WorksheetsChapter Seven
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following names are acceptable for this period?
Elizabethan period
early modern England
English Renaissance
all of the above
none of the above
The “university wits” included
William Shakespeare and Thomas Norton
Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd
Ben Jonson and John Fletcher
all of the above
none of the above
Which theatrical production element(s) used in English Renaissance drama allowed for fluid transfer of settings and times in the plays
the neutral platform stage
new audience configurations
the proscenium
all of the above
none of the above
Which of the following aspects made Shakespeare’s plays successful and enduring?
exemplary episodic plots
extraordinary verse and language
well-rounded characters
all of the above
none of the above
Theatre researchers consult primary sources, which are
materials that survive from the period
the first materials.
materials that have no controversy surrounding them
all of the above
none of the above
The primary sources researchers have about Elizabethan playhouses suggest
the dimensions of the typical stage
how tiring houses were used
that there was not one, homogenous model of playhouse.
all of the above
none of the above
Researchers analyze Elizabethan playhouses by
considering how scenes in Shakespeare plays would have been staged
looking at theatre excavations, drawings, and contracts
considering lines in plays that seem to address the space
all of the above
none of the above
Elizabethan drama changed locale between scenes by
using elaborate scene changes
using perspective-painting backdrops
using “spoken décor
all of the above
none of the above
Elizabethan theatre companies were organized under a sharing plan, which included
shareholders, hirelings, and apprentices
actors, directors, and playwrights
patrons and press owners
all of the above
none of the above
Feminist analysis of cross-dressing onstage in the era concludes that
representation of females by males reinforced stereotypes of women
cross-dressing allowed women to play leading male roles
cross-dressing helped develop women’s roles
all of the above
none of the above
