Shakespeare Background

Shakespeare's plays were primarily performed in which theater?

• The Royal Theater

• The Globe Theater

• The National Theater

• The London Theater

Shakespeare was born into which class of society?

• Nobility

• Middle class

• Working class

• Aristocracy

What was unique about Shakespeare's marriage?

• His wife was significantly older than him.

• They lived apart for most of their marriage.

• He had a large number of children.

• Both a and b

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How many lines does a Shakespearean sonnet typically have?

• 5

• 12

• 14

• 16

Shakespeare writes his sonnets in iambic pentameter; iambic pentameter is defined as a form of verse in which every other syllable is stressed. How many syllables are in each line of a sonnet?

• 10

• 8

• 15

• 5

Within the Globe Theater the worst seats were considered to be:

• on the stage

• within the balcony

• within the "Heavens"

• on the ground

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Women within Elizabethan Society were in charge of their own destinies.

• True

• False

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A quatrain can best be defined as:

• two lines of poetry that rhyme

• a verse in iambic pentameter

• a stanza that consists of four consecutive lines of poetry

• four syllables with an iambic pentameter

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All of the following props and special effects would have been utilized in the Globe Theater, EXCEPT:

• goblets

• animal blood

• fake jewels

• electric candles

What motivated Shakespeare to move to London?

• he wanted to work in the theater

• he wanted to get away from his wife

• his home burned down in Stratford-upon-Avon

• London did not have problems with the plague

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