Shakespeare Tragedy Drama

True or False: Boys/Men played the women's parts in plays during Shakespeare's time

• True

• False

Shakespeare's plays are categorized in what 3 genres?

• Comedy, Romance, Drama

• Tragedy, Romance, Action

• Comedy, Tragedy, History

• Romance, Horror, Drama

Why did men play women's roles in Shakespeare's plays?

• because theaters were too dirty and dangerous

• because it was against the law for women to be onstage

• because women did not like the theater

• because women were busy being mothers 

In 1603 Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, became the King's Men. Which king was their patron?

• George III

• James I

• Edward III

• Henry VIII

Shakespeare wrote ______ plays.

• 37

• 5

• 50

• 0

Shakespeare is one of the greatest ___________ in the English language.

• playwrights

• playrights

• playwrites

• singers

Plays are separated into

• acts and scenes

• chapters and pages

• parts and lines

• pages and sections

If Shakespeare didn't have a word to express what he wanted to say, he . . .

• made up a new one!

• Googled it.

• consulted the only dictionary in town.

• asked his wife.

When was Romeo and Juliet first published?

• 1397

• 1957

• 1597

• 597

Shakespeare helped to build this theater and staged most of his plays there.

• The Whitefriar

• The Rose

• The Swan

• The Globe