Shakespeare notes

Question 1

Date shakespeare was born

Answer 1

April 23, 1564

Question 2

Where he was born

Answer 2

Stratford-on-Avon, England

Question 3

What acting company did he belong to?

Answer 3

The Lord’s Chamberlain’s Men

Question 4

Who was queen during this time?

Answer 4

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 5

The types of plays he wrote

Answer 5

Tragedies, comedies, and histories

Question 6

Theater that Shakespeare jointly owned

Answer 6

The Globe Theater

Question 7

What closed theaters during this time

Answer 7

Disease

Question 8

Who could attend the theater

Answer 8

Anyone

Question 9

What happened in Shakespeare’s lost years

Answer 9

He retired

Question 10

Shakespeare’s death date

Answer 10

April 23. 1616

Question 11

A character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another character

Answer 11

Foil

Question 12

A speech given by a character alone on stage

Answer 12

Soliloquy

Question 13

A character’s remark, either to the audience or to another character, that others on stage do not hear

Answer 13

Aside

Question 14

A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood

Answer 14

Comic Relief

Question 15

A long, uninterrupted speech that is spoken to other characters

Answer 15

Monologue

Question 16

Language used by poets, novelists and other writers to create images in the mind of the reader.

Answer 16

Imagery

Question 17

Two lines of poetry which come next to each other, especially two lines that rhyme with each other and are the same length.

Answer 17

Couplet

Question 18

A rhythmic pattern that consists of ten syllables per line, with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.

Answer 18

Iambic Pentameter

Question 19

Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of Shakespeare or his writings.

Answer 19

Shakespearean

Question 20

A genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character.

Answer 20

Tragedy

Question 21

A humorous play on words

Answer 21

Pun

Question 22

A reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader’s understanding of their work.

Answer 22

Allusion

Question 23

Something that stands for, represents, or suggests another thing.

Answer 23

Symbol