3. Popular Entertainment

Question 1

The rich had …… than the other classes and could ….. in a range of activities …….

Answer 1

more leisure time
afford to participate
for entertainment

Question 2

The rich enjoyed …….

Answer 2

feasts, jousts and large banquets

Question 3

Hawking: …..
a …… would sit on a trainers arm with a blind cap on
when the cap was removed, the bird would ……
it wore a …… as a tracking device

Answer 3

very popular
a falcon or hawk
fly off to kill prey and return
bell around its ankle

Question 4

Hunting
the nobility had their own …… to …… and also for ….
Hunting took place both ……. and great …… were arranged

Answer 4

deer parks
hunt deer for sport
food
on foot and horseback
hunt picnics

Question 5

Archery
men over ….. expected ……
They practised with …..

Answer 5

age of 24
to practise after church on a Sunday
the long bow and crossbow

Question 6

Dancing
Enjoyed by …….

Answer 6

the queen and popular among all classes

Question 7

The rich paid musicians to play …… including the …… and the ……..

Answer 7

foreign tunes
gavotte
slow paven

Question 8

Lower classes enjoyed ………

Answer 8

traditional country dances

Question 9

……. was a home entertainment and many people ….. at least ….. like …….

Answer 9

Music and singing
learnt to play
one instrument
the recorder, lute or the viol

Question 10

Ball games: …… emerged in Tudor times and was popular among the …… and ……. were popular among all classes

Answer 10

tennis
upper classes
bowls and skittles

Question 11

Life was hard for the ……. so the little time they had off, they were keen to spend …….

Answer 11

lower classes
finding entertainment

Question 12

Towns would often be visited by …….. with …….

Answer 12

travelling fairs
puppet shows, conjurors and trained animals and hawkers

Question 13

Wandering bands of players were also ….. and …….

Answer 13

welcome entertainment
performed short plays

Question 14

…… was one of the more popular forms of sport entertainment and the ………

Answer 14

Football
Roughest ball game

Question 15

In football there were ……

Answer 15

few rules, no proper goals or limits on team members

Question 16

The winning football team ……. which could be a mile away

Injuries were ….. and caused the occasional …..

Answer 16

kicked the ball across the opposite finishing line
likely
death

Question 17

Wandering bands …..
……. watched their performances
They set up stage in a ….. to …..
Common themes include the adventures of Robin Hood where the ……

Answer 17

toured the country
townsfolk, farmers, tradesman and families
courtyard or market square
attract audiences
poor triumphed over the rich

Question 18

Cruel sports entertained …..

Answer 18

All

Question 19

Many towns had ……

Answer 19

arenas

Question 20

Bear-baiting shows were ……

Answer 20

Added to Elizabeth’s royal progress agenda

Question 21

Elizabeth overruled a ….. attempt by MP’s to …..

Answer 21

1585
ban cruel sport

Question 22

Bears were ……. and dogs were ……….

Answer 22

chained by the neck
released to attack and anger the bear

Question 23

Bets were placed on …….

Answer 23

which dog would survive the longest before the bear killed it

Question 24

Sometimes, the bear was …… and 5 or 6 men …..

Answer 24

blindfolded
whipped it

Question 25

Bull baiting was ….. due to ……

Answer 25

more common in England and Wales
difficulty of obtaining bears

Question 26

Bull-baiting:
A bull were ……. and the other end tied to a …..

Answer 26

tied with rope around its horns
stake in centre of the ring

Question 27

Trained ……. were release one at a time to …..

Answer 27

bulldogs
attack the bull

Question 28

The contest lasted ….. and bets were placed on the ……

Answer 28

One hour
baiting match

Question 29

Cock fighting
a fight between …… but sometimes up to …… to fight to the death
…… were placed

Answer 29

2 birds
20 were added into the ring
Bets

Question 30

Bands of strolling players became ……

But there was ……. that they could …..

