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WorksheetsContext in R+J
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 10mins
What does context mean?
A criminal piece of writing
Any information informing our understanding of a text
The negative aspects of the past
The positive aspects of the past
In the Early Modern period, violence in society was...
encouraged
private
public
forbidden
Committing suicide in Early Modern times was...
accepted
sinful
admired
tolerated
What is the 'harmony of the spheres'?
A type of music
A belief in chance
A belief in the perfection of predestination
A type of mathematics
Who were two prominent astrologers in the period?
Dr John Dee and Edward Kelly
Dr Wright and Thomas Howe
Samuel Peyps and Robert Browning
Jane Austen and Susan Boyle
What is the antithesis of 'fate'?
Luck
Free Will
Hope
Power
(a) was the name given to people who believed in predestination.
What is the name given to a male-dominated society?
(a)
Which of these statements below best describes 'courtly love'? There is more than one correct answer.
Falling in love on a tennis court
Being in a Royal Court and falling in love
Experiencing 'love at first sight'
Being willing to die for one's true love
What is a 'Petrarchan Lover'?
A man who falls in love with a woman but is rejected
A man who falls in love with his friend
A woman who falls in love with a man but is rejected
A woman who falls in love with her friend
50/50 time!
Was it a 'social norm' for a woman to reject a man's romantic attention?
Yes
No
Who was the monarch at the time that Romeo and Juliet was first performed?
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Mary of Scots
King James
In the play, the young couple
epitomise the sin of 'hubris'.
What does hubris mean?
Excessive pride or self-confidence.
Excessive lust or desire
Excessive greed or envy.
Why, potentially, did Shakespeare set his play in a foreign land?
There are two correct answers.
It permitted him to critique society and the monarchy without being accused of
treason.
It also allowed him to explore subversive themes such as suicide, war and hostility in a
safe space.
It created a sense that travel, experience of other lands, and the possibility of living internationally were desirable
It was a way to suggest that religious tension was something that only impacted other societies.
Who was the Greek philosopher that said that plays, especially tragedies, had several key elements?
Aristotle
Plato
Sophocles
Socrates
What does catharsis mean?
a purging of pity and fear
among the audience through the action of the play.
tragic error made by the character (something more than the simplistic ‘fatal
flaw”’); a foolish decision made by a character which leads to disaster.
What does Hamrtia mean?
a purging of pity and fear
among the audience through the action of the play.
tragic error made by the character (something more than the simplistic ‘fatal
flaw”’); a foolish decision made by a character which leads to disaster.
