Shakespeare test

Question 1

time of day that people in Shakespeare’s time went to plays

Answer 1

during the day

Question 2

the first english theatre was built how many years before shakespeare wrote plays

Answer 2

20

Question 3

sonnet 146

Answer 3

its an apostrophe

he addresses his soul

Question 4

sonnet 18

Answer 4

his beloved is superior to the loveliness of nature

Question 5

the amount of people that could fit in a theatre

Answer 5

2,000

Question 6

theatres used simple _

Answer 6

props

Question 7

the costumes were based on the…

Answer 7

contemporary clothing styles of the times

Question 8

these professional troupes employed _ only

Answer 8

male actors

Question 9

the word “weird”:

Answer 9

derived from old english word ‘wyrd’
wyrd means fate or destiny
later use refers to the three Fates of classical mythology

Question 10

an allusion to the Fates of mythology

Answer 10

the three sisters

Question 11

The Tragic Hero

Answer 11

according to Aristotle, the tragic hero was a man who rose to high position and then fell to death and desolation

Question 12

most of shakespeare’s lines are written in…

Answer 12

poetry. but they don’t rhyme or have set rhythm

Question 13

the essential pattern in shakespear’s plays is?

Answer 13

blank verse

Question 14

shakespear often uses _

Answer 14

figurative language

Question 15

simile

Answer 15

making comparison using “like” or “as”

Question 16

metaphor

Answer 16

macbeth is a “dead-butcher” and lady macbeth is a “fiend-like queen”

Question 17

hyperbole

Answer 17

“all the perfumes of arabia will not sweeten this little hand”

Question 18

motif

Answer 18

recurring structures, contrasts, or literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major themes

Question 19

visions and hallucinations-

Answer 19

usually supernatural signs of guilt

Question 20

prophecies-

Answer 20

prophecy sets the plot in motion

Question 21

violence-

Answer 21

including endless references to bloodstained hands

Question 22

soliloquy

Answer 22

a monologue

Question 23

aside

Answer 23

device used to give audience insight into character. here the character is speaking to himself or the audience

Question 24

foil

Answer 24

a character who highlights or emphasizes certain traits of the main character by contrasting them
shakespeare used lady macbeth and banquo as foils for macbeth

Question 25

allusion

Answer 25

indirect reference to another work, event, or person

Question 26

what kinds of allusions in macbeth

Answer 26

greek mythology, roman history, and the bible

Question 27

there can be no drama without _

Answer 27

dynamic

Question 28

in macbeth the primary conflict os _

Answer 28

internal

Question 29

a strong example of a dynamic character

Answer 29

macbeth

Question 30

lady macbeth is a _ character

Answer 30

static

Question 31

shakespeare’s works are _

Answer 31

universal

Question 32

english renaissance

Answer 32

1500-1650

Question 33

shakespear’s lifespan

Answer 33

april 23, 1564-april 23, 1616

Question 34

where was shakespeare born?

Answer 34

stratford

Question 35

stratford was what type of town?

Answer 35

prosperous, self-governing market town

Question 36

traveling companies of actor possibly performed where?

Answer 36

the school’s gildhall

Question 37

shakespeare’s wife

Answer 37

anne hathaway

Question 38

how old was shakespeare and his wife when they maried?

Answer 38

he was 18 and she was 26

in the year 1592

Question 39

shakespeare’s children

Answer 39

susanna, hamnet, and judith

Question 40

shakespeare left stratford after his kids were born…

Answer 40

little is known of his life until he began acting in london in 1592

Question 41

theatre built in 1599

Answer 41

the globe theatre

Question 42

the first collected edition of shakespeare’s plays is know as

Answer 42

the first folio in 1623

Question 43

retirement

Answer 43

to new place in 1610

Question 44

who did shakespeare will new place to?

Answer 44

his daughter susanna

Question 45

who was the ruling monarch when shakespeare was born

Answer 45

queen elizabeth 1

Question 46

marriages were…

Answer 46

arranged for wealth, usually

Question 47

women’s social status

Answer 47

lower than men’s

Question 48

ruled scotland for 17 years

Answer 48

macbeth

Question 49

a source for writers

Answer 49

holinshed’s chronicles

Question 50

all subsequent rulers were descendants of _

Answer 50

duncan- including james 1 who was england’s ruler when shakespeare wrote macbeth

Question 51

why shakespeare’s lady macbeth apparently has been a mother while macbeth himself had no kids:

Answer 51

because macbeth’s son was his stepson and llady macbeth’s son from a previous marriage

Question 52

dunsinane

Answer 52

the stone hilltop fortress macbeth built during his reign

Question 53

which century was shakespeare established as the greatest poet to ever write in english?

Answer 53

18th

Question 54

shakespeare wrote _ plays and _ sonnets

Answer 54

37, 154

Question 55

macbeth is shakespeare’s _ yet _ tragedy

Answer 55

shortest, bloodiest