Standard Deviants School Shakespeare Tragedies: Module 01: Intro to Shakespeare
DIRECTIONS: In YOUR SOURCEBOOK answer the following questions. Do NOTwrite the questions.
Section A
1.Shakespeare was born in England in ______.
2. The English Renaissance, the time period in which Shakespeare wrote, is called the ______Era.
3. Shakespeare grew up in ______.
4. Shakespeare was a member of the theatrical group called The ______.
5. The Globe Theater was shaped sort of like an ______.
6. The theater goers that stood in the “pit” area of the Globe were known as the ______.
7. Shakespeare’s theater company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later became known as ______.
8. Who played the role of female characters on the stage during Shakespeare’s time?
9. What outbreak beginning in 1592 caused all of London’s theaters to close down for two years?
10. Who became the ruler of England in 1603, after the death of Queen Elizabeth I?
Section B
11. Shakespeare wrote in both ______and ______.
12. Shakespeare’s poetry used ______which is called meter.
13. Blank verse often uses unrhymed ______.
14. An iamb contains one ______syllable followed by a ______syllable.
15. How many iambs are there in a line of iambic pentameter?
Section C
16. What is the first main difference between the English Renaissance Drama and our modern drama?
17. The characters in Shakespeare’s play are always understood to be ______.
18. Which Greek philosopher described tragedy as an “imitation of an action?”
19. Universals are good, evil, ______, beauty, justice, and purity.
20. In regards to symbolic art is how a universal is presented through ______.
Standard Deviants School Shakespeare Tragedies: Module 01: Intro to Shakespeare
DIRECTIONS: In YOUR SOURCEBOOK answer the following questions. Do NOT write the questions.
Section A
1.Shakespeare was born in England in ______.
2. The English Renaissance, the time period in which Shakespeare wrote, is called the ______Era.
3. Shakespeare grew up in ______.
4. Shakespeare was a member of the theatrical group called The ______.
5. The Globe Theater was shaped sort of like an ______.
6. The theater goers that stood in the “pit” area of the Globe were known as the ______.
7. Shakespeare’s theater company, The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later became known as ______.
8. Who played the role of female characters on the stage during Shakespeare’s time?
9. What outbreak beginning in 1592 caused all of London’s theaters to close down for two years?
10. Who became the ruler of England in 1603, after the death of Queen Elizabeth I?
Section B
11. Shakespeare wrote in both ______and ______.
12. Shakespeare’s poetry used ______which is called meter.
13. Blank verse often uses unrhymed ______.
14. An iamb contains one ______syllable followed by a ______syllable.
15. How many iambs are there in a line of iambic pentameter?
Section C
16. What is the first main difference between the English Renaissance Drama and our modern drama?
17. The characters in Shakespeare’s play are always understood to be ______.
18. Which Greek philosopher described tragedy as an “imitation of an action?”
19. Universals are good, evil, ______, beauty, justice, and purity.
20. In regards to symbolic art is how a universal is presented through ______.