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Obscene literally means...
The men shown in the first scenes are ...
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The men shown in the first scenes are ...
immature.
insecure.
very self-confident.
out of control.
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Obscene literally means...
taboo
dirty
sexual
what shouldn't be on stage
3
Biting one's thumb is ambiguous because...
it means you're not a man but a child.
it means you're not a man but a woman.
it questions your sexual preferences.
it mixes the oral and the genital.
4
He was born to a ...
he was found in a trashcan
aristocratic family
upper middle class family
working class family
5
His education was ...
classic and efficient
next to nothing
basic and practical
long and boring
6
Obscenity challenges order because...
it is a catharsis
it is a creative opportunity
it questions religion
it is based on the reversal of hierarchies
7
Shakespeare's theater in London was called ...
The Kingsmen
The Wooden O
The Orb
The Globe
8
Shakespeare was born in ...
1616
1564
1654
1456
9
Insults usually mix words mostly related to
sex
body parts
religion
nature
10
Gender roles are central in the play because ...
all the roles were played by men.
all the actors were gay.
Shakespeare thought gender was a construct.
Renaissance artists liked to question stereotypes.
11
The prologue in its theatrical version is recited by...
the chorus
it depends on the director's choice.
the entire cast.
a journalist.
12
Shakespearean insults are...
as crazy as Jerome Bosch's paintings
like monsters
like haikus
as you like it.
13
In the prologue, symmetry highlights...
the beauty of the language.
the feeling that Romeo and Juliet are doomed.
the rivalry between the two households.
the vicious circle of the vendetta
14
The Church of England was
a form of moderate protestantism
challenging the Pope's authority
a product of Reformation
led by the British Monarch
15
The spirit of the Renaissance was characterized by...
open-mindedness
deep religiosity
trust in authorities
critical thinking
16
There's an enigma about the Bard because...
he never signed under the name Shakespeare
people are jealous
there's very little evidence of his earthly existence
people can't believe there can be so much genius in just one mind.
17
The reigning monarch was ...
Boris Johnson
Henry VIII
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth I
18
The prologue is metafictional because...
the actors stop pretending and directly address the audience.
it breaks the fourth wall.
it announces the denouement.
it is a mise-en-abyme.
19
He wrote ...
essays on theater
we don't know exactly
poetry, novels and plays
poetry and plays
20
The first scene of a play is called...
the conceit
the expository scene
a prologue
Act I scene I
21
Catharsis is...
The disease that killed Shakespeare
A form of cleansing
The Greek province where the action takes place.
Getting rid of one's negative emotions
22
The British Renaissance was a time of...
conquests
stability
prosperity
recession
23
It was allowed during
Carnival
Ramadan
never !
the day before Lent
24
The sonnets are dedicated to...
a man
both
a woman
none
25
The theater was a...
place for social comments
melting pot of social backgrounds
place forbidden to women
leisure for the upper class
26
Humanism means ...
Atheism
Reaching out to foreign people in misery
Man's submission to God
the belief man is able to govern his own destiny
27
The sonnets Shakespeare wrote were ...
composed of 14 lines.
concluded by a conceit.
like those by Ronsard.
151.
28
The Earl of Oxford is believed to be the man behind Shakespeare because...
A character in Hamlet recalls a relative of his.
He might have wanted to escape censorship by using this mask.
His coat-of-arms shows a lion shaking a spear.
He may have fled prison for his atheism by posing as the Bard.
29
It was located ...
next to London
next to Stratford
next to brothels
next to the Avon
30
The rhythm in a poem in English is based on...
musicality.
the repetition and variation of the iamb.
spondees, dactyls, trochees and iambs.
the alternation of stressed and unstressed syllables.
