Welcome Groundlings: The Art of Renaissance and Modern Shakespeare

Question 1

In Shakespeare's time, people were afraid of riots at theaters.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

If you paid a penny to stand in the pit, you were called a...

Accepted Answer

Groundling

Question 3

During today's presentation, I should understand every word of Shakespeare's language.

Accepted Answer

Not at all, No way, I should just enjoy it.

Question 4

The open area in front of the stage (the cheap seats) was called the...

Accepted Answer

Pit

Question 5

In Renaissance England, the amount and type of fabrics used in clothing was a status symbol.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

In order to ensure that people were happy and did not riot...

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Every play ended with a jig (a dance to a song).

Question 7

The Globe Theater was an open-air theater.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

If you were rich, you sat higher up in the balconies.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

In Renaissance England, plays allowed people to...

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Learn history, Improve the English language, Poke fun at leaders and social rules, Develop English poetry

Question 10

One of the best known playwrights, actors, poets, and producers in the English language was...

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 11

The rich sat higher up in the balconies of the Globe theater because...

Accepted Answer

It was under cover and expensive, showing they were rich.

Question 12

To prevent riots in theaters...

Accepted Answer

Every play ended with a jig

Question 13

William Shakespeare was...

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A playwright, A Poet, A Songwriter, An actor

Question 14

In Renaissance England, you were rich if you had a lot of expensive fabrics in your clothes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

If you bowed with your arms clasped together in from of your chest, you were...

Accepted Answer

A servant

Question 16

In Renaissance theater, all roles were played by men and boys.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

There was no music in Shakespeare's plays

Accepted Answer

False

Question 18

In Renaissance theater, all roles were played by men and boys.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

The people standing in the mud in the pit were...

Accepted Answer

People who paid a penny and were called groundlings

Question 20

Theater (particularly Shakespearean theater) was ALL words.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

Modern versions of Shakespeare use less music than Shakespeare did.

Accepted Answer

It depends on the production., It depends on the production.

Questions 21