Which statements describe characteristics of Elizabethan drama? Check all that apply.
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1. Audiences were from all levels of society
2. Audiences were excitable and responded loudly
3. Parts were acted only by men
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What would an audience at one of Shakespeare's plays expect to see? Check all that apply.
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1. a handbill advertising the play
2. fruit and other treats for sale
3. animal blood
4. young men playing female roles
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What does this passage reveal about William Shakespeare the playwright?
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Shakespeare masterfully sets the scene with words; he does not need scenery or effects.
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Which is the most accurate description of going to the theater in Shakespeare's day?
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Theater was a feast for the imagination and for the senses; there were smells, sights, and sounds everywhere.
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[Chorus:] Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene
-Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare
Which phrase best restates "two households"?
Which phrase best restates "alike in dignity"?
Which phrase best restates "fair Verona"?
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1. two families
2. equal in society
3. a beautiful city
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[Chorus:] From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
—Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare
Which statement best paraphrases the first line in the passage?
What do these lines reveal about the play?
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1. An old feud sparks violence among civilians.
2. The conflict.
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[Chorus:] From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life
—Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare
Which statement best paraphrases these lines from the prologue?
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The children of two feuding families fall in love and are destined to die.
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[Chorus:] From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life
—Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare
What is the purpose of these lines?
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to introduce the characters
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[Chorus:] The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffick of our stage
—Romeo and Juliet,
William Shakespeare
Paraphrase these lines from the prologue in two to three sentences.
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The play is about the frightening path of the children's doomed love and the constant anger of their parents. Only the children's death could end the fight. This is the story for the rest of the play.
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Is revealing the outcome of the plot in the prologue an effective technique for creating suspense, or would you prefer not to be told what will happen? Support your opinion with reasons in two to three sentences.
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Revealing the outcome is effective. Knowing that the two young people will die intrigues me and makes me want to find out how and why. It tells me that this will not be a happily-ever-after love story and makes me more interested in the rest of the play.
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Read the excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.
The which if you with patient ears attend,
Which best restates this line?
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Listen well and carefully to our show.
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The purpose of paraphrasing Shakespeare's text is to
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make the language easier to understand.
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Read this excerpt from the prologue of Shakespeare's play Henry V, in which King Henry is referred to as Harry.
A kingdom for a stage, princes to act
And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!
Then should the warlike Harry, like himself,
Assume the port of Mars; and at his heels,
Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword and fire
Crouch for employment.
Which best describes the purpose of this excerpt of the prologue?
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It builds suspense about the war in the play.
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Read this excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
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And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffick of our stage;
Which best states the purpose of this excerpt?
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It foreshadows the outcome of the play.
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Based on the prologue, what is the main conflict in Romeo and Juliet?
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Romeo's family and Juliet's family are enemies.
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Read this excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.
Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
In addition to introducing two families in the play, this excerpt helps
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build interest about what happens in the story.
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Which line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet reveals the ending of the play?
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A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life
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Read the line from Hamlet cited in Shakespeare: The World as Stage.
Barnardo: Who's there?
What does this line most likely show about the setting of the scene?
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It is dark because Barnardo has trouble seeing the other guard.
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The prologue of Romeo and Juliet introduces which elements of the play? Check all that apply.
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1. the setting of a lovely city
2. the characters of the lovers
3. the characters of the lovers' parents
4. the conflict of a grudge between the two families
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Read this line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Having heard this line in the prologue, the audience can
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predict that Romeo and Juliet do not survive at the end of the play.
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