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Renaissance period description

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Newly discovered interest and development in the cultural worlds of art and liturature

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Renaissance period date

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14c.-17c.

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Elizabethan Era time period

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1558-1603

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Elizabethan era description

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During the rein of queen Elizabeth 1

The theatre flourished because she loved it

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Shakespeare was born when?

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April 23, 1564

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Shakespeare was born where?

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Stratford-upon-Avon

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Shakespeare was the # child of who?

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Third child (first son) of John Shakespeare and Mary Arden’s eighth children

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What did Shakespeare’s father do?

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Glove Maker
Grain-dealer
Mayor of Stratford-upon-Avon

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Where did Shakespeare study Latin

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At grammar school

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What did Shakespeare study at grammar school

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Latin

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To what age did Shakespeare go to grammar school

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Fifteen or sixteen

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Who did Shakespeare marry?

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Anne Hathaway

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When did Shakespeare get married to Anne Hathaway

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November 1582

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When was Shakespeare’s daughter Susannah born?

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May, 1583

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When were Shakespeare’s children twins Hamnet and Judith born?

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February, 1585

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When did Shakespeare’s daughter Hamnet die?

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1596

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Who are Shakespeare’s children?

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Susannah, Hamnet and Judith

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When are the missing years

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1585-1592

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What did Shakespeare do during the missing years?

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He moved to London

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What happened between 1592-1594

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The theatres were closed because of plague epidemics

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What happened between 1594-1603

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Shakespeare was an actor and a playwright for Lord Chamberlain’s Men acting company

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What happened in 1604

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After Queen Elizabeth I’s death, James I renamed the company after the Kings Men

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Shakespeare gained the approval of monarchs in what way?

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An actor

A playwright

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What happened because of Shakespeare gained the approval of monarchs

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Shakespeare was invited to perform at court

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When did Shakespeare write the Taming of the Shrew?

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1592-1593

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What is the “Taming of the Shrew”

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An entertaining farce that deals with the conflict between the senses and the comic situations this conflict creates

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What type of story is “The Taming of the Shrew”

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A comedy

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When did Shakespeare write “Romeo and Juliet”?

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1595-1596

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What type of story was “Romeo and Juliette”

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A tragic love story

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When did Shakespeare write “Mcbeth”?

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1605-1606

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What type of story was “Mcbeth”

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A tragedy of greed, betrayal, and murder

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When was the globe theatre built?

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1599

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What was built in 1599?

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The globe theatre

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What building did Shakespeare one of the founder of?

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The Blackfriars Theatre

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When was the Blackfriars Theatre built?

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1608

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Where did Shakespeare return to from 1610 to 1612?

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Stratford-upon-Avon

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When did Shakespeare die?

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April 23, 1616

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Where did shakespeare die?

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Stratford-upon-Avon

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Who were the people who published Shakespeare’s works?

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Robert Heminge and Henry Condell

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When were Shakespeare’s works published?

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1623

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What was the name of the collection of Shakespeare’s works

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The First Folio

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Shakespeare’s plays are divided into what categories?

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Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies

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What is an aside?

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A speech in which the speaker turns away from the other characters and reveals his true feelings or intentions to the audience or another character

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What is a Soliliquy?

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A speech in which the speaker is alone with his private thoughts. This enables the audience to overhear what a character is really thinking.

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What is an Iambic foot?

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Two syllables that begin with an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

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What is an Iambic pentameter?

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Five Iambic feet in a row (ten syllables alternating unstressed, stressed…)

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