William Shakespeare's Life and Times

Question 1

Shakespeare is best known for writing in unrhymed iambic pentameter called ______________.

Accepted Answer

blank verse

Question 2

The theatre most closely associated with Shakespeare is the ___________.

Accepted Answer

Globe

Question 3

When did Shakespeare live?

Accepted Answer

1564-1616

Question 4

Spectators called __________ ate treats like hazelnuts and oranges during the show.

Accepted Answer

groundlings

Question 5

What is the correct spelling of this word?

Accepted Answer

Renaissance

Question 6

Christopher __________ was a contemporary of Shakespeare and both his friend and rival.

Accepted Answer

Marlowe

Question 7

Nobody knows what Shakespeare did from ages 14-18 (known as _____________________ .)

Accepted Answer

Lost Years

Question 8

Shakespeare is most commonly known for writing how many sonnets?

Accepted Answer

154 sonnets

Question 9

Shakespeare's child __________________ died at age eleven of Bubonic plague.

Accepted Answer

Hamnet

Question 10

Elizabeth I didn't make it illegal for her subjects to be _______ (her sister Mary's religion).

Accepted Answer

Roman Catholic

Question 11

Shakespeare is the most popular English author of the ___________________.

Accepted Answer

European Renaissance

Question 12

The ___________ Era (ruled by James I) follows the Elizabethan Era (ruled by Elizabeth I).

Accepted Answer

Jacobean

Question 13

Shakespeare was born in a busy market town called _____________.

Accepted Answer

Stratford-Upon-Avon

Question 14

Built on former farmland outside the city limits, the first London playhouse was named _______.

Accepted Answer

Red Lion

Question 15

Shakespeare's plays are often split into 3 categories. What are they?

Accepted Answer

history, comedy, tragedy

Question 16

When Queen Elizabeth I died, Shakespeare's company got a new patron and became __________.

Accepted Answer

the King's Men

Question 17

Shakespeare's children were named _________________________.

Accepted Answer

Susannah, Hamnet, Judith

Question 18

Right in front of the apron stage, spectators paid a penny and watched from the __________.

Accepted Answer

pit

Question 19

Shakespeare is buried in the chancel of the _______________.

Accepted Answer

Holy Trinity Church

Question 20

What ends the pattern of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Accepted Answer

couplet

Question 21

Large columns supported a stage roof; its ceiling was painted and was called _________.

Accepted Answer

the Heavens

Question 22

Another name for a Shakespearean Sonnet is a _______________.

Accepted Answer

English Sonnet

Question 23

Shakespeare is most commonly known for writing how many plays?

Accepted Answer

37 plays

Question 24

Backstage, the actors dressed and waited for their cues in the ____________.

Accepted Answer

tiring house

Question 25

"The Theatre," one of the 1st open-air playhouses in London, was built by James ______________.

Accepted Answer

Burbage

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