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1
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When was Shakespeare born?

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April 23, 1564

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When did Shakespeare die?

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April 23, 1616

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Who were the Monarchs that lived in Shakespeare’s time?

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  • Queen Elizabeth the first

- King James

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What were the 3 reasons Shakespeare did theatre?

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  • Monarchs love theatre
  • Monarchs love Shakespeare
  • He sucks up to the queen and king
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What are the 2 names for the period that Shakespeare lived in?

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The Elizabethan and the Renaissance

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What does the renaissance mean?

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Rebirth of arts and sciences

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What did the plagues provide for Shakespeare?

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The quarantines gave him of time to right his plays

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Where was Shakespeare born?

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In Stratford upon Avon

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How many kids did Shakespeare have?

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3

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10
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What was Shakespeare’s wife’s name?

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Anna Hathaway

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What 3 jobs did Shakespeare have?

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Poet
Playwright
Actor

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What 2 groups did Shakespeare act in?

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  • Lord Chamberlin’s men

- Kingsmen

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13
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What type of poems did Shakespeare write?

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Sonnets 154

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How many plays did Shakespeare write?

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36

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What types of plays did Shakespeare write?

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  • Comedy
  • Tragedy
  • History
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16
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How many acts did each play have?

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5

17
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What does Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter?

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5 beats per a line

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What are rhyming couplets?

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2 lines that rhyme at the end of each scene

19
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What is a soliloquy?

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Character is on stage alone and thinking out oud

20
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What is Aside?

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When 2 characters are on stage and one says a side remark that the other cannot hear

21
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What was the theatre called?

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The Globe

22
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What shape was the globe?

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Octagonal on the outside and round on the inside

23
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How many tiers were in the globe and who sits where?

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3 tiers. The Monarchs sit at the top and the peasants at the bottom

24
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What did they call the people that sat on the ground level?

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Groundlings

25
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What signalled a play was on?

A

A flag

26
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Why was the globe an open ceiling?

A

They needed the light

27
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Who wasn’t allowed to act?

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Women

28
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What was something odd about the globe?

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Trap doors

29
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What did the theatre make up for in because they didn’t have props?

A

Elaborate Costumes

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