Shakespeare

Question 0

What is Shakespeare’s birthdate?

Answer 0

April 23,1564

Question 1

Where was Shakespeare born?

Answer 1

Stratford-upon-Avon

Question 2

What is Shakespeare associated with?

Answer 2

The renaissance and reformation

Question 3

Who did Shakespeare marry and how old was he?

Answer 3

Anne Hathaway when he was 18

Question 4

What were his 3 children’s names?

Answer 4

Suzanna, Hamnet, and Judith

Question 5

What year was the Plague?

Answer 5

1593

Question 6

What happened in the year of the Plague?

Answer 6

All theaters closed and Shakespeare turned to poetry

Question 7

What did Shakespeare’s play company name one of his plays?

Answer 7

They named “King’s Men” for King James I

Question 8

What did Shakespeare do involving plays?

Answer 8

He wrote, produced, directed, and acted in them.

Question 9

Which theater was Shakespeare an investor at?

Answer 9

The Globe Theatre

Question 10

What significance is the Globe Theatre to England?

Answer 10

It’s England’s most famous theater

Question 11

How much did it cost to stand in the pit of the theater?

Answer 11

One penny

Question 12

When was the theater open?

Answer 12

In daylight and favorable weather

Question 13

Why did the weather conditions matter for the theater?

Answer 13

It was an open air theater

Question 14

What signified a play at the theater?

Answer 14

A flag flying from the roof

Question 15

What did a flag flying from the theater’s roof signify?

Answer 15

That there was to be a play that afternoon

Question 16

What were actors classified as?

Answer 16

Vagabonds and rogues

Question 17

What did Queen Elizabeth’s reign do for actors?

Answer 17

Recognized them legally

Question 18

What would happen when a patron or sponsor would seek actors’ companies?

Answer 18

The play would be in his honor

Question 19

What did the companies consist of?

Answer 19

10-12 adult males and 5-6 boy apprentices

Question 20

What roles did boys and women have in the theater?

Answer 20

Boys played women’s roles because it was illegal for women to appear on stage

Question 21

What were actors required to do to act?

Answer 21

Sing, dance, play an instrument, and perform their own stunts

Question 22

What do the transitions in Shakespeare’s genres correlate with?

Answer 22

The timeline of events in his life

Question 23

Shakespeare is what as a playwright

Answer 23

The most widely produced and most widely critiqued playwright ever

Question 24

What is a soliloquy?

Answer 24

A long speech expressing private thoughts, delivered by a character who is alone on stage

Question 25

What is a monologue?

Answer 25

A long speech delivered by one character to another or to a group of characters

Question 26

What is an aside?

Answer 26

A private remark to one character or to the audience that breaks convention because it is understood not to be heard by other characters onstage

Question 27

What is the chorus?

Answer 27

A single character or group of characters whose words may connect scenes or convey the collective thoughts or feelings of the community

Question 28

Tragic hero

Answer 28

In Ancient Greek and Shakespearian tragedies, the tragic hero is the main character

Question 29

Comic relief

Answer 29

To relieve tension, playwrights often include humorous scenes or characters that provide comic relief

Question 30

Romantic comedy

Answer 30

Involves problems among lovers

Question 31

Comedy of manners

Answer 31

Satirizes social customs of society

Question 32

4 elements of a tragedy

Answer 32

1. Features noble or outstanding protagonists
2. Emphasizes human greatness
3. Arouses pity, fear, awe
4. Ends unhappy with destruction of hero

Question 33

4 elements of a comedy

Answer 33

1. Features ordinary protagonists
2. Emphasizes human weakness of society
3. Arouses sympathy, amusement
4. Ends happily with protagonist making peace with society