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Shakespearean Background #2
Test Description: Theater Terms
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The Rose, Swan, Curtain, Fortune
A
The Admiral's Men
B
Created by James Burbage
C
Owned by Shakespeare
D
Competitive/Rival Theaters
2) City officials were opposed to Acting Companies because
A
they had a fear of spreading the plague
B
all of the above
C
they caused disorder, riots, and attracted an undesirable element
D
made nasty comments about city officials
3) 1642
A
All theaters closed by an act of Parliament.
B
Shakespeare wrote The Fault in Our Stars.
C
All theaters were open and free to the public.
D
The Globe theater burned down due to a cannon shot.
4) 1599
A
The business manager was added as part of the acting company.
B
The Black Plague destroyed London.
C
The Lord Chamberlain's Men disbanded.
D
The Globe theater was built.
5) New invention that made books available to the general public.
A
Printing Press
B
Folio
C
Doubling
D
Quatro
6) All of an author's works.
A
quarto
B
doubling
C
folio
D
first folio
7) Contains the script of one play (refers to folding of a piece of paper).
A
printing press
B
quarto
C
First Folio
D
folio
8) All of Shakespeare's works when first published in 1623.
A
Printing Press
B
Folio
C
Quarto
D
FIRST Folio
9) Modeled after the trestle stage from an innyard.
A
Lords' Rooms
B
yard or pit
C
tiring house
D
platform stage
10) Location of the dressing rooms and small props immediately behind the stage gallery.
A
yard or pit
B
tiring house
C
platform stage
D
Hut
11) The standing area around the stage/500 spectators.
A
hut
B
yard or pit
C
tiring house
D
inner stage
12) Small area for acting at the back, center of the stage.
A
Yard or Pit
B
Platform stage
C
Inner Stage
D
Tiring House
13) The lower class who had to stand for the duration of the play in a pit.
A
Retirees
B
Middle Class Gallery
C
Lords'
D
Penny Stinkards/Groundlings
14) Seats immediately adjacent to the stage on the first level.
A
Lords' Rooms
B
Upper Gallery
C
The Hut
D
Groundling Rooms
15) The small room with a thatched roof above the stage that was used for sound effects.
A
The yard or pit.
B
The Flag
C
The Hut
D
Platform Stage
16) Indicated if the performance would be given based upon color: white - romance or comedy, red - history, black - tragedy.
A
The Hut
B
The Tiring House
C
The Flag
D
Gallery
17) Tiers of seating
A
Galleries
B
Platforms
C
Pits
D
Huts
18) Wrapped around the stage to hide storage of large props and the entrance to hell.
A
curtains
B
heavens
C
musicians' gallery
D
trap doors
19) Located at the center of the stage.
A
trapdoor to hell
B
stage doors to the tiring house
C
dressing rooms
D
musicians' galleries
20) Large advertising posters containing the notice of the play and/or political statements.
A
patron/patronage
B
fair papers/foul papers
C
Hell
D
broadsides
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