Final Exam- Shakespeare

Question 1

Thames

Answer 1

a river running through London

Question 2

Stratford on Avond

Answer 2

The home town of Shakespeare

Question 3

Anne Hathaway

Answer 3

Shakespeare’s wife

Question 4

The Globe

Answer 4

A theater that William built and had his plays shown at.

Question 5

Elizabeth I

Answer 5

Queen of England and patron of the Lord Chamberlain’s men

Question 6

James I

Answer 6

King of England after Elizabeth and patron of the King’s Men

Question 7

King’s Men

Answer 7

A group of actors and play writes that Shakespeare belong to

Question 8

Blank Verse

Answer 8

un-rhymed iambic pentameter used by Shakespeare

Question 9

Quatrain

Answer 9

a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes

Question 10

lord chamberlain’s men

Answer 10

same as king’s men but during the time of Elizabeth’s rule

Question 11

the rose

Answer 11

was a play house or theater in England

Question 12

the plague

Answer 12

the black plague which wiped out a large portion of the English population

Question 13

Shakespeare

Answer 13

actor/play-write

Question 14

Sonnet

Answer 14

a poem consisting of 14 lines

Question 15

couplet

Answer 15

a group of two lines in a poem, also the last two lines of a sonnet.

Question 16

soliloquy

Answer 16

an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself

Question 17

aside

Answer 17

a part of an actor’s lines not heard by others on the stage and intended only for the audience

Question 18

history

Answer 18

a grouping of shakespeare’s plays where the plot is somewhat based on historical England (the English Monarchs)

Question 19

comedy

Answer 19

a grouping of shakespeare’s plays where it ends happily

Question 20

tragedy

Answer 20

a grouping of shakespeare’s plays where it ends sadly (usually lots of death)

Question 21

the four great tragedies

Answer 21

Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth

Question 22

ex. of two comedies

Answer 22

taming of the shrew, much ado about nothing

Question 23

ex. of two histories

Answer 23

Richard III, Henry V

Question 24

groundlings

Answer 24

the poor that attended plays and had to stand on the ground beside the stage

Question 25

iambic pentameter

Answer 25

a common meter in poetry consisting of an un-rhymed line with five feet of accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable

Question 26

exposition

Answer 26

the act of presenting to view/a large-scale public show

Question 27

crisis point/turning point

Answer 27

a time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs

Question 28

denouement

Answer 28

the final resolution of a plot; the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences

Question 29

oxfordians

Answer 29

those who believe that Edward DeVere is the true author of the plays and sonnets attributed to “shakespeare”

Question 30

stratfordians

Answer 30

those who believe the william shakespeare of stratford on avon was the true author of the plays and sonets

Question 31

Edward DeVere

Answer 31

a possible author of the plays and sonnets attributed to william shakespeare