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Review of dramatic conventions and parts of the Globe Theater
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When the audience knows more than the characters, we call it....
pun
aside
dramatic irony
epic plot twist
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What is a speech given by a character alone on stage?
allusion
soliloquy
pun
aside
3
What is blank verse?
Verse written in invisible ink
Verse that is unrhymed
Verse that does not make sense
Verse that doesn't have any meaning
4
This is where the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet takes place
the upper stage
galleries
The heavens
inner stage
5
Who was the queen that the era was named after?
Victoria III
Queenie McQueen Face
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth II
6
Supported the roof; usually painted marble
support pillars
trap door
entrance
brick foundation
7
This is where the richer people sat to watch the play
main stage
the galleries
the heavens
open yard
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What is the force opposing the protagonist called?
tragedy
foil
tagontagonist
antagonist
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Who made up Shakespeare's audiences?
The middle class
The lower class
The upper class
All of them
10
What is a character's remark that others on stage do not hear?
soliloquy
pun
remark
aside
11
Tragedy, comedy, and history are all what?
types of plays Marlowe wrote
types of plays Shakespeare wrote
types of plays that put us to sleep
types of college courses offered
12
What is the protagonist called when they usually fail or die?
antagonist
tragedy
unlucky
tragic hero
13
Where the majority of the action took place; usually represented outside
inner stage
main stage
open yard
upper stage
14
This painted structure was built to protect the actors from the weather.
upper stage
The heavens
inner stage
tiring house
15
How did the public know what kind of play was being shown at the theater?
the box office
someone yelling loudly
a flag
pamphlets
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Where the patrons put their pennies in the box; hence the term "box office"
entrance
open yard
inner stage
brick foundation
17
Where witches and ghosts could rise or descent
trap door
brick foundation
support pillars
entrance
18
The Globe Theater needed this because it was built on marshy land
support pillars
brick foundation
tiring house
trap door
19
Part of the stage that was used for indoor scenes
main stage
inner stage
tiring house
upper stage
20
What is a character called when they contrast sharply with the protagonist?
colleague
aside
foil
allusion
21
What was a humorous scene or speech used to relieve the tension?
Comedy
Tragedy
Pun
Comic Relief
22
This is where actors rested between scenes and changed costumes
tiring house
trap door
pillars
galleries
23
What is a reference to a literary or historical person or event?
allusion
pun
antagonist
aside
24
Where the lower classes watched the play; only cost one penny
trap door
inner stage
open yard
galleries
25
What is humor based on words with similar sounds but opposite meanings?
hilarious
foil
aside
pun
26
What do we call a drama that usually ends in catastrophe?
tragedy
chick flick
comic relief
epic
27
What is iambic pentameter?
Line of poetry with three beats
Line of poetry with seven beats
Line of poetry with five beats
Line of poetry that has six beats
