Shakespeare & the Globe

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Shakespeare's Life and Globe

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Questions 20

Answers

1
What was the area around the stage called?
The orchestra
The pit
The ground
The proscenium
2
What closed the theaters for two years?
The Black Plague
Typhus
Financial problems
Riots
3
What monarch sponsored Shakespeare's second acting company?
James I
Elizabeth I
Mary Queen of Scots
Elizabeth II
4
What famous poem did Shakespeare write?
Pitta Patta
Venus & Adonis
The Raven
Sonnet 18
5
What was the hut used for?
Bathroom
Where upper class sat
Were musicians were found
Sound effects
6
Who did Shakespeare marry?
Anne Hathaway
Susanna Hathaway
Tina Fey
Anne Boleyn
7
When did Shakespeare die?
April 23, 1616
April 30, 1616
April 27, 1616
April 26, 1616
8
Where was Shakespeare born?
Oxfordshire, England
London, England
Toronto, Canada
Stratford, England
9
What's a sonnet?
4 1/2 line poem
9 line poem
2 line poem
14 line poem
10
What was Shakespeare's main concern in the theater?
Lighting
Props
Costumes
Actor's voices
11
Where did the upper class sit?
Anywhere
The pit
Backstage
Balcony
12
What was the name of Shakespeare's second acting company?
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The King's Men
The Queen's Men
The Archbishop Players
13
What did Shakespeare's father do for a living?
Nascar driver
leather tanner
cobbler
teacher
14
When was Shakespeare born?
April 23, 1564
April 30, 1564
January 13, 1564
June 17, 1564
15
Where was the Globe located?
across the Times River
Stratford
London
across the Thames River
16
What was Shakespeare's first acting company?
The Lord Chamberlains Men
King's Men
The Awesome Actors
The Queens Men
17
What did the flags indicate?
Enemy attack
Theater closed
Circus in town
There was going to be a play
18
What was the greatest difference between plays now and then?
No electricity
Wasn't indoors
No males
No females
19
What was the trap door on the stage called?
the heavens
the trap door
the hole
the hell
20
What are the three types of plays Shakespeare wrote?
Historic, Comedy, Romantic
Comedy, Tragedy, Historic
Chick flick, Historic, Tragedy
Romantic, Dramatic, Comedy

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Shakespeare & the Globe

20 termsStudBud Administration1,560 plays

Shakespeare's Life and Globe

Flashcards20 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 20

Answers

1
What was the area around the stage called?
The orchestra
The pit
The ground
The proscenium
2
What closed the theaters for two years?
The Black Plague
Typhus
Financial problems
Riots
3
What monarch sponsored Shakespeare's second acting company?
James I
Elizabeth I
Mary Queen of Scots
Elizabeth II
4
What famous poem did Shakespeare write?
Pitta Patta
Venus & Adonis
The Raven
Sonnet 18
5
What was the hut used for?
Bathroom
Where upper class sat
Were musicians were found
Sound effects
6
Who did Shakespeare marry?
Anne Hathaway
Susanna Hathaway
Tina Fey
Anne Boleyn
7
When did Shakespeare die?
April 23, 1616
April 30, 1616
April 27, 1616
April 26, 1616
8
Where was Shakespeare born?
Oxfordshire, England
London, England
Toronto, Canada
Stratford, England
9
What's a sonnet?
4 1/2 line poem
9 line poem
2 line poem
14 line poem
10
What was Shakespeare's main concern in the theater?
Lighting
Props
Costumes
Actor's voices
11
Where did the upper class sit?
Anywhere
The pit
Backstage
Balcony
12
What was the name of Shakespeare's second acting company?
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The King's Men
The Queen's Men
The Archbishop Players
13
What did Shakespeare's father do for a living?
Nascar driver
leather tanner
cobbler
teacher
14
When was Shakespeare born?
April 23, 1564
April 30, 1564
January 13, 1564
June 17, 1564
15
Where was the Globe located?
across the Times River
Stratford
London
across the Thames River
16
What was Shakespeare's first acting company?
The Lord Chamberlains Men
King's Men
The Awesome Actors
The Queens Men
17
What did the flags indicate?
Enemy attack
Theater closed
Circus in town
There was going to be a play
18
What was the greatest difference between plays now and then?
No electricity
Wasn't indoors
No males
No females
19
What was the trap door on the stage called?
the heavens
the trap door
the hole
the hell
20
What are the three types of plays Shakespeare wrote?
Historic, Comedy, Romantic
Comedy, Tragedy, Historic
Chick flick, Historic, Tragedy
Romantic, Dramatic, Comedy