Intro to Shakespeare

1. Intro to Shakespeare Quiz Game

2. All of the following are theaters which were located in the northern suburb of London, except…. The Fortune The Swan The Red Bull The Globe The Princess

3. Answer E. The Princess

4. The Globe Theater was reconstructed with timbers salvaged from… The Rose The Theater The Hope An Old Ship

5. Answer B. The Theater

6. True or FalseA flag flying from the peak of a theater indicated that there will be a performance there that day.

7. Answer True

8. True or FalseThe drawing of the structure of the Globe by C. Walter Hodges is accepted as accurate by most scholars.http://globe.sliterary.com/adaption

9. Answer True

10. The London Theaters were closed because of _______from June 1592 to April 1594

11. Answer The Plague

12. A public theater such as the Globe could hold about how many people? 30 300 3,000 30,000

13. Answer C. 3,000

14. Modern day “picture frame” stages attempt to give the illusion of… Fantasy Illusion Reality Art

15. Answer C. Reality

16. Name at least 5 things a Renaissance actor would have been expected to know how to do…

17. Answers Sing, Dance, Declaim, Wrestle, Fence, Clown, Roar, Weep, Whisper

18. True or FalseDuring Shakespeare’s time, stages had elaborate scenery so the audience had to rely very little on imagination.

19. Answer False (During Shakespeare’s time stages had very little scenery. Audiences were expected to use their imaginations to picture the setting.)

20. Complete the sentence… “Theirs was a drama of _______, not a drama of ________.” -Gerald Bentley

21. Answer “Theirs was a drama of persons, not a drama of places.”

22. William Shakespeare lived from… 1564-1616 1464-1516 1802-1854 1202-1254

23. Answer A. 1564-1616

24. Shakespeare wrote over… Two dozen plays and 80 poems Six dozen plays and 300 poems Three dozen plays and 150 poems A dozen plays and 100 poems

25. Answer C. Three dozen plays and 150 poems.

26. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon, a historic and prosperous market town in ________ England.

27. Answer Warwickshire

28. At 18 Shakespeare married… Mary Howard Catherine Johnson Maggie Smith Anne Hathaway

29. Answer D. Anne Hathaway

30. Shakespeare had how many children? 0 2 3 5

31. Answer C. 3

32. True or FalseShakespeare was an obscure actor and writer during his time.

33. Answer False (Shakespeare was well known even as a young man)

34. True or False“Venus and Adonis” was the narrative poem which first made Shakespeare famous.

35. Answer True

36. Shakespeare’s family crest shows a ________ shaking a spear. Eagle Lion Dragon Falcon

37. Answer D. Falcon

38. King James renamed Shakespeare’s company the… Players King’s Men Horsemen Royal Men

39. Answer B. King’s Men

40. True or FalseIn Shakespeare’s day women’s roles were played by boys.

41. Answer True

42. What does the following refer to? “first folio”

43. Answer This was a large collection of Shakespeare’s plays published by his partners after his death.

44. What does the following refer to… Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear To dig the bones enclosed here! Blest be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.

45. Answer Shakespeare was buried under the floor of the Stratford Church, with this epitaph warning posterity not to dig him up and transfer him to the graveyard outside.

46. ________ is a domestic tragedy concerned with racial relationships; considered to be one of Shakespeare’s great tragedies and finest works.

47. Answer Othello