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Shakespeare Qui
Shakespeare Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. What region of what country in the world possesses an accent that is believed to be most like Shakespearian English? | The American South, particularly Appalachia). |
| 2. Why did the upper classes of England feel the need to change the sound of their language in 1750? | They believed English was not as pleasing to the ear as French, Spanish and Italian). |
| 3. What sound of the British accent was changed in 1750, and what sound was used to replace it? | The “a” as in “at”; it was changed to “ahhh” as in “ball”) |
| 4. What two events were to the east and west of the Globe theater? | Bear-baiting and cock-fighting). |
| 5. Where do we get the saying "betting on the underdog"? | In bearbaiting, spectators placed a bet on dogs that ran under the bear’s belly and bit its underside. These dogs rarely survived) |
| 6. What were the approximate beginning and ending hours of every play performed at the Globe Theater? | 2:00 to 5:00 in the afternoon.) |
| 7. Explain briefly where we get the term "box office"? | In the globe theater, ushers used black boxes to collect money at the door and kept the boxes in a room called “the box office.”) |
| 8. What three items were always sold at every Shakespeare play performed at the Globe? | Tomatoes, meat pies and oranges) |
| 9. Why did Englishman NOT eat tomatoes? | They believed that tomatoes were poisonous.) |
| 10. Why did members of the audience purchase a tomato before seeing the play? | To throw at the actors, if the play was bad.) |
| 11. What happened if a play was deemed bad and tomatoes were thrown during the opening scene? | Everyone was given their money back, and they left the theater immediately.) |
| 12 What percentage of Shakespeare's audience was royalty? | 1.2%) |
| 13 What was the most common job of those who paid a penny to see the play? | Street-sweeper) |
| 14 About how high was the front of Shakespeare's stage? | Waist high for an average adult) |
| 15 How did Shakespeare manage to portray the stabbing of Caesar so convincingly? | Caesar had a pig’s bladder filled with pig’s blood beneath his toga). |
| 16. What three elements are always promised in act one, scene one, of every Shakespeare play? | Supernatural events, sex and violence.) |
| 17 The basic plot of every Shakespeare play is based on what kind of story? | fairytale or myth.) |
| 18. What is it about Humpty Dumpty that makes him such a good example of tragedy? | Any egg dumb enough to sit on top of a high wall is asking for it, and the audience is always anxious to see him get what he deserves.) |
| 19. Shakespeare was born in what town or city? | Stratford-upon-Avon) |
| 20 What are the names of Shakespeare's father and mother? | Mary and John Shakespeare) |
| 21. Whom did Shakespeare marry? | Anne Hathaway). |
| 22. How old were Anne Hathaway and Shakespeare at the time of their marriage? | Anne was 26, William was 18). |
| 23. Shakespeare was the father of how many children and what were their names? | Shakespeare had 3 children; Susannah, Hamnet and Judith.) |
| 24. Who was Shakespeare’s first formal biographer? | Nicholas Rowe). |
| 25. In 1598 Francis Meres published a diary that listed many of Shakespeare's plays. What play is known to have existed by that time, but is NOT in Meres' list? | Taming of the Shrew) |
| 26. In 1594, Shakespeare became one of the founding members of what acting company? | The Lord Chamberlain's Men) |
| 27 In what year was the Globe Theater built? | 1599) |
| 28 In what city and on what side of what river was the Globe Theater located? | In London, on the south side of the Thames River.) |
| 29. After 1599, Shakespeare focused his writing on tragedies. Which four plays are known as his "great tragedies"? | Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear) |
| 30 In 1603 Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, became the King's Men. What king was their patron? | King James I) |
| 31 In 1608, Shakespeare wrote 4 plays: Pericles Prince of Tyre, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest. Are these plays tragedies, history plays, comedies or romances? | Romances) |
| 32 In what year was Shakespeare’s First Folio, published? | 1623) |
| 33 What two individuals were responsible for the printing of the first edition of the First Folio? | Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount.) |
