William Shakespeare Quiz

What problems did Elizabeth have?

England was bankrupt and in a constant state of religious upheaval. (Protestants vs Catholics)

Shakespeare's children

Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet

Iamb

a metrical foot consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable.

Some of Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies...

comedies: a midsummer night's dream histories: Henry the IV Part 1 and 2 Tragedies: Anthony and Cleopatra

_________________ enjoyed going to the theatre.

All members of society

Shakespeare's wife

Anne Hathaway

Shakespeare's death

April 23, 1616 (He died on his birthday)

Ben Johnson said of him

"He was not of an age, but for all time."

Timeline: 1582 1585 1593 1594 1603

-William married his wife Anne Hathaway -Shakespeare left his family and moved to London -Theaters were closed because of the plagued; he concentrated on writing his narrative poems and sonnets -He became a shareholder in an acting company, "The Lord Chamberlain's Men" -Coronation of King James

Elizabeth reigned from ______ to __________.

1558; 1603

The first folio published in ________, __ years after his death, was the first collected edition of Shakespeare's works. It contained 36 plays, and _____ of these had never been publish before. The publishers separated the plays into _______________, ___________, &_______________.

1623; 7; 18; Histories, comedies, and tragedies

Shakespeare is said to be responsible for the introduction of ______- nw words into the English language.

1700 ( amazement, eventful, majestic, hurry, generous, and lonely)

What did he leave the world?

2 narrative poems, 38 plays, and 154 sonnets

A Shakespearean sonnet

A fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, composed of three quatrains and a couplet rhyming abab cdcd efef gg.

In 1613, the _________ went up in flames when a canon was used for a performance of Henry VII. it was rebuilt a year later, with the straw roof replace by tiles. The puritans closed the theatre in ________.

Globe; 1642

Why is he called "The Bard"?

He is widely acknowledged as the greatest poet from that country.

He did not attend a university because

His father was having financial difficulties

What did he leave his wife?

His second best bed

Birthplace

Holy Trinity Church

How did England flourish under Elizabeth?

It became a commercial center while sailors, like Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh, explored the new world, bringing great wealth to the country. The middle class was on the rise, as was capitalism. It was now possible for someone who was not born into the nobility to improve his station. Also, England experienced a revolution in education and literacy. (books became less expensive and more plentiful & schools were better funded and and more children were able to attend schools.)

In 1576, the first real theater is built by ___________.

James Burbage

Shakespeare's father

John Shakespeare

Name of his school:

King Edward VI Grammar School

He studied

Latin, classic literature, grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, and astronomy

Shakespeare's mother

Mary Arden

Shakespeare's two narrative poems...

The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis

3000...

The number of people who would go to a play.

Lord Chamberlain's Men

The playing company that Shakespeare' worked with as both a writer, actor, and theatre manager for most of his career. In 1603, when King James ascended the throne, they were known as THE KING'S MEN.

King James

The reigning monarch of Scotland took over the throne of England upon Elizabeth's death in 1603. He became a patron of Shakespeare's company. James was very superstitious and took a particular interest in the study of witchcraft. He wrote a book on the subject called "Daemonologie". Shakespeare's first play under James' reign, Macbeth, includes witches and other references designed to impress his new king.

Entertaiment-Elizabeth

The theatre was very popular, but so too were dances and feasts. The upper classes participated in fencing tournaments and hunting, and all classes enjoyed bear baiting (a bear was chained and fighting dogs were let upon it to fight to the death- Queen Elizabeth's favorite sport)

The Ain stage was ___________ high. Two ____________- were at stage level. At the base of the stage was _______, where the groundling would stand to watch the play for the cost of _____________.

five feet; side doors; the pit

Before the first theater was built, plays were...

performed in inn-yards and homes of nobles.

Shakespeare's audience was made up of all social classes. They would have been more rambunctious than today's theatre-goers. The groundlings would ________________________________________. The rich, in their seats, were protected from the rowdiness of the crows in the pit. The richest nobles had the option of ______________________________________.

talk through performances and even throw food at the actors; sitting on a chair on the side of the stage

The Black Death

there was no sewage system and waste was dumped out windows and into the thames River. People lived in close contact with each other- and with the fleas and rodents that spread this cruel and fatal disease.

We aren't sure about his birthdate because:

very little is written about his life

There were no women actors because...

women actors were forbidden by law, Female roles were played by boys whose voices had not yet changed.