Shakespeare Background Review

What is the purpose of comic relief in a play?

In what type of theater were Shakespeare's plays primarily performed?

Shakespeare wrote: 

Emilia is 

Which term describes the explanation or outcome of the plot in a play?

TRUE or FALSE: Iago does not care for his wife and views marriage as a requirement 

TRUE or FALSE: Shakespeare disappeared for numerous years 

Women were often distrusted because 

Which literary device refers to  a character speaking their thoughts alone on stage?

Who are the groundlings?

What is a Moor?

Which section of a play introduces the setting, characters, and basic situations?

Othello can be referred to as a 

TRUE or FALSE: Men played women's roles in the 16th century 

TRUE or FALSE: Men during this Shakespeare's time believed all women were equal and treated them as such 

Iago can be defined as 

What term describes when the audience knows more than the characters?

What trait in a character often leads to their downfall in a Shakespearean tragedy?

Situational irony occurs when:

TRUE or FALSE: Othello idolizes his wife and views marriage as a loving relationship 

Which term describes when a character refers to who they are speaking to?

Where was William Shakespeare born?

What is a Pun?

What was the role of wives in the 16th century?

What does Roderigo want?

TRUE or FALSE: The Catholics lose the war against the Islamic Arabs

 A dramatic foil is a character who

What is the setting of the play, "Othello"?

What is a Venetian?

Shakespeare's acting company was called