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Shakespeare Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When did Shakespeare live?
a)
during the Renaissance in the 1500s and 1600s
b)
during the Renaissance in the 1960s and 1970s
c)
During the Medieval rebirth era around 1200
d)
He's still alive.
2.
Where is Shakespeare from?
a)
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
b)
Stratford, Canada
c)
London, England
d)
Verona, Italy
3.
plays with a happy ending, usually marriage
a)
comedy
b)
tragedy
c)
drama
d)
sonnet
4.
plays with a sad ending, usually with death
a)
tragedy
b)
comedy
c)
sonnet
d)
drama
5.

Why is the roof of the Globe Theatre open?

a)

to provide light for the plays

b)

to air out the plague

c)

to clean out the theatre after the messy guests

d)

for acoustics

6.
Plays are separated into
a)
acts and scenes
b)
chapters and pages
c)
parts and lines
d)
pages and sections
7.

Shakespeare wrote ______ plays.

a)

37

b)

5

c)

50

d)

0

8.

If Shakespeare didn't have a word to express what he wanted to say, he . . .

a)

made up a new one!

b)

Googled it.

c)

consulted the only dictionary in town.

d)

asked his wife.

9.
In Shakespeare's time all of the actors were men.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What was Shakespeare's wife's name?
a)
Queen Elizabeth 
b)
Anne Hathaway
c)
Juliet Monroe
d)
Vivian Marlowe
11.
What is ironic about the accepted date of Shakespeare's death?
a)
It was Christmas day.
b)
It was the same day King James I died.
c)
It was his birthday.
d)
It was the same day his son died.
12.
What was going on in the year of Shakespeare's birth that had tragic effects throughout Europe? 
a)
Spanish Flu
b)
Swine Flu
c)
Zika Virus
d)
the Bubonic Plague
13.
What year was Shakespeare thought to be born?
a)
1532
b)
1564
c)
1602
d)
1643
14.
Shakespeare's plays were performed at this theatre...
a)
The Oval
b)
The Globe
c)
The Horseshoe
d)
The Colosseum 
15.
Why did men play women's roles in Shakespeare's plays?
a)
because theaters were too dirty and dangerous
b)
because it was against the law for women to be onstage
c)
because women did not like the theater
d)
because women were busy being mothers 
16.
What is a groundling?
a)
Audience members who had to stand at the Globe.
b)
People who got the worst seats at the Globe.
c)
Actors who were bad and were heckled at the Globe.
d)
Rich people who got to sit in seats at the Globe.
17.
Which monarch was on the throne when he was born?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
William
c)
George
d)
Elizabeth
18.
Instructions in the text of a play that indicate the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting
a)
Playbill
b)
Italics
c)
Prose
d)
Stage Directions
19.
Shakespeare was part of a theatrical group called
a)
The President's Group
b)
The Royal Troupe
c)
The King's Men
d)
The Elite Theater
20.
How many sonnets did the poet write?
a)
130
b)
154
c)
200
21.

What group of actors did Shakespeare work with first in his career?

a)

The Queen's Men

b)

The Lord Chamberlain's Men

c)

The King's Actors

d)

The Queen's Acting Company

22.
How many unique words or phrases did Shakespeare add to the English language?
a)
more than 1500
b)
more than 500
c)
dozens
d)
more than 100
23.

In 1603 Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, became the King's Men. Which king was their patron?

a)

George III

b)

James I

c)

Edward III

d)

Henry VIII

24.

backstage where the actors relaxed

a)

royal box

b)

tiring house

c)

groundlings

d)

upper stage

25.

a tailor is...

a)

a person with a tail

b)

a person who donates clothing

c)

a person who sews, designs and alters clothing

d)

a person who buys clothing

26.

Royal Box

a)

a down stage area

b)

a backstage area

c)

A chair only for the queen.

d)

Place where nobles sat at the theatre.

27.

The Royal Exchange

a)

a type of money

b)

a shopping area

c)

A port

d)

Exchanging greetings with the King or Queen.

28.

Apothecary

a)

Pharmacy

b)

School

c)

Shops

d)

Backstage Area

29.

Scrivener

a)

a playwrite

b)

a poet

c)

a scribe or copyist

d)

a teacher

30.

Upper Stage

a)

The balcony part of the Globe stage

b)

The midrange seats in the Globe

c)

The box seating for royals and nobles

d)

Only the actors can go here

31.

London was a huge city during Shakespeare's life home to about______ people by 1600.

a)

2000

b)

20,000

c)

200,000

d)

2,000,200

32.

It was common to see______ in the London streets. (choose 2)

a)

Acting

b)

Singing

c)

Gambling

d)

fighting

33.

The ______ connected the two parts of London during Shakespeare's lifetime.

a)

Copper Bridge

b)

London Bridge

c)

Tiring House

d)

Thames rives

34.

Merchants and tradesmen were organized into...

a)

groups

b)

gangs

c)

guilds

d)

companies

35.

Why was London unsanitary in the late 1500's?

a)

People would dump their sewage into the streets.

b)

People would leave trash everywhere.

c)

People would rarely bathe.

d)

All of the Above.

36.

Drinking water was expensive. So most people drank...

a)

Ale

b)

Water

c)

Soda

d)

They didn't drink anything

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