His Life
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 be performed, not printed in books.
What is true
100
Who did Elizabethans credit with tricks and insanity?
What are fairies, goblins, witches and sprites?
100
True or false: Actors used elaborate props and scenery to help create a fantastic experience for the audience.
What is false?
200
Where was Shakespeare born?
What is Stratford-upon-Avon
200
Where were theaters built?
What are the outskirts of the city?
200
In what Act did Shakespeare place the climax?
What is Act 3?
200
A person's temperament in Elizabethan times depended upon the ______________ being properly mixed.
What are the humours? black bile, phlegm, blood and choler
200
What is the main ingredient of Shakespeare's plays?
What is love?
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
In Macbeth, II, i, 35-- what signifies the scene?
What is the small Roman numerals?
300
Who were Chamberlain's Men?
What is a theater company made up of 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, shouted out rude remarks, took part in sword fighting and threw food?
Who is the audience?
400
What characters in a comedy help to move the plot along?
Who are the fools and jesters -such as Puck?
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 poetry that did not rhyme 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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