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Elizabethan Theater
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1
The education Shakespeare received in school stressed which of the following?
ancient history
ancient Greek
acting
making gloves
2
The first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays is called ____.
first quarto
quarto folio
quarto
first folio
3
The price of admission to a theater depended on____?
if you were upper class or lower class
how much you could afford
how close you wanted to be to the stage
where you wanted to sit
4
Professional theater companies performed private performances for _____.
other actors
Priests and Nuns
Orphans
the Aristocracy
5
Most of Shakespeare's plays are written in which meter?
iambic quatro
pentameter
quatro
iambic pentameter
6
Parliament sometimes censored plays because of ____.
women were caught acting
rioting from the audience
violence during performances
politics
7
During what time of day where performances held in Elizabethan theaters?
Afternoon
Early Evening
After Matins
Morning
8
Playwrights and actors belong to which class of society?
Bohemian
Artists
Middle class workers
Upper class
9
Companies of actors generally performed in London during which time of the year?
Spring
Winter
Summer
Rainy Season
10
The best known actor of Shakespeare's time was?
King James
Richard Burbage
Robert Greene
Christopher Marlowe
11
Shakespeare became a share holder in_____.
Lord Admiral's Men
Lord Chamberlain's Men
Globe's Men
Queen's Men
12
Shakespeare's poems are called?
folios
plays
sonnets
quartos
13
Which of these led to the building of theaters?
the need for jobs
lots of open space
spread of plague
popularity of actors
14
Who gave Shakespeare's acting company a royal license?
King Charles
Queen Mary
King James
Queen Victoria
15
In Elizabethan theaters, audiences would sometimes_____.
sing songs as part of the play
get up and go act on stage
yell at a performance they didn't like
throw food at the actors
16
Theaters were closed in 1642 because of ______.
threat of invasion
plague
poor economy
civil war
