The Tudors
Literary Background
Religion
Theatre
William Shakespear
100
The last Tudor regent
Who is Elizabeth I.
100
The revival of interest in classic culture.
What is Humanism
100
The name of the English break with catholism.
What is the Reformation
100
The stories in the plays before the Reformation
What are stories from the Bible
100
The company he joined in 1595
What is The Lord Chamberlain's Men
200
The Tudor regents decended from this person.
Who is a Welsh squire
200
The focus of Humanism
What is man, and love of this world instead of preparation for the next.
200
The reason why Henry VIII broke with the Church of Rome.
What is the Pope wouldn't grant him a divorce.
200
Touring actors were banned because of the message in this play.
What is Robin Hood
200
The name of his first play
What is Henry VI, part I
300
The greatest achievement of Henry VII
What is to stay in power for more than 20 years and restore a stabilising role for the monarchy.
300
The name of Thomas More's book that criticizes the English society and describes the ideal society.
What is Utopia
300
The Act of Supremacy was introduced in this year.
What is 1534
300
These special effects were used to make battle scenes more dramatic.
What is animal blood and organs
300
The number of periods his plays are divided into.
What is 4
400
The name of the Archbishop of York during the reign of Henry VIII.
What is Sir Thomas Wolsey
400
The Petrarchan sonnet was developed into this.
What is the Elizabethan sonnet
400
The reason why Henry VIII's first daugther is called "Bloody Mary".
What is she executed Protestant leaders.
400
The ones that played the female parts.
What is young boys whose voices hadn't changed yet.
400
The name of his first collection of plays
What is First Folio (two of his friends and fellow actors published it after his death)
500
This is considered the Tudor Legacy.
What is establishment of the Church of England, expansion of territory, prosperity and wealth.
500
The number of sonnets written by Edmund Spenser.
What is 88
500
The way the English people greeted the break with the Church of Rome.
What is mostly favourably
500
Actors in the roles of ghosts and demons would appear from this place.
What is a large cellar under the stages called hell.
500
The style in his sonnets
What is both complex and simple