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JSENIORS: Elizabethan Era Exam March 25 OPEN BOOK

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

Beginning on page 328

Who said "if you want to change the world, pick up your paper and write.

(a)  

2.

Who established The Church of England?

a)

Pope Leo

b)

Henry VIII

c)

Henry VII

d)

Elizabeth I

3.

Who was born in 1564

(a)  

4.

Towards the end of Elizabeth's I reign, some protestants began to form groups that questioned the purpose of life and the role of the church, they became known as what religious group.

a)

Tudor's

b)

Anglo-Saxon

c)

Protestants

d)

Puritans

5.

beginning on page 332

The rise of English Drama came of age during the reign of which monarch?

(a)  

6.

Who built London's first theatre?

(a)  

7.

In 1598, the theatre was torn down and new theatre was built. The named it (a)  

8.

The Globe attracted thousands of people. Admission was a penny.

What was the nickname of these theatre-goers?

a)

Peasants

b)

Groundlings

c)

Protestants

d)

Kingsmen

9.

The staging, sets, and lights at the new Globe, were elaborate.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

Which of Shakespeare's characters has been called an "evil beauty?"

a)

Lady Mcbeth

b)

Elizabeth

c)

Jonquil

d)

Hortense

11.

"The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, doth glance down from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven," is from what play?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Macbeth

c)

A Midsummer's Nights Dream

d)

Romeo & Juliet

12.

Stratford-upon-Avon was the birthplace of whom?

a)

John Burbage

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Gallileo

d)

Elizabeth I

13.

go to page 338 and continue from there..

A physical and mental defect

a)

infirmity

b)

thirst

c)

disposition

d)

fee'd

14.

Avaunt means to BE GONE

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

In Greek Mythology, what is Acheron?

a)

a Scottish Castle

b)

The River Hades

c)

A magic daggar

d)

An evil spirit

16.

go to page 406 and continue vocabulary from there...

define Intemperance



(a)  

17.

define STANCHLESS

(a)  

18.

define CONFOUND

(a)  

19.

define DOFF

(a)  

20.

go to page 461

in addition to plays, William Shakespeare wrote a particular style of poetry. What style was it?

(a)