Romeo And Juliet Background
33 Questions
| Attempts: 164
This is a quiz over shakespeare and the opening scenes of Romeo and Juliet. This quiz will hopefully help me to ace Mrs. Folsom's Background quiz :)
Questions and Answers
- 1.List three of his five masterpieces
- 2.On what day was Shakespeare born?
- A.
April 24, 1563
- B.
April 23, 1564
- C.
May 23, 1564
- D.
April 23, 1563
- 3.William Shakespeare was the_________ of _______ children in his family.
- 4.Who was the last direct descendant of William Shakespeare?
- 5.Most of what we know about Shakespear's personal life comes from ________ and ________ documents consisting of baptismal registration, a marriage license, and records of real-estate transactions.
- 6.After the birth of his twins, Shakespeare moved to_________?
- 7.The famous playwright died on __________, _______, at the age of_______.
- 8.At what age was William Shakespeare married?
- A.
21
- B.
22
- C.
18
- D.
20
- 9.Shakespeare's plays can be catagorized into what three types?
- A.
Histories, Tradgedies, Mysteries
- B.
Tradgedies, Mysteries, Comedies
- C.
Comedies, Histories, Tradgedies
- D.
Mysteries, Comedies, Histories
- 10.Shakespear was born in _________, a market town about one hundred miles northwest of London.
- 11._________ was shakespeares wife.
- 12.What were the names of Shakspeare's three children?
- A.
Susanna, Hamlet, Judith
- B.
Susan, Hamnet, Judy
- C.
Susanna, Judith, Hamlet
- D.
Susanna, Hamnet, Judith
- 13.By 1594, William Shakespeare was a charter member of the theatrical company called___________. This company later became known as the King's Men
- 14.His fathers name was____________
- 15.At various times, Williams father served as________________.
- 16.William attended grammar school where he studied___________.
- 17.By the year of ____ Shakespeare had become a playwright and an actor.
- 18.By the time he had returned to Stratford, how many plays had he written?
- A.
37
- B.
36
- C.
5
- D.
7
- E.
38
- 19.What was the name of the volume in which his plays were collected?
- 20.In _________ his plays were collected into one volume and then published.
- 21.Where is Shakespeare burried?
- 22.What was the name of the man who bulit the first theater in England?
- 23.Trap doors were used for the entrace of __________ or descents to_______
- 24.The satge clothing for women was often very_________ and concealing.
- 25.Above the inner stage was a ____________.
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