Shakespeare in Love and the Elizabethan era
A multiple choice quiz�
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1. The action takes place in�������������������������
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London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Virginia
Cambridge
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2. The Queen of England at that time was
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Elisabeth II
Victoria
Elisabeth I
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3. In Shakespeare�s time, women couldn�t
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go into a theatre
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smoke
be queens
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4. From time to time playhouses were shut down in London because of
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lack of audience
public immorality
the plague
any of them
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5. The person in charge of the stage censorship -closing down theatres- was called the
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Master of the Rebels
Master of the Revels
Rebellious Master
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6. Lord Wessex�s American business was based on
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cotton
tobacco
gold mines
slavery
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7. That greedy mouse-loving teenager who betrayed Will and Viola became, several years later, one of the most famous English playwrights of his time. His name was
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����� John Webster
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Christopher Marlowe
Ben Johnson
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8. Those people who had no money for a seat in the balcony and stood around the stage during the play were called
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upstanders
beggars
shoeless
groundlings
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9. One of these plays was not written by Shakespeare:
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Romeo and Juliet
Twelfth Night
Doctor Faustus
The Tempest
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10. And one of this plays was written by William Shakespeare:����
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The White Devil
The Jew of Malta
The Massacre at Paris
Othello
