Shakespearean History and Tragedy

Shakespearean History and Tragedy

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10 Qs

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Shakespearean History and Tragedy

Shakespearean History and Tragedy

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Lily Campbell, what is the difference between tragedy and history plays?

Tragedy focuses on ethics, while history plays focus on politics

Tragedy celebrates past greatness, while history plays commiserate over past suffering

Tragedy questions God's providence, while history plays do not

Tragedy teaches obedience to the king, while history plays teach allegiance

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which play is an example of a Shakespearean History Play?

Macbeth

Hamlet

Richard III

Romeo and Juliet

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What effect did changes in vagrancy laws have on actors?

They had to organize themselves into companies named after royal patrons

They had to perform at purpose-built playhouses

They had to tour around the country

They had to specialize in different types of roles

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who played the women's roles in the acting companies?

The shareholders

The hired players

The musicians

The boys

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a defining characteristic of Shakespearean tragedies?

They end happily

They are about recent kings

They are mostly written in prose

They end unhappily

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What conflicts are set up in Shakespearean tragedies?

Fate and free will

Individual desire and public good

Reversal and recognition

All of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is hamartia?

A type of fool in Shakespeare's plays

A mixture of seriousness and merriment

The idea of mostly good characters missing the mark

The language used in Shakespeare's tragedies

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