Shakespeare, Tragedy, and Tragic Hero QUIZ

What part did music play in the theatrical productions?

There is more than one answer.

• Music advanced the dramatic action

• Music helped establish the mood of a scene

• Music helped reveal character

• Music had no part in the theater productions

• Audience members expected to hear instrumental and vocal music at theater productions

What were the two names of Shakespeare's acting company?

There is more than one answer.

• The King's Men

• Shakespeare's Men

• The Lord Chamberlin's Men

• The Earl's Men

Queen Elizabeth and King James were patrons of Shakespeare. What did it mean for them to be patrons of him?

• They were huge fans of Shakespeare and his plays, poems, and sonnets.

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• They provided financial support to Shakespeare.

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What scandal was the backdrop of Macbeth?

• The assassination of King James

• The Gunpowder Plot of 1605

• Rapheael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland, and Ireland

• The burning of The Globe Theater 1613

By 1592, William Shakespeare was making his mark as both a writer and a(n) ---

• banker

• producer

• director

• actor

Much of Shakespeare can be learned from his ---

• sonnets

• plays

• personal diaries

• wife's biography

During his twenty years in London, Shakespeare produced --- plays.

• No ones knows the exact number of plays.

• 37

• 150

• 27

A fascination with --- resonates through Shakespeare's plays.

• family

• tragedy

• love

• death

All actors during this time period were male.

True or False?

• True

• False

Shakespeare did not describe himself as an actor or playwright, but as a ---.

• gentleman

• poet

• poor, humble husband

• devoted father to his children