Starter quiz
- Shakespeare wrote in which two centuries?
- 15th
- 16th ✓
- 17th ✓
- 18th
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- While Shakespeare was writing, which two monarchs were on the throne?
- Elizabeth I ✓
- Elizabeth II
- Henry III
- Charles I
- James I ✓
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- What does setting refer to in literature?
- People and places.
- Time and place. ✓
- Adjectives and adverbs.
- Front cover and blurb.
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- Which of the following appear in Shakespeare plays?
- Romeo ✓
- Juliet ✓
- Macbeth ✓
- Scrooge
- Napoleon
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- What is the proper term for people in plays?
- Persons
- Characters ✓
- Men and women
- Directors
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- What is dialogue?
- The words spoken by characters. ✓
- The plot of a story.
- The message of a story.
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Exit quiz
- What was the name of Shakespeare's theatre company?
- The Chamberlain's Men. ✓
- Shakespeare's Men.
- The Elizabethan Men.
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- Where was Shakespeare's theatre built?
- 'On the South Bank of the River' ✓
- When the Globe theatre was full, how many people would be there?
- '3000' ✓
- What would be the best word to describe people who are being loud and disruptive?
- Riotous ✓
- Improper
- Puritan
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- What was the main reason the Puritans closed down the theatres in 1642?
- They thought the theatre was immoral. ✓
- They thought the theatre distracted people from work.
- They didn't like people leaving the city.
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- The design for Shakespeare's Globe theatre was based on entertainment spaces for which type of entertainment? Name two.
- bull baiting ✓
- bear baiting
- bear fighting ✓
- bull fighting
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Key learning points
- Shakespeare’s plays were performed at the Globe, which was and still is playing, at the South Bank in London
- The South Bank was full of improper activities, such as animal fighting, drinking and the theatre
- Some people, particularly Puritans, thought the theatre was immoral
- Going to the Globe in Shakespeare’s time would have been a noisy, riotous affair
- Going to the theatre now is different because the audience is much more polite and quiet
Common misconception
That the modern experience of going to the theatre is the same as in Shakespearean times.
The experience was very different - the modern theatre experience is quiet and respectful while the Shakespearean experience was riotous.
Keywords
Theatre - A theatre is a building where people can watch a performance or other kind of entertainment.
Improper - Improper means something unsuitable or socially unacceptable.
Riotous - Something riotous is something very loud and uncontrolled, and full of energy.
Puritan - A puritan is a person who is strict in moral or religious matters, often excessively so.
Immoral - Something immoral is something outside of society's standards of acceptable, honest, and moral behaviour.
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