Shakespeare quiz

Question 1

Prose

Answer 1

ordinary speaking language

Question 2

Poetry

Answer 2

writing with rhythm and rhyme

Question 3

Born

Answer 3

1564

Question 4

Parents

Answer 4

John and Mary Shakespeare

Question 5

School

Answer 5

Went to school at age 7 at Kings new school in 1571 but got pulled out at age 14 because his father lost his fortune

Question 6

died

Answer 6

april 23rd 1616

Question 7

married

Answer 7

Anne Hathaway in 1582

Question 8

Children

Answer 8

3 children, daughter= suzanna, twins= Hamnet and Judith

Question 9

1583-1592

Answer 9

moved to london and started working in the theatre

Question 10

Iambic pentameter

Answer 10

5 Iam’s - 2 per foot

Question 11

couplet

Answer 11

provides thesis/theme

Question 12

Inversion

Answer 12

Shakespeare often rearranges the word order to create new rhythms or to emphasize a particular word (obj.) + (subj.) + (v)

Question 13

Ommision

Answer 13

shakespeare might omit a whole word or a part of a word to create rhymes

Question 14

Petrarchan love

Answer 14

about Petrach love for Laura, emphasizes the intensity of love, love is not returned because Laura is moral

Question 15

classical allusion

Answer 15

an indirect reference to something from Greek/Roman mythology

Question 16

Biblical allusion

Answer 16

an indirect reference to something from the bible

Question 17

Pun

Answer 17

defined as a play on words or a play upon words

Question 18

Paradox

Answer 18

a seemingly absurd or self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true

Question 19

hometown

Answer 19

stratford-upon-avon

Question 20

what did his parents do

Answer 20

mary: daughter of a wealthy land owner
John: glove maker and local politician

Question 21

Lost years

Answer 21

no one knew what he was doing in the years of 1583-1592

Question 22

what was the theatre he invested in

Answer 22

the Globe theatre in 1599- he was a member and later owner of the lord chamberlains, later called the kings men

Question 23

what happened in 1613

Answer 23

theatre burned down during one of the plays

Question 24

how many plays did shakespeare write

Answer 24

total: 38
breakdown: 1
comedies: 14
histories: 10
tragedies: 10
romances: 4
(possibly wrote 3 others, collaborated on several others)

Question 25

how many sonnets

Answer 25

154

Question 26

where was he buried and what was significant about his gravestone

Answer 26

Holy trinity church, a curse warning if someone moves the bones

Question 27

what language did shakespeare speak and write

Answer 27

spoke beowulf (old english)
wrote in early modern english

Question 28

what words did he create

Answer 28

created words like:
- critical
- majestic
- dwindle
- flesh and blood
- one fell swoop

Question 29

why did everyone like his work

Answer 29

his work was meant for everyone- was understood by the lowest peasant and the highest noble

Question 30

what was his inspiration

Answer 30

two plays were original plots, others were rearranged historical stories
ex. Pyramus and Thisbe = Romeo and Juliet

Question 31

why were people so facinated with his plays

Answer 31

1. put emotion into them
2. understood what people wanted to see and put in what people care about

Question 32

Chrisaned

Answer 32

stratford 1564

Question 33

when did his name first appear in print

Answer 33

1592

Question 34

what was london like during shakespeares life

Answer 34

dramatic contrasts; romantic world of poets; different lives that live there, luxury and poor

Question 35

groundlings

Answer 35

the people who had to sit on the ground/the pit and were not protected by elements

Question 36

why were the plays in the afternoon

Answer 36

the only lighting was the sun

Question 37

clothing

Answer 37

colors are vibrant to contrast with the environment, clothes tell the story of the play, wealthy people would give the clothes they were tired with to the theatre, purple was considered very expensive.

Question 38

rules and main jobs for women

Answer 38

by law, women were not allowed to preform in theatres, couldnt vote, barely any education, job=arranged marrige.

Question 39

in 1593 how long was queen elizabeth on the thrown

Answer 39

40 years

Question 40

how did queen elizabeth feel about the plays

Answer 40

she loved them, if she didnt then they would have been shut down

Question 41

why didnt queen elizabeth marry

Answer 41

served her well to be single

Question 42

why is romeo and juliet such an important play

Answer 42

starts as a comedy then ends with them committing suicide
set apart from other writers
breaks the mold with combining different genres
greatest love story ever told

Question 43

queen elizabeths rule

Answer 43

• would have spies that capture how people get money
• loyalty to the queen was deadly if you didnt have it
• religion was gone
• at the end of school plays they would sing a song about how the queen was good and right

Question 44

what do we know and not know about shakespeares sonnets

Answer 44

we know the rhyme scheme and that shakespeare wrote them
we dont know if the sonnet speaker is shakespeare or an imagined figure

Question 45

which sonnet is adressed to the dark lady

Answer 45

sonnet 130

Question 46

how does sonnet 18 praise “poetry itself”

Answer 46

people die but poetry lives on
one big metephor in this sonnet