Most of the earlier plays are written in 10-syllable lines with a regular meter called this.
Iambic pentameter
100
Shakespeare's plays were only performed by ________ actors.
Male
200
Who wants a pound of flesh from his enemy?
Shylock
200
What is "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears" from?
Julius Ceaser
200
Many people felt as if Shakespeare could not have written his plays because he only attended ___________ school.
Grammar
200
A lengthy speech made by a character alone on stage is called a ________________.
Soliloquy.
200
Many of Shakespeare's plays were housed at the __________ Theatre.
Globe
300
The song "Sigh No More" is from this play?
Much Ado About Nothing.
300
The phrase "To be or not to be" is from this play.
Hamlet
300
Shakespeare was born and _________ on ______.
Died & April 23
300
Name seven of Shakespeare's plays
Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, King Lear, Hamlet, Richard III, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, the Tempest, the Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, etc…
300
It is bad luck saying ____________ inside of a theatre.
Macbeth
400
Who are 'The Two Gentlemen of Verona'?
Valentine and Proteus
400
Cleopatra was killed by this.
A snake bite.
400
Shakespeare was born in the year______.
1564
400
A line delivered to another character as if the audience could not hear it is called an ____________.
Aside.
400
Those who stood instead paying for a seat to watch a play were called the _____________.
Groundlings
500
In 'Love's Labour's Lost' what is the name of the play's clown?
Costard
500
Julius Caesar is told to beware this day.
"The ides of March."
500
What is Shakespeare's wife's name?
Anne Hathaway
500
The number of plays Shakespeare wrote.
37
500
True or False: the current Globe Theater in London is the same one built by Shakespeare in 1599.
False. The current Globe Theater is the third to bear the name. The first caught fire and was rebuilt with one which closed in 1642. The current Globe was built some 200 meters away from the original site.