Shakespeare Background Quiz (Standard Deviants)

Question 1

Today's dramas tend to suggest that everything is real, especially the place and people.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

What term describes concentrated and heightened language with a rhythm and meter?

Accepted Answer

Verse, Poetry

Question 3

Shakespeare wrote poetry in what we call "Blank Verse" which is what type of metrical writing?

Accepted Answer

Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter

Question 4

What was the name of the theatrical company of which Shakespeare was a member?

Accepted Answer

The Lord Chamberlain's Men

Question 5

Elizabethan audiences were focused on language and listened intently to the words of a play.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

In what year was Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

1564

Question 7

How many iambs does a line of perfect iambic pentameter contain?

Accepted Answer

Five

Question 8

What term describes ordinary and everyday language?

Accepted Answer

Prose

Question 9

During which historical period did William Shakespeare live and work?

Accepted Answer

The Elizabethan Era

Question 10

The period of history known as the Elizabethan Era was also known as...

Accepted Answer

The English Renaissance

Question 11

Which of the following was an attribute of the Globe Theater?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 12

All of the following are ways to gather information for a character analysis, EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

What the author writes in the footnotes

Question 13

In what English city was Shakespeare born?

Accepted Answer

Stratford-Upon-Avon

Question 14

Shakespeare used words to express the setting and mood of his plays.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Why did the theaters throughout Europe close down in 1592 for two years?

Accepted Answer

The plague

Question 16

Name the Greek philosopher who spelled out his ideas on tragedy in "The Poetics."

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 17

Spectators at the Globe Theater who stood on the floor in front of the stage during the play.

Accepted Answer

Groundlings

Question 18

Name this Play: Two young lovers from warring families meet a tragic end.

Accepted Answer

Romeo & Juliet

Question 19

After King James took the throne, Shakespeare's acting troop renamed themselves...

Accepted Answer

The King's Men

Question 20

In what year did Shakespeare die?

Accepted Answer

1616

Question 21

Throughout history what have tragedies primarily tried to teach the audience?

Accepted Answer

Moral Lessons

Question 22

All of the following types of tragedies influenced Shakespeare's work, EXCEPT?

Accepted Answer

Universal

Question 23

True or False: The role of women in Shakespeare's plays were acted by young boys.

Accepted Answer

True

Shakespeare Background Quiz (Standard Deviants)

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Shakespeare Background Quiz (Standard Deviants)

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