WorksheetsShakespeare Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
When a main character talks to themselves or the audience. No one conscious is usually on stage with them, and usually this speech is long.
iambic pentameter
aside
soliloquy
center stage
A character on the stage says something to the audience or to other characters (while excluding others). The other actors on the stage pretend they cannot hear them is a:
Iambic pentameter
aside
soliloquy
down center stage
One's opponent
Adversary
Merit
Loathsome
Cunning
A character who contrasts with or is the opposite of another character.
Aside
Comedy
Foil
Tragedy
_______________ is the worship of an idol or cult image, being a physical image, such as a statue, or a person in place of God.
nuptial
dexterity
idolatry
a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
Lament
Contempt
Indignant
Effervescence
Which vocab word is defined as:
to restore to friendship or harmony; to make consistent or congruous
reconcile
sporadic
devastate
limbo
Which word means to read thoroughly and cautiously?
obsess
prone
recourse
peruse
A play that shows downfall of main character, or hero; this hero may be an admirable person with a flaw that brings about their destruction.
Scene
Comedy
Tragedy
Set
What is a tragic hero?
A great or virtuous character who is destined for a downfall.
A hero who turns into a villain.
A great or virtuous character who is destined for greatness.
A hero who saves the day.
What was Shakespeare's acting company called?
Wilt Chamberlain's Men
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
Shakespeare Productions
The Queen's Ladies
WHERE does Romeo and Juliet take place?
London, England
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Verona, Italy
The Globe Theatre
This was the name for the people who had to stand near the stage to watch the play
patrons
noblemen
groundlings
actors
Cheaper audience location where you stood for the whole play, and had no roof over your head
Yard
Galleries
Hut
Platform
The Globe Theater opened in ...
1432
1599
1699
1999
