WorksheetsJSENIORS: Elizabethan Era Exam March 25 OPEN BOOK
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Beginning on page 328
Who said "if you want to change the world, pick up your paper and write.
(a)
Who established The Church of England?
Pope Leo
Henry VIII
Henry VII
Elizabeth I
Who was born in 1564
(a)
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.
Tudor's
Anglo-Saxon
Protestants
Puritans
beginning on page 332
The rise of English Drama came of age during the reign of which monarch?
(a)
Who built London's first theatre?
(a)
In 1598, the theatre was torn down and new theatre was built. The named it (a)
The Globe attracted thousands of people. Admission was a penny.
What was the nickname of these theatre-goers?
Peasants
Groundlings
Protestants
Kingsmen
The staging, sets, and lights at the new Globe, were elaborate.
true
false
Which of Shakespeare's characters has been called an "evil beauty?"
Lady Mcbeth
Elizabeth
Jonquil
Hortense
"The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, doth glance down from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven," is from what play?
Hamlet
Macbeth
A Midsummer's Nights Dream
Romeo & Juliet
Stratford-upon-Avon was the birthplace of whom?
John Burbage
William Shakespeare
Gallileo
Elizabeth I
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A physical and mental defect
infirmity
thirst
disposition
fee'd
Avaunt means to BE GONE
TRUE
FALSE
In Greek Mythology, what is Acheron?
a Scottish Castle
The River Hades
A magic daggar
An evil spirit
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define Intemperance
(a)
define STANCHLESS
(a)
define CONFOUND
(a)
define DOFF
(a)
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in addition to plays, William Shakespeare wrote a particular style of poetry. What style was it?
(a)
