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Shakespeare's Life
Early Modern History
Shakespeare's Theatre
Early Modern Language/Vocabulary
Literary Devices and Romeo and Juliet Context
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The birthday of William Shakespeare is: ____________________.
What is April 23, 1564?
100
The Early Modern period is also known as __________________________.
What is the Renaissance?
100
Shakespeare's theatre was called: ______________.
What is The Globe theatre?
100
(1) You (directly), (2) You (indirectly), and (3) All of You
What is (1) Thou, (2) Thee, and (3) Ye?
100
A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employs one of several rhyme schemes and adheres to a tightly structured thematic organization.
What is a sonnet?
200
Shakespeare was born in this specific place in England:
What is Stratford-upon-Avon?
200
The Renaissance means _________________.
What is rebirth?
200
True or False: Only men were actors in Shakespeare's plays.
What is True?
200
(1) Do and (2) Does
What is (1) Dost and (2) Doth
200
An iamb is (1) ______ (this many) syllables. It is always an (2) _____________ syllable followed by a (3) _____________ syllable.
What is (1) two, (2) unstressed, (3) stressed?
300
Shakespeare's wife was named ___________________ and he had __________ (this many) children.
What is Anne Hathway and 3 children?
300
The ruler of England for the first half of Shakespeare's career was ________________. This was special because this person was _________________________________.
Who is Queen Elizabeth, the first solo female ruler of England?
300
There were ______ (how many) tiers of seating in Shakespeare's theatre.
What is 3?
300
If I wanted to say "I give you nothing!" what form of "you" would I use?
What is "thee?"
300
There are ________ metric feet in 1 line of iambic pentameter.
What is 5?
400
Shakespeare wrote (1) ______ (this many) plays and (2) _____ (this many) largely autobiographical sonnets.
What is 37 plays and 154 sonnets?
400
Society in Shakespeare's time was extremely male-centered. The word we use to describe this is _________________.
What is patriarchal?
400
The ceiling of Shakespeare's Theatre is painted with: ___________________.
What is the Zodiac signs?
400
If I wanted to say, "Where are you, Romeo?" how would I say "are" and "you?"
What is: "Where art thou, Romeo?"
400
Name AND explain the 3 types of irony:
What is (1) Dramatic: audience knows something the characters don’t, (2) Verbal: Meaning is different from what is said (sarcasm), and (3) Situational: a circumstance is not as it appears to be?
500
Shakespeare's theatre company was originally called _________________________, but then changed to _________________________ in 1603 after King James I took the throne.
What is Lord Chamberlain's Men and then The King's Men?
500
The (1) _________________ is a complex (2) _________________ system that relies on the interpretation of (3)_______ (symbols that convey meaning) and (4) _________ (meanings) to make inferences about people’s personalities and life events.
What is (1) zodiac, (2) hermeneutic, (3) signs, and (4) signifiers.
500
In 1613 an unfortunate event occurred in Shakespeare's theatre. This event was: ____________________________.
What is a cannon was shot off during a performance for special effects, and sparks ignited the thatched roof, causing The Globe Theatre to be burned down?
500
If I wanted to comment on the eye of a cyclops I would use (1) this form of a word to indicate possession. However, if I wanted to comment on the eyes of a person who had more than one, I would use (2) this word to indicate possession.
What is (1) thy and (2) thine?
500
Romeo and Juliet uses (1) ____________ irony in its prologue. The story is a (2) _______________ (genre). The five elements of this genre are (3) _________________, __________________, ________________, ______________, and ________________________.
What is (1) dramatic, (2) tragedy, and (3) exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement?