Shakespeare Test
Shakespeare was involved in the theatre as
-actor -playwright -shareholder
Tragic figures
-noble figures -suffer a reversal of fortune -recognize consequences of their actions
Which was an attribute of the Globe Theatre
-three stories, open air -extended stage with trapdoor -shaped like 'o'
Shakespeare's ___________________ ownership in the theatre helped him become a wealthy man
10%
Williams Shakespeare was born in the spring of _______ in the town of Stratford on Avon
1564
In ____________, seven years after his death, Shakespeare's plays were compiled and published together. They were gathered by his fellow actors and friends. __________________, a former critic, rival, then friend, was instrumental in putting together the _________________ of Shakespeare's work.
1623, Ben Jonson, folio
Shakespeare produced __________________plays in London.
37
Shakespeare spent much time away from his family because he was on call all day every day. The only time off was during the ______________________ when acting was banned.
40 days
How many iambs does a line of iambic pentameter contain
5
_____________________ became Shakespeare's wife, and she was _____________ years older than he was.
Anne Hathway, 8
Shakespeare died on his birthday in ____________, aged _____.
April 23 1616, 52
Who said '"not for an age, but for all time"
Ben Jonson
Who was queen during this time
Elizabeth I
During what period did Shakespeare live and work
Elizabethan Era
During this time, there was a new pride in the nation and perhaps, for the first time, a pride in the _______ _________
English Language
It's believed he played the ___________________________________ in Hamlet.
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Shakespeare's troupe tore down the theatre and moved it across the Thames, outside the city's jurisdiction, which became the new ___________________Theatre.
Globe
The famous line, "To be or not to be. That is the question," is from the play _______________
Hamlet
The move title What Dreams May Come comes from a line in the Shakespeare play _________________.
Hamlet
In 1596, in Stratford, a cruel tragedy occurred to Shakespeare when ________________________, died of the plague at the age of 11.
Hamnet
Describe the events that led to Shakespeare's death.
He ate too many pickled herrings and drank too much wine with his friends then he got a fever and died.
The first play performed at the Globe was ___________________________
Julius Caesar
. Shakespeare's interest in the lives of the Great Romans was reflected later in his life in the plays __________, Antony and Cleopatra and ____________________________.
Julius Caesar, Coriolanus
In 1603, _________________ became king of England and Shakespeare's troupe became known as the King's Men.
King James I
In 1899, the first ______________ version of a Shakespeare play was introduced. It was ___________________.
King John
What was the name of the theatrical company which Shakespeare was a member of
King's Men
Long hours were spent studying in school as a child, and by the age of eight, Shakespeare could read and speak the __________________language. He did not attend __________, and had finished formal schooling by age __.
Latin, university, 14
Between 1604 and 1607, Shakespeare wrote the tragedies _______________, __________________, and ______________________.
Othello, Macbeth, King Lear
The author _____ would have filled Shakespeare's mind with violence on the hand and romance on the other.
Ovid
He probably got his first taste of theatre by watching traveling troupes perform plays in his town and he was also able to see drama at Kenilworth Castle the home of ___________________, a suitor of Queen Elizabeth.
Robert Dudley
Who wrote Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare had no male heir to inherit his wealth. He left most of the power for his estate to ______________________________________________.
Susana and her husband
He had three children: his elder daughter______________ and twins: _______ and ________
Susana, Judith, Hamnet
_________________ were closed in the 1590s because of the spread of the plague.
Theatres
By 1592, Shakespeare was making his way as an ___________ in London and began writing. Other writers were jealous of the young writer.
actor
All women's parts were played by __________________. Juliet would have been played by a boy whose voice had not yet ___________________.
boys, changed
Shakespeare often wrote in blank verse because it
closely resembles natural rhythms of speech
Shakespeare's family was granted a ______________ which meant Shakespeare could be considered a gentleman.
coat of arms
Shakespeare lived in a time of expansion, ______, exploration, and ________
conquest, discovery
As Shakespeare entered middle age, he became more preoccupied with his relationship with his _______________. Some of the plays that reflect that preoccupation are: Pericles, Cymbeline, ________________, and _______________________.
daughters, Tempest, Winter's Tale
Shakespeare's plays show a fascination with _____________________
death
By the 1600s, Shakespeare's plays were becoming more profound and more ____________________.
disturbing
Elizabethans took ___________________ very seriously.
education
In the summer of 1613, the Globe was destroyed by _________________ during a performance of Henry _________________________.
fire, 8
Shakespeare's marriage may have been loveless. There are not many __________________ in his plays; in fact, in the play ____________________, his character Orsino gives this advice: Don't marry an older woman, something we know Shakespeare had done.
happy marriages, 12th Night
Which of the following was not an attribute of the Elizabethan stage
huge special effects
Shakespeare's audiences depended on their ______________________ during every performance.
imagination
Aristotle described tragedies as
imitation of an action
While there's not much evidence showing which parts Shakespeare played, there is a sonnet that refers to his playing ________________________ parts.
kingly
Shakespeare wrote all of the following except
novels
Expenses for writing were _________________and _________________ because he had to write at night.
paper, candles
The year he was born, Stratford was struck with an outbreak of ___________.
plague
The subjects of his plays were taken from many different sources, including other __________________.
plays
Shakespeare wrote a vast array of material. Throughout the 1590s, he wrote __________, ____________and ______________: the early comedies and the _____________ plays.
poems, sonnets, plays, history
Shakespeare described himself as a _____________________, not a playwright.
poet
What did Shakespeare do after this?
retire
He was writing for a theatre without _________________, with simple _____________ and in open daylight, so he had to use the one tool he had which was __________ or his _________________________.
scenery, costumes, language, words
Not much is known about his life after school, so those years are referred to as the __________________.
the Lost Years
The last play he wrote alone was ________________________________.
the Tempest
London's city fathers saw theatre as _______________ and ______________________.
ungodly, immoral
Which describes the structure of an iamb
unstressed, stressed
In terms of symbolic art, which is universal
villain
Shakespeare lives on today through the
words of his plays