Elizabethan Theatre Review

Question 1

Who was the Elizabethan era named after?

Accepted Answer

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 2

Who is believed to have been a spy for the queen?

Accepted Answer

Marlowe

Question 3

Where did the richest people sit in an Elizabethan theater?

Accepted Answer

The seats, The stage

Question 4

Who is considered the greatest playwright in history?

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 5

Which Elizabethan playwright is known for writing blank verse?

Accepted Answer

Christopher Marlowe

Question 6

Ben Jonson was the first Englishman to write ___________________.

Accepted Answer

Comedy

Question 7

Commedia dell'arte incorporated the use of _______ characters, which were stereotypical roles.

Accepted Answer

stock

Question 8

How was the Globe Theater shaped?

Accepted Answer

Round

Question 9

What were people who stood in the pit of Elizabethan theaters called?

Accepted Answer

Groundlings

Question 10

How did the Globe Theatre announce when a play was taking place?

Accepted Answer

A flag

Question 11

What killed theatre in 1642?

Accepted Answer

civil war

Question 12

What were plays written for an intellectual audience called?

Accepted Answer

Court Plays

Question 13

What was the name of Shakespeare's theater?

Accepted Answer

The Globe

Question 14

What does the word "Renaissance" mean?

Accepted Answer

rebirth

Question 15

Which play did William Shakespeare NOT write?

Accepted Answer

Death of a Salesman

Question 16

How did Christopher Marlowe die?

Accepted Answer

Stabbed

Question 17

How many levels did the Globe Theater have?

Accepted Answer

3

Question 18

What did an Elizabethan actor have to do in order to be considered legitimate?

Accepted Answer

Get patronage of the nobility

Question 19

Who played female roles in Elizabethan theatre?

Accepted Answer

Young boys

Question 20

In the Globe Theatre, who sat in the gallery (seats along the wall)?

Accepted Answer

Upper Class, Middle Class

Questions 20