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Elizabethan Theatre
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This Quiz! is an accompaniment to Joyce Sherry's popular video on YouTube.
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1
The people who stood to see the show were called...
the penny-stinkers or the groundlings
fish
men
Orange girls
2
Plays were produced from...
January to December
May to October
June to August
October to May
3
The principal clown (comic actor) was...
Will Kempe
Christopher Marlowe
Richard Burbage
Ben Jonson
4
Which of the following was NOT true of Elizabethan public theatres?
Seating for the audience was in three tiers.
Audiences didn't sit quietly; Orange Girls sold "snacks."
Costumes emphasized accurate setting for period and country.
Young noblemen sat in the onstage balcony.
5
The principal tragic actor in the company was...
Ben Jonson
Christopher Marlowe
Richard Burbage
Will Kempe
6
Shakespeare's theatre was called...
The Orbit
The World
The Globe
The Swan
7
Though the stage itself was plain wood, everything around the stage was all...
bare
painted with bright colors and gold leaf
drab and grey
black
8
Who acted during the Elizabethan era?
Only nobility
Anyone from the middle class
Only the bravest people
Only boys and men
9
Plays were performed during the...
night
day
10
A playwright who wrote mostly comedies was...
Will Kempe
Christopher Marlowe
Richard Burbage
Ben Jonson
11
What was one of the names of the company with which Shakespeare was associated?
Richard Burbage
Boys to Men
The Swan
Lord Chamberlain's Men
12
To indicate a play was to be performed that day, the company would fly a...
kite
costume
falcon
flag
13
In addition to plays, theatres were used for bear baiting contests.
True
False
14
A playwright who was a friend of Shakespeare's was...
Richard Burbage
Ben Jonson
Will Kempe
Christopher Marlowe
15
The canopy over the stage was called the...
sky
covering
heavens
zodiac
16
The building that formed the backstage of a public theatre was called...
the hall
the ground
the tiring house
the backstage
17
Public theatres were always...
outdoors and open to the elements.
housed in public buildings.
outdoors and fully protected from the elements.
Indoors
18
Public theatres didn't use scenery. They used props like chairs & banners to indicate setting.
False
True
