Medieval and Renaissance Theater History

Why is the roof of the Globe Theatre open?

• to provide light for the plays

• to air out the plague

• to clean out the theatre after the messy guests

• for acoustics

Shakespeare wrote ______ plays.

• 37

• 5

• 50

• 154

TRUE OR FALSE

Many of Shakespeare's words, phrases, and stories are still used today.

• True

• False

Shakespeare acted in his own plays. 

• true

• false

Anyone in Shakespeare's time could go see his plays at the Globe Theatre, it wasn't only for the rich. 

• true

• false

What happened to the very first globe theatre?

• Burned in the London fires

• Destroyed in a storm

• Vandalized by the public

• Condemned because it was unclean

What was the name of the most famous theatre?

• Globe

• Theatre

• Rose

• Hope

This is Shakespeare's birth place. Where is it?

• Stratford-upon-Avon

• Cambridge

• London

• Avon

What did Shakespeare's grammar school focus on?

• mathematics

• writing

• Latin

• sciences

How successful was Shakespeare during his lifetime?

• he was poor; his plays were not popular until after his death

• he had a modest income from the plays; he needed a second job

• his wife born rich so it didn't really matter because they lived off her money

• he was very successful and bought one of the nicest homes in the area