Shakespeare's plays are primarily verbal, not visual. True or false?
What is True?
100
What did the Globe Theater look like? What was its shape? How tall was it? What was it made of?
What is a circular shape, and three stories tall. It was made of lumber.
200
What is Shakespeare's birthday.
What is April 23, 1564.
200
Was Shakespeare both a playwright and an actor? Yes or No?
What is Yes.
200
A concentrated and heightened form of language, produced through rhythm and sound.
What is poetry.
200
Shakespeare used words to express the setting and mood of his dramas. True or False?
What is True?
200
Spectators at the Globe Theater who stood on the ground in front of the stage while watching a play.
What is the groundlings?
300
At what age did Shakespeare move to London, England?
What is 25 years old?
300
Theater people were highly respected in society during Shakespeare's life. True or False.
What is False.
300
The language of everyday speech.
What is prose.
300
Shakespeare wrote several types of plays. Name two.
What is tragedy, comedy.
300
True or False: Verse is another name for poetry.
What is True.
400
During what era did Shakespeare live and write?
What is the Elizabethan era, or the English Renassiance.
400
Shakespeare was a member of what theatrical company?
What is Lord Chamberlain's Men, which later became the King's Men.
400
A unit of speech that contains one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
What is an iamb?
400
What other types of literature did Shakespeare write?
What is poetry and sonnets.
400
What major disease closed the theater for two years?
What is the Black Plague?
500
On what date did Shakespeare pass away, and how old was he?
What is April 23, 1623 at the age of 52.
500
Shakespeare owned part of a theater in which his plays were performed. What is the name of the theater, and in what city was it located?
What is the Globe theater in London, England.
500
A poetic form that consiste of five iambs. Shakespeare used this form in his plays to mimic the natural rhythms of the English language. The line "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!" is a perfect example of this form.
What is iambic pentameter?
500
Characters in a Shakespeare play are understood to be characters that represent real people - not actual real people. True or False?
What is True.
500
Name two of Shakespear's tragedies.
What is Hamlet, King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew,