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After viewing the dvd Shakespeare Tragedies by Standard Deviants
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1
Shakespeare wrote all of the following except
Novels
Sonnets
Book length poems
Plays
2
How many IAMBs does a line of perfect IAMBIC PENTAMETER contain?
Five
Ten
Varies according to meter
One complete IAMB
3
Which of the following was an attribute of the Globe Theater?
All of the above
Shaped like an "O"
A three-story, open air construction
Extended stage with trapdoor
4
Where was Shakespeare born?
London-on-Thames
Stratford-on-Avon
Once-upon-a-Thames
Hamm-on-wye
5
Which of the following is not a tragedy?
King Lear
Oedipus Rex
The Spanish Tragedy
The Tempest
6
Which of the following is not a Shakespearean tragedy?
Coriolanus
Antony and Cleopatra
Timon of Athens
The Mirror for Magistrates
7
Which of the following distinguishes Elizabethan drama from modern drama?
Used costumes
More than one act per play
Lines recited from memory
A focus on words
8
What was the name of the theatrical company of which Shakespeare was a member?
The Chessman
The Man's Men
The King's Men
The Queen's Men
9
This Shakespeare tragedy was popular during its day in spite of its gruesomeness and violence
All's Well That Ends Well
Titus Andronicus
Julius Caesar
Antony & Cleopatra
10
How did Sir Francis Bacon die?
Drank hemlock in punishment for corrupting youth of Athens
Killed in duel with Aaron Burr
Contracted bronchitis after stuffing a chicken with snow
Bladder burst after too much wine at royal function
11
Which of the following describes the syllable structure of an IAMB
UNSTRESSED, STRESSED
STRESSED, STRESSED
STRESSED, UNSTRESSED
UNSTRESSED, UNSTRESSED
12
Greek philosopher Aristotle described drama, including tragedy, as
A muse of fire
A terrible waste of time
A terrible beauty
An imitation of an action
13
Philosophical and cerebral, this Shakespeare work is the thinking person's tragedy
Hamlet
Titus Andronicus
The Winter's Tale
Romeo and Juliet
14
Which of the following was NOT an attribute of the Elizabethan Stage?
Performed in front of "groundlings"
Huge special effects
No female actors
No intermission between acts
15
Which of the following is not a Shakespearean tragic figure?
King Lear
Macbeth
Pantalone
Hamlet
16
The English Renaissance was:
also known as the "elizabethan era"
a time of immense creativity in culture and the arts
the time when Shakespeare lived
all of the above
17
Shakespeare was involved with the Globe Theater as:
A shareholder
A playwright
All of the above
An actor
18
Which type of art that influenced Shakespeare presents universals through particulars?
Symbolic Art
Garfunkel Art
Baroque Art
Modern Art
19
Which of the following Shakespeare tragedies focuses on two tragic figures, rather than one?
Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Hamlet
20
Which of the following is not a Shakespearean play?
Twelfth Night
The Taming of the Shrew
Cymbeline
Venus and Adonis
21
How might we describe this line from Richard III, "A horse, a horse! my kingdom for a horse!"
As poetry
as verse
As iambic pentameter
All of the above
22
Who wrote the Greek play Oedipus Rex?
Francis Bacon
Jocasta
Sophocles
Aristotle
23
Tragic figures
All of the above
Suffer a reversal of fortune
Recognize the consequences of their actions
Are noble figures
24
In terms of Symbolic Art, which of the following is a universal?
Villain
Justice
Protagonist
Femme fatale
25
Who wrote the classic medieval narrative De Casibus Virorum Illustrium?
Boccaccio
Alexander the Great
Sophocles
Francis Bacon
