stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Shakespeare Quiz Quest Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Shakespeare Quiz Quest
Shakespeare Quiz Quest
18 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
58 plays
A quiz to test your knowledge about Shakespeare, his theatre and his plays! Good luck! :)
Flashcards
18 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
18
Answers
1
Select two plays which are considered 'Comedies'.
Hamlet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Romeo and Juliet
Twelfth Night
2
What colour flag would fly when ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ was being performed?
Red
Green
White
Black
3
Virtual Tour: what is directly above the stage?
A painted cloudy sky
The sun
The sun, moon and signs of the zodiac
4
What type of play would often end in characters dying?
Histories
Comedies
Tragedies
5
What did it cost to get a ticket to see a play at the Globe in Shakespeare's time?
2 pennies
1 penny
4 pennies
3 pennies
6
Virtual tour: what type of music and dance ended each play?
The foxtrot
A ballad
A tango
A jig
7
Why did the puritans not like the theatre?
They thought it would lead to bad behaviour
They were allergic to fun
They couldn't afford it
They could never get in
8
Select 2 snacks people often ate at the Globe Theatre.
lemons
onions
popcorn
oranges
9
What event sometimes caused the theatres to close unexpectedly?
No new plays
The plague
The flu
People fighting in the audience
10
How long did it take for the Globe to burn down?
Four hours
One hour
24 hours
Two hours
11
What caused the fire at the Globe?
A candle
Ash from a pipe
A cannon
The sun
12
When did the Third Shakespeare's Globe open?
1991
1997
2004
1956
13
Select the type of people who would go the theatre in Shakespeare's time.
Only servants and poor people
Rich people, like landowners
Everyone!
Ordinary workers, like shopkeepers
14
Virtual Tour: what were people who stood around the stage during plays called?
Riff-raff
Yardlings
Standers
Groundlings
15
When they built the second Globe Theatre, what was different about the roof?
It was thatched
It was completely covered
It was tiled
16
Shakespeare’s actors worked hard! Select two skills which they needed to be able to perform.
Violin playing
Jig dancing
Cheese rolling
Sword fighting
17
What are the three main types of play that Shakespeare wrote?
Histories, Tragedies, Comedies
Fantasies, Comedies, Tragedies
Tragedies, Histories, Romances
Histories, Comedies, Romances
18
True or False: It was illegal for women to act in Shakespeare's time.
True
False
