Shakespeare Finals Questions PART I

1.

1 point

How many lines are in a Shakespearean sonnet?

12

14

13

15

2.

1 point

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

143

154

152

167

3.

1 point

What is the meter of Shakespeare's sonnets?

trochaic meter

iambic pentamerer

spondaic meter

anapestic pentameter

4.

1 point

Shakespeare's plays were written over the course of how many years?

15 years

10 years

25 years

20 years

5.

1 point

What is OP?

Oh PUh-lease

Origin of People

Original Pronunciation

Ordinal Pronunciation

6.

1 point

What is the most frequently quoted text? What is the second?

Shakespeare; the Bible

The Bible; Greek Mythology

Greek Mythology; Shakepeare

The Bible; Shakespeare

7.

1 point

What was so scary about Macbeth?

The witches' incantations were too real for comfort

There was a lot of violent actions done in the dark which resulted in several accidents

all of the above

8.

1 point

What is the rhyme scheme of Shakespeare's sonnets?

abac adab acad

abab cdcd efef gg

aabb ccdd eeff gggg

abcd abcd efef efef

9.

1 point

What is the linguistic time period of Shakespeare's writing called?

Shakespearean British

Early Modern English

Elizabethan English

Modern English

10.

1 point

What do people often call Macbeth instead of its real name?

The Evil Play

The Unspeakable Play

The Scottish Play

The Play of Curses

11.

1 point

When did Shakespeare write his sonnets?

1594 - 1604

1593 - 1603

1583 - 1613

1584 - 1614

12.

1 point

You were fined if you didn't go to what place?

The Royal Castle

Scotland

England

Church

13.

1 point

Who is "The Chorus" in Shakespeare's plays?

The narrators

The background singers

The audience

The actors

14.

1 point

What was Shakespeare's new home called?

New Place

New Home

The Cottage

La casa nueva

15.

1 point

What are bad quartos?

Folio-sized books that contained several bad plays

Quarto-sized books that contained several errors

Quarto-sized books that contained several bad plays

Folio-sized books that contained several errors

16.

1 point

Did Shakespeare write in Middle English?

Yes

No

17.

1 point

What were two literary sources that were significant influences on Shakespeare's writing?

The First Folio and the Bible

The Bible and the Book of Common Prayer

The Book of Common Prayers and the First Folio

Twelfth Night and The Tempest

18.

1 point

What is a quarto?

a fancy book of plays

a play printed in quarters

a play printed in half

both A and B are correct

19.

1 point

What church was Shakespeare buried in?

The Protestant Church

The Holy Trinity Church

The Orthodox Church

The Catholic Church

20.

1 point

What is the only Shakespearean play to have a curse on it?

King Lear

Cymbeline

Macbeth

Hamlet

21.

1 point

Did Shakespeare write in Old English?

Yes

No

22.

1 point

Who first collected and published Shakespeare's plays?

Jacob Holinshed and Michael Faerhagin

Thomas Genesis and Fredrick Loomer

John Haynes and Mark Billard

Henry Condell and John Hemmings

23.

1 point

What type of people were generally played by young boys in plays?

The Elderly

Young Men

Criminals

Women

24.

1 point

What religious group was angered by the fact that theaters drew larger crowds that the churches?

Puritans

Christians

Jews

Quakers

25.

1 point

How much did a person have to pay to be able to stand just below the stage? What were these people often called?

1 penny; groundlings

2 pence; gentry

6 pence; royal nobles

1 penny; gentry

26.

1 point

Why are the quarto editions of Shakespeare's works considered "bad"?

People copied them down from Shakespeare's actual script so they were considered plagiarism.

People copied them down while watching the plays so they contained several mistakes.

They were too small to read and the paper was of cheap quality.

They weren't considered bad.

27.

1 point

During what time period did Shakespeare write his plays?

1578 - 1593

1580 - 1600

1590 - 1610

1610 - 1630

28.

1 point

What was the name of the first collection of Shakespeare's plays?

First Quarto

First Folio

Shakespeare: A Man of Brilliance

First Plays

29.

1 point

When did iambic pentameter become so popular on the public stage?

1700's

1500's

1400's

1600's

30.

1 point

Which is cheaper: quartos or folios?

quartos

neither; they cost the same amount

folios

31.

1 point

How did Shakespeare's actors probably speak?

emotional, but not "posh"

very "posh"

full of emotions and very elegantly.

stoic and improper

32.

1 point

Who built the first theatre and the Globe?

James Burbage

Thomas Wilson

Henry Condell

John Hemmings

33.

1 point

Why did Shakespeare write his sonnets during the time that he did?

The theaters closed down

The Black Plague

The Yellow Fever

Both A and B are correct

34.

1 point

Did the plays have sets or scenery?

Yes

No

35.

1 point

Shakespeare relied on _____ Chronicles (1587) for its histories and tragedies.

Henry Condell's

John Hemming's

Holinshed's

King James'

36.

1 point

Which of these was a reason there was little demand for paper copies of the plays?

paper was expensive

80% of Elizabethans were illiterate

plays were made for performance, not for reading

All of the above are correct

only A and B are correct

37.

1 point

How many long poems did Shakespeare write?

37

54

3

46

38.

1 point

Place these forms in order from least emotion to most emotion:
1. Rhyming Verse
2. Blank Verse
3. Sonnet
4. Prose
5. Song

4, 2, 1, 3, 5

5, 3, 2, 1, 4

5, 3, 1, 2, 4

4, 1, 2, 3, 5

39.

1 point

In the 16th century, boys attending upper school studied _____.

Ovid

The Bible

The Book of Common Prayers

Aristotle's Logic and Rhetoric

All of the above

40.

1 point

Shakespeare's plays use about how many words?

14,000

24,000

44,000

34,000

41.

1 point

What is a folio?

A printed copy of a play.

A play printed in halves

A play printed in quarters

Both A and B are correct

42.

1 point

In what year was the First Folio published?

1619

1607

1628

1623

43.

1 point

What happened when Civil War broke out in England in 1642?

England became a Commonwealth

The Puritan Parliament tried to maintain control of the people

An ordinance was issued suppressing all stage plays

All are correct

44.

1 point

Where was Shakespeare born?

Stratford-Upon-Avon

Stanford Avenue

London

Yorkshire-Unto-Eve

45.

1 point

How did the audience know where the scenes of the play took place?

They never knew where the scene was taking place

They had to guess without any clues

They had to listen to the lines of the speeches

The backdrop and the sets told the audience where the scenes were taking place

46.

1 point

Shakespeare made 42 references to which literary source?

The Bible

His autobiography

The Book of Common Prayers

Twelfth Day

47.

1 point

What was the point of the actors' beautiful costumes?

To stand out from the crowd

To get the audience's attention

To make up for not having sets

All the answers are correct

48.

1 point

Why did Shakespeare choose to write Macbeth?

He wanted to create a curse

The King of Italy was killed

Queen Elizabeth dies and King James I (from Scotland) takes over

He didn't have a life

49.

1 point

Where was Shakespeare buried?

Same place he was born in

The Globe Theatre

Stratford-Upon-Avon

Both A and C are correct

50.

1 point

In what year did Shakespeare return to his new home in Stratford-Upon-Avon?

1602

1611

1607

1616