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Intro to William Shakespeare
Intro to William Shakespeare
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A brief overview of his life and times...
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1
William Shakespeare married:
Anne Hathaway
Claire Danes
Mary Tudor
Anne of Green Gables
2
Shakespeare wrote three genres of plays:
thrillers, action and histories
romances and hospital drama
comedies and histories
tragedies, comedies, histories
3
Hundreds of years later, Adolf Hilter wanted to perform which Shakespearean play?
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
King Lear
Othello
4
Shakespeare's children were:
Samuel, Henry and Elizabeth
Sansa, Hodor and Arya
Sally, Hamlet and Jude
Susanna, Hamnet and Judith
5
What is "a private remark to one character or the audience"?
chorus
aside
soliloquy
monologue
6
How long did Elizabeth I reign?
5 years
25 months
25 years
44 years
7
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
90
154
12
37
8
During his career, Shakespeare wrote how many sonnets?
154
240
50
75
9
In 1590, Shakespeare helped build a famous theatre called:
The Bubble, in Glasgow
The Globe, in London
The Orb, in Ireland
The Sphere, in Stratford-Upon-Avon
10
True or False? All women were educated under Queen Elizabeth I's reign.
False
True
11
After Elizabeth, King James I ruled. How long did his reign last?
52 years
22 years
5 years
A few months
12
True or False? Queen Elizabeth I made attendance at Church of England services mandatory.
True
False
13
When was William Shakespeare born?
May, 1550
April, 1616
May 1660
April, 1564
14
True or False? In Elizabethan theatre, female roles were played only by young men.
False
True
15
Shakespeare's theatre company was originally called:
Marlowe's Men
Lord Chamberlain's Men
The Roundheads
All The King's Men
16
Shakespeare's father worked as:
a teacher
a lawyer
a glove maker
a baker
17
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England
Monmouth, Wales
Fife, Scotland
Dublin, Ireland
18
When the Globe was discovered, archaeologists found lots of _______, Elizabethan popcorn.
peanuts
mice skeletons
hazelnut shells
corn husks
19
The foundation of the original Globe Theatre was discovered in what year?
1990
1790
1710
1880
20
Who directed the adaptation of
Macbeth, Throne of Blood
?
Roman Polanski
Akira Kurosawa
Woody Allen
Francis Ford Coppola