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Shakespeare Exam Review

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Where was Shakespeare born?   Stratford-Upon-Avon  
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T/F: Shakespeare attended Eton University   False  
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How much older was Anne Hathaway as compared to Shakespeare?   8 years  
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How many children did Shakespeare have?   3 kids  
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What two things was Shakespeare believed to be doing during the "lost years"?   Pouching and assistant teacher  
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What is an "unstart crow"?   Actor  
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What was Shakespeare able to seel to his more literate members of his audience that no one had been able to do before?   Octava booklets  
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What was teh name of Shakespeare's theatre?   Globe Theatre  
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What is the main character of a tragedy called?   Hero  
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What brings about the death of the main character of a tragedy?   Himself  
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T/F Shakespeare liked to use abmornal conditionsn and the supernatural in his plays   True  
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T/F the central impression of a tragedy is one of waste   True  
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T/F A tragedy is always good versus evil   True  
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T/F At the end of the tragedy a main character must die to restore good   True  
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T/F A play is only considered a history if it is about the Englsih monarchy   True  
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T/F Most of Shakespeare's histories are regarded a Tudor propaganda   True  
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T/F A history focuses on the situation rather than the characters   False  
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T/F A comedy always contains a dim-witted servant   False  
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T/F A tragedy alwasy contains mistaken identity   True  
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Allowed for special effects like smoke so characters could magically appear   Trap Door  
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Used for special effects: enabled characters to "fly" over audience   Heavens  
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For the very rich: small rooms with cushions   Lord's Room  
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Stage wall with decorated scenes behind pillars; where actors entered   Frons Scena  
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Balconies to left and right of the Lord's room for rich patrons with cushions   Gentlemen's Room  
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Rows of wooden seats acress back with 3 levels with roof for bad weather   Galleries  
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Small house like structure used for storage at the very top of the theatre   Hut  
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No seating, standing only, cheapest, groundlings here, around 3 sides of the stage   Pit  
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