His Life
The Times in London
Plays
Elizabethan Times
It's all Fair Game
100
What year was Shakespeare born?
What is 1564
100
What was a popular sport in Shakespeare's times?
What is cockfighting, bear-baiting, archery
100
True or False- Shakespeare's plays were written to performed, not printed in books.
What is true
100
True or False: At first, theater was not considered a very respectable pastime and most theaters were located in the rougher parts of town.
What is true
100
Who is usually the subject of history plays?
Who are great leaders and kings
200
Where was Shakespeare born?
What is Stratford-upon-Avon
200
What stood in the heart of London during Shakespeare's time there?
What is St. Paul's Cathedral
200
Define "foul papers".
What is original manuscripts that contain many crossings-out and can therefore be hard to read
200
What was London's first theater called and when was is build (just the decade is fine)
What is The Theater 1576
200
What were "mystery plays"?
What are Bible stories that were performed by townspeople.
300
Who was Shakespeare's wife?
Who is Anne Hathaway (not today's famous actress!)
300
Why was it against the law to kill large birds in London?
What is they were needed to devour the filth in the streets (okay, say it...ewwww gross!)
300
What is a quarto?
What is a small printed book of plays
300
What is a theater company?
What is a group of professional actors supported by a wealthy person.
300
What is the name of the large open-air circular theater in London where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed after 1599?
What is The Globe Theater
400
What university did Shakespeare attend?
What is none (trick question)
400
Crowded conditions and poor sanitation made London the perfect breeding ground for __________________.
What is plague
400
What is the First Folio?
What is the first published collection of Shakespeare's plays- 36 published in 1623
400
Who often jeered at the actors and shouted out rude remarks?
Who is the audience
400
What are groundlings?
Who are members of the audience who stood in the yard around the stage.
500
Why did Shakespeare leave his family?
What is to pursue a career in the theater.
500
What is "from Tower to Temple"?
What is the city limits of London
500
In Shakespeare's time, most plays were written in a kind of unrhymed poetry called _____________
What is blank verse
500
True or False: Shakespeare was never an actor
What is false
500
What is the name of the concept the Elizabethans inherited from the Middle Ages that attempted to give order to creation?
What is the Chain of Being
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