Shakespeare Quiz Word Scramble

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

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