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William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theatre
William Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Theatre
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1
Shakespeare's Birthday
April 20, 1564
April 23, 1564
April 23, 1664
April 20, 1664
2
Shakespeare's woman
Queen Elizabeth I
Anne Hathaway
Veronica Hollingsworth
Judy Garland
3
Shakespeare's acting company changed their name to . . .
The Loud Brawlers
The King's Men
The Royal Players
The Expert Thespians
4
Shakespeare's death date is suspicious because it was also his . . .
performance date
anniversary
father's birthday
birthday
5
Shakespeare's plays were categorized as all of the following except:
tragedies
comedies
melodramas
histories
6
Admission money placed in a box was called this
money box
money bag
box office
trunk money
7
Shakespeare's poems are called
ballads
limericks
sonnets
diamantes
8
Which color of flag does not correctly denote the type of play performed?
white for comedy
black for tragedy
red for history
purple for horror
9
The number of plays Shakespeare wrote
27
37
47
57
10
Which is not one of the 3 tiers represented by Elizabethan theater?
earth
heaven
purgatory
hell
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Number of children Shakespeare had
3
6
2
none
12
Time of day was expressed by
cue cards
narrator
lighting
actor's words
13
Based on our class notes, which is not true about Shakespeare?
He was arrested for acting in plays
He had acting experience
He died at the young age of 52.
He performed for the royal court
14
Shakespeare's birthplace
Liverpool
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Maybelline
London
15
Why were politicians and clergy opposed to the theater? (the best answer)
People memorized lines
People wore costumes
Drastic emotional outpourings seen as unhealthy
Dangerous distraction from religion
16
The name of Shakespeare's acting company
The British Actors
The England Players
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
Queen Elizabeth's Boys
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The number of sonnets Shakespeare wrote
154
124
104
144
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One major difference between theater today and the Elizabethan theatre
Actors spoke in soliloquies and asides then, but now do not
Then the audience yelled and threw fruit; now it is quiet
Then it was quiet; now audiences throw fruit
Men could not act then; now they can
19
Shakespeare's Theater was called. . .
The Globe
The Ampitheater
The Stage
The Circle
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Which is true about the Globe theater at present?
Still gone - Puritans closed it down
Still gone - burned to the ground
Rebuilt in 1890's
Rebuilt in 1990's
