Intro to Shakespeare Flashcards

1

Shakespeare's plays were performed

Only when it would rain
At night
During the day
Early in the morning

2

Shakespeare wrote during what era?

Shakespearean
Elizabethan
Bacon
Olde English

3

The heightened language is

The way actors spoke
Easily recognizable
Not the way people spoke in the day
The everyday speech

4

Shakespeare's company of performers were called

Lord Byron's Men
The Country Boys
The Stratfordians
The King's Men

5

Shakespeare wrote in

Verse
Through Dictation
Iambic Pentameter
Olde English

6

Shakespeare wrote in

Only Prose
Olde English
Only Poetry
Poetry and Prose

7

The tip to understand the play

Just read it
Just plow through it
Skip what is unrecognized
Use a glossary

8

To understand the symbolic art look at the

Universal in the particular
Actors
Research
Readings

9

The poor people who watched were known as

Groundlings
Peasants
Earthlings
Beggars

10

To understand characters you should

Research
Look at what they say, do, and what people say about them
Look at the stage directions
Just what they say

11

Shakespeare died on which Birthday?

60
52
38
49

12

Shakespeare's plays are categorized into the following categories except

Comedies
Sonnet Plays
Tragedies
History

13

Shakespeare's Theatre was called

The Globe
The Rose
The Swan
The Ground

14

Shakespeare's theatre closed for two years due to

He was out of money
The plague
He had a woman play Juliet
He was out of ideas

15

Blank Verse was the way of the times, because

It was cool
To prove how smart they are
To be difficult on the actors
It resembles everyday speech

16

To set the scene, Shakespeare relies on

Lots of tech
Words
Stage Directions
Set Pieces and Props

Intro to Shakespeare

Questions 16

Intro to Shakespeare

Questions 16