Shakespeare Quiz Review

Question 1

What’s the difference between prose and poetry?

Answer 1

Prose is ordinary everday language.
Poetry is concentric/complicated language.

Question 2

What is meter?

Answer 2

Use of regular rhythmic pattern in language
example:“A horse, a horse! my kingdom for a horse!”

Question 3

What is iambic pentameter?

Answer 3

unrhymed= words at end of line don’t rhyme
Iamb= unit of speech that contains one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
unstressed, stressed

Question 4

How to identify stressed and unstressed syllables?

Answer 4

unstressed symbol= half circle mark
stressed symbol= straight line

Question 5

What was a sonnet’s structure?

Answer 5

poem of 14 lines that reflects upon a single issue or idea

Question 6

What is the rhyme scheme?

Answer 6

AB AB CD CD EF EF G G

Question 7

What is Sonnet 18 about?

Answer 7

Describing his love to a summers day

Question 8

What do the last 2 lines of sonnet 18 suggest?

Answer 8

Love is for eternity like poetry

Question 9

Why did Shakespeare write in iambic pentameter?

Answer 9

It was common to write plays in this form during this era.
He chose to write in this way and usually stuck with it.
It was a speech rhythm similar to the English language and closely represents everyday speech

Question 10

When was Shakespeare born?

Answer 10

1564

Question 11

When did Shakespeare die?

Answer 11

April 23 1616

Question 12

Where did Shakespeare live?

Answer 12

Stratford-upon-Avon

Question 13

Who were Shakespeare’s parents?

Answer 13

John Shakespeare- glovemaker, local politician
Mary Arden Shakespeare- daughter of wealthy landowner

Question 14

What was school like for Shakespeare?

Answer 14

School days were long
Educated in rhetoric, logic, history, latin
Dropped out of middle school when his dad lost his fortune

Question 15

Who was Shakespeare married to?

Answer 15

Anne Hathaway in 1582

Question 16

Who were Shakespeare’s children?

Answer 16

Twins-Hamnett and Judith in 1585
Hamnett died from the plague at age 11

Question 17

What were the lost years?

Answer 17

1583-1592
No one knew where Shakespeare was

Question 18

How old was Shakespeare during the lost years?

Answer 18

early 20s

Question 19

What was the name of the theater that was built in 1599 and Shakespeare invested in?

Answer 19

Globe Theater

Question 20

What happened to Globe Theater in 1613?

Answer 20

Burned down during Shakespeare play

Question 20

What happened to Globe Theater in 1613?

Answer 20

Burned down during Shakespeare play

Question 21

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

Answer 21

38
14 Comedies
10 Histories
10 Tragedies
4 Romances

Question 22

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

Answer 22

154

Question 23

Where is Shakespeare buried?

Answer 23

Holy Trinity Church of Stratford

Question 24

What is significant about his grave stone?

Answer 24

Covered by flat stone that puts a curse on anyone who moves his bones

Question 25

What language did Shakespeare speak?

Answer 25

Early Modern English(for example words we use: critical, majestic, dwindle, vanish into thin air

Question 26

What are sources of inspiration for Shakespeare’s work?

Answer 26

Stories already told
2 were based on original plots(Love’s Labour’s Lost, The Tempest)

Question 27

Why is Shakespeare still popular hundreds of years after his death?

Answer 27

He understood what people wanted and was able to transform it into plays

Question 28

What are 5 facts about Shakespeare?

Answer 28

1. Christened in Stratford-upon-Avon April 16, 1564
2. Married Ann Hathaway November 27, 1582
3. Had daughter Susanna Christened May 26, 1583 and had twins: Hamnet and Judith Christened February 2, 1585
4. Shakespeare’s name first appeared in print in 1592
5. Died at Stratford-upon-Avon April 23, 1616

Question 29

Who are the groundlings?

Answer 29

People who paid a penny to stand in the middle of the theater with no chairs or roof

Question 30

Who went to the theater?

Answer 30

Everyone. High, middle, and low class

Question 31

How was the theater viewed by officials?

Answer 31

Officials hated/feared the theaters because they were gross and people would skip work to go see them. The shows attracted everyone even thiefs and the plague was known to spread at the theater.

Question 32

What was important about the costumes?

Answer 32

Costumes were elegant and colorful because there was minimal scenery and only had actors and costumes. Commonfolk wore plain earth colored outfits daily, not to the theater. Upperclass wore colorful exotic fabric like silk and satin and wore fancy jewels

Question 33

How was the theater supported?

Answer 33

Paid a penny to get in and Queen Elizabeth loved them so she brought crowds. Everyone loved the theater

Question 34

What was a woman’s role in theater?

Answer 34

Women weren’t allowed to perform because master of revels said it was traditional to have no women. Women’s #1 job was marriage even arranged marriage. Women couldn’t vote, had hardly any legal rights and had barely any education

Question 35

Who was the Queen during Shakespeare’s life?

Answer 35

Elizabeth Tudor. Queen Elizabeth I

Question 36

How did Queen Elizabeth feel about the plays?

Answer 36

She loved them and loved learning from the plays

Question 37

Why didn’t queen Elizabeth marry?

Answer 37

“Virgin Queen” Didn’t want to because she was a workaholic

Question 38

Study story of Pyramus and Thisbe

Answer 38

Yes