Drama Terms/Shakespeare

Where was Shakespeare born? 

• London
• Stratford-upon-Avon
• Cambridge
• Oxford

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Who was Shakespeare's wife?

• Anne Hathaway
• Cameron Diaz
• Judith Shakespeare
• He never married

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A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character while other characters remain on stage

• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Dialogue
• Monlogue

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Shakespeare's theater was called the:

• Oval
• Globe
• Horseshoe
• Colosseum 

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A story/play that ends UNHAPPILY. 

• Comedy
• Tragedy
• Fiction
• Sadness

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A play on words

• Humor
• Soliloquy
• Pun
• Farce

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True or False: The Globe Theater burnt down during a production of Henry VIII by William Shakespeare

• True
• False

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When a character says something short to the audience that the other characters on stage DO NOT hear

• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Dialogue
• Monologue

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Romeo and Juliet's plot is very similar to which of the following: 

• The Lion King
• Hamlet
• West Side Story
• Cinderella

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Personality trait of the main character in a tragedy that leads to his/her downfall

• Stupidity
• Tragic Flaw
• Climax
• Pun

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