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