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1
Tragic Flaw
is aweakness in the main character that causes the character’s
ruin
or
downfall
.
False
True
2
Shakespeare’s hero
are always average
.
False
True
3
A poetic form written in the metrical pattern of
Iambic Pentameter
Shakespeare's verse
Free Verse
Prose
Blank Verse
4
The definition of
Tragedy
is ____________
Characters experience a tragic flaw and they learn from their mistakes
Main character is involved in a struggle of great significance that ends i
Bad things happen to more than 1 character & audience knows what is going
A historical play where the hero saves himself through self-growth.
5
The
Chorus
in the play has two functions.
PREVIEW
what will happen &
REVIEW
what just happened.
False
True
6
At the beginning of a play; serves to “set up” the audience about what the play is about; setting and any background
Chorus
Prologue
Prelude
Narrator
7
William Shakespeare was born in
Hamburg
Paris
Stratford Upon Avon
Madrid
8
The two feuding families in Romeo and Juliet are The Capulets and the _______________.
Benvolios
Tybalts
Chamberlains
Montagues
9
One of the
controversies
surrounding Shakespeare's writing of his plays is that he really didn't write the plays at all.
True
False
10
A Shakespearean play is broken into __________ acts.
4
5
7
3
11
Shakespeare's most famous
TRAGEDY
is ______________.
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
King Lear
Othello
12
"Is now the two hours traffic of our stage." What does this line mean?
The play is going to take 2 hours.
None of the above
The actors take 2 hours to get into costume.
The traffic getting into the theater will take at least 2 hours.
13
Speech made by a character
alone
on stage. Can reveal true
thoughts
,
feelings
, and
emotions
Monologue
Dramatic Interlude
Aside
Soliloquy
14
"From ancient grudge breaks to new mutiny." This line from the Prologue means
Characters learn about the histories of the other characters & culture.
Mythology states that ancient gods control the destinies of the characters.
Shakespeare explains to audience 2 families are related
Two families had a long fight & something happens making fight new again.
15
Juliet is a _______________ (last name).
Montague
Capulet
Hathaway
Chamberlain
16
A
brief
comment not heard by anyone else on stage and reveals the character's thoughts and feelings.
Aside
Prelude
Soliloquy
Monologue
17
A person of lower class who stood in the pit or right in the front of the stage to watch the plays.
Chamberlain's men
Groundlings
Minutemen
Underlings
18
The name of Shakespeare's acting company was ______________.
Lord Charlie's Men
Baron Von Strasburg's Men
Lord Chamberlain's Men
Lord Hathaway's Men
19
A very long speech by one person
without
interruptions from other characters on stage
Dramatic interlude
Soliloquy
Aside
Monologue
20
The Chorus serves as the narrator of the play
True
False
21
Shakespeare often used
comedy
, the
supernatural
or _________________to gain the attention of the groundlings.
astrological signs
blank verse
songs
violence
22
The setting of the play, Romeo and Juliet is primarily in the town of ______________.
Verona
Copenhagen
Stratford
London
23
The name of the theater where Shakespeare's plays were preformed?
The Cambridge
The Rose
The Globe
The Oxford
24
The
main characters
or hero in a Shakespearean tragedy are usually
noble people
of public importance.
True
False
25
Iambic Pentameter is a form of writing that has 20 syllables per line and rhyming scheme of every other line.
True
False
