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Shakespeare Finals Questions PART II

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1.
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In an enjambment, should the actors breathe at the end of the line or should he/she keep going until the punctuation?
2.
1 point
Name a traditional dish often served on January 6th.
3.
1 point
What is a rhetorical device in Shakespeare's plays that lists names or descriptions in a series.
4.
1 point
Name a drink traditionally served on January 6th.
5.
1 point
How many divisions does an English Sonnet have?
6.
1 point
Who wrote the Faerie Queene?
7.
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What is a metrical foot consisting of two syllables in an unstressed, stressed pattern called?
8.
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The rhythm of a line consisting of stressed and unstressed vowels is the _____.
9.
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Shakespeare's characters speak in prose for all of the following EXCEPT:
10.
1 point
What poem is St.George and the Dragon based on?
11.
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Contracting two words or syllables in order to have the correct number of syllables that make up an iambic pentameter is called ____.
12.
1 point
What was January 6th often called?
13.
1 point
What year did Shakespeare die in?
14.
1 point
two lines of a verse that rhyme is a ______.
15.
1 point
How many rhymed couplets does an English sonnet consist of?
16.
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A metric line with fewer than five feet, calling for a pause is called a ______.
17.
1 point
How many quatrains does an English sonnet have? (Quatrain Example: bcbc)
18.
1 point
When a thought or meaning implied in a line runs on to the next metric line, it is called _______.
19.
1 point
When characters throw taunts and banter back and forth in an aggressive manner, it is called ______.
20.
1 point
A metric line with fewer than five feet that is completed by another actor with no pause in between is called a _____.
21.
1 point
What meter mimics the human heartbeat and is close to ordinary speech?
22.
1 point
Shakespeare's actors speak in verse when they want to show all of the following EXCEPT:
23.
1 point
What rhetorical device refers to piling up speeches with metaphors to make it emotional?
24.
1 point
What were the two monarchs that ruled during Shakespeare's time?
25.
1 point
How many plays did Shakespeare write in all?
26.
1 point
What year was Shakespeare born in?
27.
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What is five metrical feet of ten syllables per line called?
28.
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What is an iambic pentameter that doesn't rhyme called?
29.
1 point
Elizabethans celebrated Christmas for how many days?
30.
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Which of these is a rhymed couplet?
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