Shakespeare context quiz

What is the name of the play we will be studying this term?

• Much Ado About Nothing

• Romeo and Juliet

• The Tempest

• King Lear

Why do you think the less practical outfits where worn by higher ranking members of society? (p8)

Which famous British playwrite wrote Romeo and Juliet?

• Howard Carter

• JK Rowling

• Charles Dickens

• William Shakespeare

What was the name of William Shakespeares wife? (P1 reference)

ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND page 2

IN THE 16TH CENTURY, people believed in the “divine right

of kings.” What is meant by the “divine right

of kings.”? Page 5

• The idea that anyone worthy could become the king.

• The right that is supposedly given to a king or queen by God to rule a country

• If you killed the king in combat you would essentially become next in line to the throne.

• The 3rd born child of the monarch is made the king.

Between what time period did Shakespeare write and in what country? ref page 4

• 1500's and 1600's

• 1400's and 1500's

• 1500's

• 2022

Where were Shakespeares plays performed?

• The Mayflower in Bristol

• Classic Stage Company in New York

• Henry's Theatre Stratford

• London at the Globe theatre

What were the names of the monarchs that ruled during Shakespeare's time?(page 5)

• Queen Elizabeth (Elizabethan era) and King Edward (Edwardian Era)

• Queen Elizabeth (Elizabethan era) King James the 1 (Jacobean era)

• Queen Elizabeth (Elizabethan era)

• King James the 1 (Jacobean era)

Why were London theatres forced to shut their doors for two whole years in In 1592? (page 8)

As Shakespeare could no longer write plays to be performed during the time of the plague what did he focus on creating instead?

(page 8)

• Shakespeare got sick with the plague and was bed bound for 2 years

• Shakespeare focused his attention on writing narrative

  poems and sonnets

• Shakespeare focused on building a family

• Shakespeare focused on refining his skills as an actor