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WorksheetsElizabethan Drama & Shakespeare
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The first playhouse in London to be built was called
The Theatre
The Globe
The Rose
The Swan
Before building permanent playhouses, shows were performed on movable charts called
wagons
pageants
performing stages
platforms
Which of the following is NOT one of the "great tragedies" by Shakespeare
King Lear
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Hamlet
In the "Chain of Being", which represents the Elizabethan world vision, at the bottom of the chain you can find
man
animals
minerals
angels
Mark which of the following is NOT true about the character of Polonius (Hamlet)
He is the King's counselor
He is Ophelia's father
He is Laertes' father
He is Hamlet's uncle
Say which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about Shakespeare's HISTORICAL PLAYS
They are influenced by Machiavelli
They include the figure of the tragic hero
They are a homage to the Tudor dynasty
They are about English history
Which of the following is NOT an example of HISTORICAL PLAY?
RICHARD II
RICHARD III
KING LEAR
HENRY V
Where were theatres in London built?
on the north back of the Thames
on the south bank of the Thames
in the city centre
near the monarch's residence
The area were the audience stood in Elizabethan playhouses was called......
the stage
the balcony
the pit
the galleries
When was Shakespeare's theatre built?
In 1576
in 1598
in 1603
in 1613
Which of the following is NOT true about Elizabethan drama
Performances were in the afternoon
There were no breaks during the performance
It was realistic
Men performed women's roles
The new Globe was built in 1993 thanks to the work of an American actor and director called
Kenneth Branagh
Lawrence Olivier
Sam Wanamaker
Donald Barkstone
Hamlet performs "the play with the play"
to spy on Claudius' reactions
to entertain King Claudius and Queen Gertrude
because he enjoys plays
because he wants to court Ophelia
What was the name given to Shakespeare's company of actors
The Queen's Men
The Earl of Southampton's Men
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The Globe Men
"To be or not to be" is
a monologue
a soliloquy
a dialogue
an aside
When Hamlet pronounces the famous lines "to be or not to be", we are in
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Who becomes the new king of Denmark after Hamlet dies?
Laertes
Fortinbras
Horace
Polonius
"the undiscovered country from whose bourns no traveller returns" is a figure of speech. What is it?
a personification
a litote
a simile
a metaphor
Which of the following is NOT true about William Shakespeare?
He was born in Stratford Upon Avon
He was an actor before he became a playwright
He studied at University
He financed the construction of the Globe
Sonnet CCCXXX is dedicated to:
his patron
his wife
his mistress
the queen
