great Chain to Heaven
The Great Ladder to Heaven
2
Elizabeth supported Shakespeare with money, gifts and a good name. This is called being a...
monarch
leader
patron
groupie
3
Which of these means to kill a king?
matricide
regicide
homicide
patricide
4
Kings had a '________' right to power
godly
important
divine
true
5
Which of these famous events happened during James I's reign?
Fire of London
Spanish Armada
Black Death
Gunpowder Plot
6
Which of these is not the
context
of a text?
When it was written
Cultural factors related to when its set
What happens in the play
Where it is set
7
Who became monarch after Elizabeth I?
Mary, Queen of Scots
James I
Henry VIII
Edward VI
8
James I was an expert and wrote a book on...
the supernatural
Scotland
travel
being king
9
Who was the
monarch
when Shakespeare started writing his plays?
Elizabeth I
James I
Mary I
Henry VIII
10
Who was more popular?
Elizabeth I
James I
11
During James I's reign...
Witches started existing
witched ruled over everyone
witches were let off
many 'witches' were persecuted
12
How did
Elizabeth I
being on the throne affect Shakespeare's plays?
He wrote about weak women
He wrote about feisty women
He included lots of women in his plays
He included her as a character in his plays
13
Who did James annoy by not supporting them?
Catholics
Muslims
Jews
Protestants
14
Which characters speak in a different way in the play, to show they are different?
The Witches
King Duncan and his family
Macbeth and Banquo
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
15
Shakespeare tried to impress James I by writing a play where...
The king was killed by his subject
killing the king results in death
life is dangerous and unexpected
People battle for the crown
16
In the 'Great Chain of Being', who is closest to God?
Noblemen
Monarch
Animals
King/ Queen
