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Mrs. Harder's Intro to Shakespeare (Standard Deviant version)
Mrs. Harder's Intro to Shakespeare (Standard Deviant version)
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For English 9C to learn background info on Shakespeare prior to reading Romeo & Juliet
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What year was William Shakespeare born?
1500
1564
1864
1964
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"The Poetics" was his ideas on tragedy HINT: a Greek philosopher
Odysseus
Julius Caesar
Plato
Aristotle
3
Shakespeare was a member of what theatrical company?
Lord Chamberlain's Men which later became King's Men
City Stage
Queen Elizabeth's Theater Company
Strawberry Bank Theater
4
In terms of symbolic art, which of the following is universal?
justice
protagonist
villian
"femme fatale"
5
TRUE or FALSE: Shakespeare died in Stratford at the age of 90
TRUE
FALSE
6
TRUE or FALSE: The Globe Theater was shaped like an "O"
FALSE
TRUE
7
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford
New England
Canterbury
Stamford
8
TRUE or FALSE: Verse is another name for poetry
FALSE
TRUE
9
How many iambs does a perfect iambic pentameter contain?
8
6
Five
Ten
10
T or F: During the English Renaissance, actors were highly regarded and admired
TRUE
FALSE
11
TRUE or FALSE: The English Renaissance was a time creativity in culture and the arts.
TRUE
FALSE
12
TRUE or FALSE: William Shakespeare lived and wrote during the the Italian Renaissance.
TRUE
FALSE
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Many of Shakespeare's plays were performed here_______
Strawberry Banke
The Hartford Stage Company
City Stage Company
The Globe Theater
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Poetry... concentrated and heightened form of language, produced through rhythm and sound
FALSE
TRUE
