Shakespeare: Review

Question 1

What is an Iamb?

Answer 1

Soft, Loud

Question 2

What is a Trochee?

Answer 2

Loud, Soft

Question 3

What is a Dactyl?

Answer 3

Loud, Soft, Soft

Question 4

What is an Amphibrach?

Answer 4

Soft, Loud, Soft

Question 5

What is an Anapest?

Answer 5

Soft, Soft, Loud

Question 6

What is Monometer?

Answer 6

One beat.

Question 7

What is Dimeter?

Answer 7

Two beats.

Question 8

What is Trimeter?

Answer 8

Three beats.

Question 9

What is Tetrameter?

Answer 9

Four beats.

Question 10

What is Pentameter?

Answer 10

Five beats.

Question 11

What is Hexameter?

Answer 11

Six beats.

Question 12

How many plays did he write?

Answer 12

37

Question 13

How many sonnets did he write?

Answer 13

154

Question 14

How many sonnets were Fair Friend, and how many were Dark Lady?

Answer 14

126 FF, 28 DL.

Question 15

What three types of plays did he write?

Answer 15

Tragedies, Comedies and Histories.

Question 16

What is the format of the English sonnet?

Answer 16

14 lines total; 3 quatrains and 1 couplet:
ABAB + CDCD + EFEF + GG

Question 17

What is the format of the Italian sonnet?

Answer 17

14 lines total; 1 octave and 1 sestet:
ABBAABBA + CDCDCD (or) CDECDE

Question 18

What is the Proscenium Stage?

Answer 18

A stage facing the audience. Pros: You can see the actor(s) faces better, Large stage. Cons: Harder to hear and/or see (in the back).

Question 19

What is the 3/4 (or) Thrust stage?

Answer 19

A stage that can have more audience members. This is the stage for the Globe Theater. Pros: More seats, close to stage, better sound. Cons: Small stage, can see actors backs.

Question 20

What is the Theater in the Round?

Answer 20

A stage that can have an audience going all around it. Pros: Outdoors. Cons: You can see the actors backs, bad sound.

Question 21

Where is the Globe Theater located?

Answer 21

By the Thames (Tems) River.