| 34 What was the title of the First Folio? | Mr. William Shakespeare’s Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies.) |
| 35 How many plays were included in the First Folio? | 36). |
| 36 Which three fellow actors did Shakespeare remember in his will? | Richard Burbage, John Heminges and Henry Condell.) |
| 37 What actor from Shakespeare’s company was the greatest tragedian of his time? | Richard Burbage) |
| 38. In Shakespeare’s JULIUS CAESAR who first says, “Beware the ides of March”? | Soothsayer). |
| 39. On what day and in what year, was Julius Caesar assassinated? | March 15, 44 BC) |
| 40. What feast are they celebrating in ACT I of JULIUS CAESAR? | The feast of Lupercal) |
| 41. What is the name of Caesar’s famous mistress mentioned in JULIUS CAESAR? | Cleopatra) |
| 42. The famous soliloquy from JULIUS CAESAR “Friends, Romans, Countrymen,” was spoken by whom? | Marc Antony) |
| 43. What is the main theme of JULIUS CAESAR? | the minds and motives of murderers) |
| 44. What is river is mentioned in Act I, Scene i of JULIUS CAESAR? | The Tiber River) |
| 45. In Act I, Scene ii of the play JULIUS CAESAR, Cassius says, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars.” In this passage, what does the word “stars” mean? | destinies). |
| 46. In Act I, Scene ii of the play JULIUS CAESAR, Brutus says the following about Caesar, “Tis very like he hath the falling- sickness.” What is the falling sickness ? | epilepsy) |
| 47. Who was the “Dark Lady” of Shakespeare’s sonnets? | Nobody knows) |
| 48. What tragedy by Shakespeare do superstitious actors not refer to directly by name, and what do they call that play? | Macbeth; “the Scottish play”) |
| 49. This first line is from which Shakespeare tragedy and who says it? “When shall we three meet again? / In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” | Macbeth, the three witches say it). |
| 50. This first line is from which Shakespeare tragedy? “Two households, both alike in dignity, / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene…” | Romeo and Juliet) |
| 51. This first line is from which Shakespeare tragedy? “Who’s there?” | Hamlet) |
| 52 This first line is from which Shakespeare tragedy? “Hence! Home, you idle creatures, get you home!” | Julius Caesar) |
| 53. What year did the Globe Theater open? | 1599) |
| 54. Which play was being performed when a fire burned down the Globe Theater in 1613? | Henry VIII) |
| 55. This first line is from which of Shakespeare comedies? “If music be the food of love, play on.” | Twelfth Night) |
| 56. This first line is from which Shakespeare comedy? “Now fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour / Draws on apace.” | A Midsummer Night’s Dream) |
| 57. This first line is from which Shakespeare comedy? “In delivering my son from me, I bury a second husband.” | All’s Well That Ends Well) |
| 58 This first line is from which Shakespeare comedy? “Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus.” | Two Gentlemen of Verona) |
| 59. Which play has the following line? “milk of human kindness” | Macbeth) |
| 60. Which play has the following line? “more sinned against that sinning” | King Lear) |
| 61. Which play has the following line? “salad days” | Anthony and Cleopatra) |
| 62. Which play has the following cliche? “strange bedfellows” | The Tempest) |
| 63. Which play has the following cliche? “loved not wisely but too well” | Othello) |
| 64. What is the oldest surviving full-length motion picture made in America of a Shakespearian play? | Richard III) |
| 65. Which Shakespeare play was the first to win an Academy Award? | A Midsummer Night’s Dream) |
| 66. Which Shakespeare play was the first to win an Oscar for Best Picture? | Hamlet) |
| 67. For which Shakespeare film did Kenneth Branaugh receive his first Oscar nomination? | Henry V) |
| 68. What Shakespeare play’s title may be read as a complete sentence? | All’s Well that Ends Well) |
| 69. What is the longest word used by Shakespeare in one of his plays, and what does it mean? | honorificabilitudinitatibus, from Love's Labour's Lost- it means “the holding of many honors”) |
| 70. Complete this title: “The Tragedy of _______, The Moor of Venice” | Othello) |
| 71. Complete this title: “The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of _______” | Titus Andronicus) |
