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