Introduction to William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Question 1

The play inspired the title for the novel and film The Fault in Our Stars.

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True

Question 2

When he died, William Shakespeare's work was...

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very popular in England

Question 3

Shakespeare's plays were often performed...

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at the royal court, at the Globe Theater

Question 4

During Shakespeare's life, the theater was...

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enthusiastically supported by Queen Elizabeth, attended by rich and poor, educated and illiterate alike, considered by some to be immoral, very popular

Question 5

If you were looking for entertainment in Shakespare's London, you could..

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all of the above!

Question 6

William Shakespeare's 1599 play Julius Caesar was...

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filled with innaccuracies and anachronisms .

Question 7

William Shakespeare was...

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the son of a glove-maker, baptized April 26, 1564; he was likely born around the 23rd., educated at a grammar school, married to a pregnant, 26 year old at 18.

Question 8

Performances at the Globe Theater...

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only happened in daylight, always ended in a dance, lacked curtains and rarely had much scenery, only featured male actors

Question 9

In the play, Julius Caesar is...

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a crucial symbol that is only on stage occasionally.

Question 10

William Shakespeare lived in...

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16th century England

Question 11

William Shakespeare's version of Julius Caesar deviates from history because...

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he wants the audience to understand & relate to the story., minimizing the # of locations made staging the play easier., it allows for more spectacle., making the events of months take days heightens the tension.

Question 12

What is a groundling?

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a person in the front row at the Globe, an audience member with little money

Question 13

There have been performances of Julius Caesar that...

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compared Caesar to JFK and George W. Bush., featured Edwin & John Wilkes Booth as Brutus & Marc Antony., featured only women, compared Caesar to Mussolini, directed by O. Welles in 1937.

Question 14

In Shakespeare's time, the audience at a theatrical performance was...

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often raucous.

Question 15

To Elizabethans, Julius Caesar's portrait of a contested political succession likely felt...

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familiar; what happens when your queen has no children?, like exactly the kind of thing that can destroy an empire.

Introduction to William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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Introduction to William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

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