English Shakespeare Review

Question 1

What year was Shakespeare born?

Answer 1

1564

Question 2

What year did Shakespeare die?

Answer 2

1616

Question 3

Where did Shakespeare live/grow up?

Answer 3

Stratford-Upon-Avon

Question 4

Who were Shakespeare’s parents?

Answer 4

Mary and John Arden Shakespeare

Question 5

What were John Shakespeare’s jobs?

Answer 5

Glovemaker and local political

Question 6

What was school like for Shakespeare at a young age?

Answer 6

Rigorous, long and mostly memorization

Question 7

When did Shakespeare drop out of school and why?

Answer 7

Middle school because his father lost his fortune

Question 8

Who was Shakespeare married to?

Answer 8

Anne Hathaway

Question 9

How many children did Shakespeare have?

Answer 9

3 (1, 2 twins)

Question 10

What age did his son die and what was the cause?

Answer 10

Age 11/Plague

Question 11

What happened during 1583-1592 or the “Lost years”?

Answer 11

Shakespeare moved to London to work in theater

Question 12

What was the name of the theater built in 1599 that Shakespeare invested in?

Answer 12

The Globe Theater

Question 13

What happened to The Globe Theater in 1613?

Answer 13

It burned down during one of Shakespeare’s plays

Question 14

How many total plays did Shakespeare write?

Answer 14

38

Question 15

What are the 4 types of plays written by Shakespeare?

Answer 15

Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, Romances

Question 16

How many comedies did Shakespeare write?

Answer 16

14

Question 17

How many histories did Shakespeare write?

Answer 17

10

Question 18

How many tragedies did Shakespeare write?

Answer 18

10

Question 19

How many romances did Shakespeare write?

Answer 19

4

Question 20

How many total sonnets did Shakespeare write?

Answer 20

154

Question 21

Where is Shakespeare buried?

Answer 21

The Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-Upon-Avon

Question 22

What is on his gravestone?

Answer 22

A curse for anyone who disturbs his grave

Question 23

What language did Shakespeare speak/write in?

Answer 23

Early Modern English

Question 24

Were Shakespeare’s plays original?

Answer 24

Only 2 plays were. The rest had inspiration

Question 25

What are the parts of a sonnet?

Answer 25

Quatrain #1 Quatrain #2 Quatrain #3 Couplet

Question 26

What is the form the lines of a sonnet are written in?

Answer 26

AB AB CD CD EF EF GG

Question 27

What play did Pyramus and Thisbe inspire?

Answer 27

Romeo and Juliet

Question 28

Summarize the story of Pyramus and Thisbe

Answer 28

Pyramus and Thisbe were separated by their parents despite their love. They agreed to run away, conversing through the crack in the wall, and plan to meet at the silver mulberry tree. Thisbe, after arriving first, fled to the woods at the sight of a lion, dropping her veil in the process. Then Pyramus found a bloody veil and assumes a lion killed Thisbe so in order to reunite with his love he stabs himself with his sword. His blood was soaked up by the tree turning the berries red. Thisbe returns from the woods to see a dead Pyramus, and she then kills herself with the sword.

Question 29

In the story of Pyramus and Thisbe, who arrives at the mulberry tree first?

Answer 29

Thisbe

Question 30

What is poetry?

Answer 30

Concentrated language produced through rhythm and sound

Question 31

What is prose?

Answer 31

Everyday speech/opposite of poetry

Question 32

What is the Metrical Writing Meter?

Answer 32

Meter is the use of a regular rhythmic pattern in language

Question 33

What is Iambic Pantameter/Blank Verse

Answer 33

What Shakespeare used when he wrote his plays

Question 34

What is an Iamb?

Answer 34

unit of speech that contains one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Question 35

What is a stressed syllable

Answer 35

Stress syllable is one we place emphasis on when we speak

Question 36

What is an Unstressed syllable?

Answer 36

Unstressed syllable is one we don’t put emphasis on

Question 37

Why did Shakespeare write in iambic pantameter?

Answer 37

It was very common in the Elizabeth era