| 72. Complete this title: “True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of _______ and His Three Daughters” | King Lear) |
| 73. Complete this title: The Tragicall Historie of _______, Prince of Denmarke” | Hamlet) |
| 74. Complete this title: The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedie of _______” | Romeo and Juliet) |
| 75. Identify this play by its last line couplet: “Myself will straight aboard, and to the state / This heavy act with heavy heart relate.” | Othello) |
| 76. Identify this play by its last line couplet: “Give me your hands, if we be friends, / And Robin shall restore amends.” | A Midsummer Night’s Dream) |
| 77. What comedy has an alternative title of What You Will? | Twelfth Night) |
| 78. What is the setting for Much Ado About Nothing? | Messina) |
| 79. What is the setting for Romeo and Juliet? | Verona) |
| 80. What is the setting for Twelfth Night? | The island of Illyria) |
| 81. What is the setting for A Midsummer Night’s Dream? | Athens) |
| 82. What is the setting for Macbeth? | Scotland) |
| 83. What is the setting for Hamlet? | Denmark) |
| 84. Charles VI is a King in which of Shakespeare’s plays? | Henry V) |
| 85. Robin Goodfellow “a shrewd and knavish sprite” was also known as whom? | Puck) |
| 86. Identify the play of this famous line: “The course of true love never did run smooth” | A Midsummer Night’s Dream) |
| 87. Twelfth Night refers to what season and day/date? | Christmas season; January 6 or the twelfth day of Christmas) |
| 88. Identify the play of this famous line: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em.” | Twelfth Night) |
| 89. Which of Shakespeare’s tragedies is considered a tragedy of fate? | Romeo and Juliet) |
| 90. Identify the play of this famous line: “Et tu, Brute?” | Julius Caesar) |
| 91. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? | 154) |
| 92. Who are the two feuding families in Romeo & Juliet? | Montague and Capulet) |
| 93. Which of Shakespeare’s plays has the character, Tybalt? | Romeo and Juliet) |
| 94. Define the term “chorus” as it relates to Shakespeare theater. | The “chorus” is a single actor or group of actors who narrate and comment on the action). |
| 95. What is the time period for the setting of Romeo & Juliet? | late 16th century , 1590’s). |
| 96. Who is known as the “Tragic Hero” in Romeo and Juliet? | Mercutio). |
| 97. Which play has the character Friar Laurence and what is his importance? | Romeo and Juliet: He has developed a drug that feigns death.) |
| 98. Identify the play: “Two households, both alike in dignity” | Romeo and Juliet). |
| 99. Identify the play: “A pair of star-crossed lovers” | Romeo and Juliet). |
| 100. Identify the play: “Deny thy father, and refuse thy name…” | Romeo and Juliet) |
| 101. What tragic flaw caused Hamlet’s downfall? | Hesitation and indecisiveness) |
| 102. What tragic flaws caused Julius Caesar’s downfall? | Ambition and pride) |
| 103. What tragic flaw caused Othello’s downfall? | Jealousy) |
| 104. Identify the speaker:: “Get thee to a nunnery.” | Hamlet) |
| 105. Who was the mistress of the three witches we meet at the beginning of Macbeth? | Hecate, queen of the witches) |
| 106. What are kerns and gallowglasses? | Kerns are Irish soldiers. Gallowglasses carry axes) |
| 107. Shakespearean conversation frequently begins with the word “Marry.” What does this mean? | The word is slang for the oath, “By the Virgin Mary.”) |
| 108. The Porter tells MacDuff that all the people had been up carousing until the second cock. What does this mean? | The second cock is the second crowing of the cock – around 2 AM.) |
| 109. What is the meaning of sennet? | a trumpet call for formal entrances and exits). |
| 110. Hecate tells the three witches to meet her at the “pit of Acheron.” What is this? | Acheron is one of five rivers in Hades. This one is the river of woe). |
| 111. Shakespeare’s tragedies have a standard structure of five parts. What are the parts and their purposes? | The plays are in five parts; Exposition, Conflict, Climax, Denouement, Catastrophe.) |
| 112. A recurring statement occurs in Macbeth, “Fair is foul and foul is fair.” What does this mean? | Good is bad and bad is good). |
| 113. Who speaks the soliloquy that begins with : “She should have died hereafter;” | Macbeth) |
| 114. What is the name of Macbeth’s home? | Inverness). |
