QUIZ 2: ELIZABETHAN DRAMA
Measure for Measure
"dark comedy"
What language were many of the Elizabethans' new words were borrowed from?
Greek and Latin
house purchased in 1597
New Place
Write your own definition of tragedy. Do not look up the word; give your own meaning.
Tragedy- something that happens in ones life that is very upsetting and/or disturbing.
An Elizabethan audience, especially the groundlings, often interacted with the actors on stage. T/F
True
Richard II
history play 1590's
The Winter's Tale
mix of comic and tragic
The type of play that is usually an allegory is a(n)_____.
morality play
Mystery plays deal with _____.
scriptural stories
court interludes
to amuse
Elizabethan plays
to portray lifelike characters and conflicts
Most Elizabethan drama productions began at sunset. T/F
False
son
Hamnet
Venus and Adonis
June,1592-April 1594
mother
Mary Arden
daughter
Susanna
King Lear
early 17th century tragedy
Love's Labour's Lost
early comedy
Henry VIII
last play
mystery plays
to dramatize the history of salvation
wife
Anne Hathaway
The Elizabethan stage is famous for its elaborate scenery. T/F
False
company under James I
King's Men
A play performed as a dramatic entertainment at a feast was called a(n)_____.
interlude
miracle plays
to dramatize the lives of saints
church plays
to instruct people in the liturgy
Choose the correct date for the event in Shakespeare's life. 1. his birth: 2. the year he was married: 3. the year in which he probably left Stratford for the first time to begin life in London: 4. his death:
1.1564 2. 1582 3. 1585 4. 1616
Shakespeare wrote_____sonnets
154
Shakespeare wrote two long poems between June 1592 and April__________when the theaters were closed because of
1592 The Plague
sonnets
1593-1601
In_______Shakespeare wrote his earliest tragedy called______
1596 Romeo and Juliet
Scholars agree that Shakespeare wrote a total of______ plays
38
Write your own definition of comedy. Then, look the word up in the dictionary. What is the difference between your definition of comedy and the dictionary's treatment of the term, especially as applied to Shakespeare's plays?
Comedy is a type of play or movie that is meant to make the audience laugh. Comedy- "professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches, intended to make an audience laugh."
The entire Elizabethan playhouse was covered by a roof. T/F
False
What language was early English drama performed in?
Latin
Name two elements of morality plays and their production which Elizabethan drama adopted and then adapted to its own purposes.
Life and Repentance
Look up bard in the dictionary. What is the meaning you believe is intended when Shakespeare is called the Bard of Avon.
Poet
Elizabethan drama had no actresses. T/F
True
Elizabethan drama relied heavily on costuming. T/F
True
A story in which people, things, and happenings have another meaning is a(n)_____.
allegory
Miracle plays deal with _____.
lives of saints
Cycle plays were performed either at fixed stations or on wagons called
pageants
What did Caxton's introduction of the printing press help to standardize?
spelling grammar vocabulary