Answer 30

Popular
a fear from authorities
incite riots

Question 31

Bands of strolling players were also perceived as ……

Answer 31

Wandering vagabonds

Question 32

In …….. law banded strolling players unless …..

Answer 32

1572
they had a license

Question 33

Theatre companies were set up with …….. from nobility

Answer 33

Financial support and patronage

Question 34

Examples of theatre companies include: T…Q…M… in …… and T…..L…..C….M….. in ……

Answer 34

The Queen’s Men in 1583
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men in 1594

Question 35

Theatre companies …. And also performed for the …..

Answer 35

toured the country
queen and court

Question 36

Theatre companies …….. so permanent theatres were ……..

Answer 36

grew in popularity
built to house them

Question 37

In ……. ‘The Theatre’ was built in London by ….. as the first …….

Answer 37

1576
James Burbage
purpose built theatre since Roman times

Question 38

The Rose opened in …… then the Swan in …… and the famous ……. in ……

Answer 38

1587
1596
The Globe
1599

Question 39

The Globe ……

Answer 39

Premiered most of Shakespeares plays

Question 40

Puritans …….. of theatre and authorities were concerned over …..

Answer 40

Opposed of the sinfulness
Public heath, law and order

Question 41

For theatre, weekly audience figures ……

Answer 41

grew into the thousands

Question 42

theatres were…….

Answer 42

Round or octagonal

Question 43

…… in the center with a ……

Answer 43

Open space
Raised stage

Question 44

External was …….

Answer 44

Plain in colour and design

Question 45

Internal was …..

Answer 45

Colourful, especially the stage

Question 46

Actors on stage were protected …….

Answer 46

From the wet weather by a roof

Question 47

…….. that looked like marble decorated the stage

Answer 47

Finely painted panelling and oak pillars

Question 48

The theatre resembled the …….
….. was beneath the stage and …… from the trap door
The canopy above the stage …… and was painted with …..

Answer 48

Universe
Hell
Devils emerged
Represented heaven
Stars, the sun and the moon

Question 49

Plays were performed in the …….

Answer 49

Afternoon for light purposes

Question 50

A flag was flown or a …….. to inform passers-by that ……

Answer 50

cannon fired
the play was about to begin

Question 51

Ticket prices were …..

Answer 51

Cheap for the poor to stand in the roofless central pit

Question 52

Tickets cost a little more for …….

Answer 52

The sheltered seats

Question 53

Professional actors were ……. who could …….. and take on ……..

Answer 53

Man and boys
Sing, dance, play an instrument
Various different roles including female roles

Question 54

The best actors included ……..

Answer 54

Richard Burbage (son of theatre builder James)
Edward Alleyn
Thomas Pope

Question 55

Playwrights responded …….

Answer 55

To the audience demands

Question 56

Shakespeare wrote at least …… varying from ……..

Answer 56

37 plays
comedies and historical dramas to tragedies

Question 57

……. was another great writer who was famous for the tragedy style such as ……

Answer 57

Christopher Marlowe
Doctor Faustus

Question 58

Theatre was …….. and attracted …….

Answer 58

cheap and popular
all classes

Question 59

Elizabeth became a ……..

Answer 59

patron of the theatre

Question 60

Plays were popular for their …….

Answer 60

gripping storylines, tales of heroism and good triumphing over evil

Question 61

Plays were used as ………. too

Answer 61

Propaganda

Question 62

…….. showed Catholic Spanish soldiers …….. in the Netherlands

Answer 62

Alarum for London
killing innocent Protestants

Question 63

Shakespeare promoted ……….

Answer 63

obedience and loyalty to the queen

Question 64

Authorities …….. as it attracted …… and the spreading of …… in large crowds

Answer 64

opposed theatre
beggars and pickpockets
diseases

Question 65

The Puritans considered …….. as plays …….
They saw actors as ……

Answer 65

theatre the work of the devil
lacked morals and decency and contained rude gestures
half-lawless villains