| 115. Who speaks the following line, and what is the occasion? “It is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing”? | Macbeth has just been informed of his wife’s death.) |
| 116. Explain the following line spoken by Macbeth, “Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood clean from my hand”? | Macbeth says this just after he has murdered Duncan; he feels that his guilt can never be washed away). |
| 117. Who speaks the following line and what is the occasion?”Out damn spot, I say out!” | Lady Macbeth; she is going insane as a result of the guilt she bears from plotting the murder of Duncan). |
| 118. When was Shakespeare baptized? | April 26, 1564). |
| 119. Why is the date of Shakespeare’s baptism and birth the same? | Baptism dates were the only birth record kept). |
| 120. When did Shakespeare die, and what is significant about that date? | Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616, the same day and month as his birthday). |
| 121. Why were the London theatres closed in 1593 and the first part of 1594? | Because of the outbreak of the bubonic plague) |
| 122. During the two years after the London theaters closed, how did Shakespeare earn a living? | He wrote poetry). |
| 123. What was the new name of Shakespeare’s acting company when James I came to the throne? | The King’s Men). |
| 124. How many plays did Shakespeare write? | 38). |
| 125. In the play Hamlet, who said “To thy own self be true”? | Polonius) |
| 126. In Hamlet, what is the relationship between Ophelia and Laretes? | sister/brother) |
| 127. Who is the ghost in Hamlet? | Hamlet’s father) |
| 128. In Hamlet, who says “Neither a borrower nor a lender be”? | Polonius) |
| 129. In Hamlet, what is the outcome of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? | They are beheaded) |
| 130. Who was Hamlet’s best friend? | Horatio). |
| 131. Who is Desdemona | Othello’ wife in Othello ) |
| 132. In Othello, which character is the epitome of evil? | Iago) |
| 133. In the sixteenth century, the prevalent theory of illness was that it was a result of an imbalance in what four humors? | bile, phlegm, choler, blood) |
| 134. Name three very popular forms of public entertainment besides plays and performances in Elizabethan times. | Bearbaiting, cockfights, and public executions). |
| 135. Which monarch established the Church of England | Henry VIII). |
| 136. What does Romeo and Juliet as “star-crossed lovers” tell us about the times? | The Elizabethans believed in astrology). |
| 137. What did the Church say regarding the Elizabethan’s belief in ghosts as “the terrors of the night”? | That ghosts were really devils in disguise and should be feared). |
| 138. Why was belief in witches popular? | They were easy scapegoats for all inexplicable misfortunes). |
| 139. What was the average marrying age during Shakespeare’s time? | For girls 25/26 and for boys 28/29) |
| 140. What were the two leading acting troupes at that time? | The Lord Admiral’s Men and the Lord Chamberlain’s Men) |
| 141. What is “role-doubling”? | Shakespeare had to construct a play carefully so that two characters being played by the same actor would never have to be on stage at the same time) |
| 142. What is the meter of most of Shakespeare’s plays? | blank verse - unrhymed iambic pentameter). |
| 143. What was unique about the financial arrangements of the company that built The Globe? | Most of the members, including Shakespeare, put up their own money to build the Globe) |
| 144. . Explain two major differences between The Globe and The Blackfrier theaters. | The Globe was open air and Blackfrier was roofed. 2. The Globe could hold more people). |
| 145. What was the total audience capacity of The Globe Theatre? | About 3,000.) |
| 146. What was the name of the room in The Globe Theater where the actors got dressed? | The Tiring Room) |
| 147. Is Romeo and Juliet considered a tragedy or a romance? | tragedy) |
| 148. In the play Hamlet, who murdered Hamlet’s father and what method did he use? | Hamlet’s uncle Claudius poisoned Hamlet’s father). |
| 149. What were three methods of execution in Elizabethan times? | common criminals were hanged, criminals of royalty were beheaded, and those convicted of the most heinous crimes were disemboweled or drawn and quartered). |
| 150. In the play Hamlet, how are Claudius and Gertrude related to Hamlet? | Gertrude is his mother and Claudius is his uncle and new stepfather). |
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