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The Elizabethan Era
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Pre-Assessment Year 10
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1
Women were regarded as "instruments of the devil".
True
False
2
In what year was the Globe Theater destroyed by fire?
1813
1913
1713
1613
3
Crime and Punishment was considered a sport. With many public:
Decapitations
Quartering's
Hangings
Burning
4
In what year was Shakespeare born?
1964
1664
1764
1564
5
Who was the head of the Elizabethan Family?
Husband
Oldest boy
Wife
everyone was equal
6
The stars you were born under determined the life you led and your personality traits .
False
True
7
What is a Cordwainer?
poet / bard
A chimney sweeper
milliner
A shoe maker
8
What style of poetry was Shakespeare famous for?
Limericks
Hikus
Ballad
Sonnets
9
What was the name of the theater that Shakespeare was part owner?
The Den
The Playhouse
The Sphere
The Globe
10
What was the name of the disaster that happened during the year in which Shakespeare was born?
The Chickenpox
The Plague
Polio
Cholera
11
A Gong Farmer or Honey Dipper is
A woman who spins thread
A dispenser of medicine
A person who collected and disposed of human waste
A police officer
12
'The Wheel of Fortune' is Elizabethan society's belief in:
Life and Death
Fate
Good and bad
None of the above
13
When the Queen's teeth rotted, her Subjects blackened their teeth. This was highly fashionable.
True
False
14
How did people empty their chamber pots?
they had toilets silly
Threw the waste out the window
Down a communal drain
onto a communal muckheap
15
All of the women's parts in Elizabethean plays were played by whom?
men
women
cats
dogs
16
Aprrox. how many words of the English language is Shakespeare responsible for?
2000
5
2500
1700
17
What 3 main types of plays did Shakespeare write?
Comedy, Tragedy, Romance
Tragedy, Historical, War
Comedy, Tragedy, historical
Comedy, Tragedy, Drama
18
Who was the Queen of England during the majority of Shakespeare's life?
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Mary I
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Mary II
19
What is Shakespeare's legacy to the world?
His costumes
His haircut
His family
His writing
20
Which of these films / programs were inspired by Shakespeare?
Breaking Bad
House of Cards
Sons of Anarchy
The Lion King
21
How many of Shakespeare's sisters died of the Plague?
4
none
2
1
22
The legal age for marriage was:
13-14
10
20
11-12
