British Literature Final Exam Review

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Title: Sonnet 129

Genre: Sonnet

Author: William Shakespeare

All this the world well knows; yet none knows well /

To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.

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Title: Sonnet 130

Genre: Sonnet

Author: William Shakespeare

I grant I never saw a goddess go; / My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground. / And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare / As any she belied with false compare.

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Title: Sonnet 18

Genre: Sonnet

Author: William Shakespeare

And every fair from fair sometime declines,/ By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;

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Title: Sonnet 29

Genre: Sonnet

Author: William Shakespeare

Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, / Haply I think on thee, and then my state, / Like to the lark at break of day arising / From sullen earth sings hymns at Heaven's gate.

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Title: Sonnet 116

Genre: Sonnet

Author: William Shakespeare

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks / Within his bending sickle's compass come:

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Title: Sonnet 73

Genre: Sonnet

Author: William Shakespeare

In me thou see'st the twilight of such day / As after sunset fadeth in the west, / Which by and by black night doth take away...

Name the town where William Shakespeare was born.

Stratford upon Avon

Name William Shakespeare's father.

John Shakespeare

Name William Shakespeare's mother.

Mary Arden

Into what religious denomination was William Shakespeare's parents baptized before William was born?

Catholic

Name a legal profession of William Shakespeare's father.

Mayor

Name an illegal profession of Shakespeare's father.

Usurer

Name William Shakespeare's Wife.

Anne Hathaway

How many years younger than his wife was William Shakespeare?

~8 years

How many months after William Shakespeare married his wife was their first child born?

5 months

How many days did it take William Shakespeare to travel from his home town to London by foot?

4

How many days did it take William Shakespeare to travel from his home town to London by horse?

2

Who was the king or queen of England when William Shakespeare was born?

Queen Elizabeth I

Who was the king or queen of England when William Shakespeare died?

King James I

Name the date and the year of William Shakespeare's birth.

23 April 1564

Name the date and the year of William Shakespeare's death.

23 April 1616

Who is the Patron Saint of England?

Saint George

Name the month and the date of the feast day of the Patron Saint of England.

April 26th

Name William Shakespeare's first daughter.

Suzanna

Name William Shakespeare's second daughter.

Judith

Name William Shakespeare's son who died at the age of 11

Hamnet

This was the name of William Shakespeare's theatre troupe during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I

Lord Chamberlain's Men

This was the name of William Shakespeare's theatre troupe during the reign of King James I.

The King's Men

How many men and boys acted in William Shakespeare's theatre troupe?

16

In what church was William Shakespeare baptized?

Holy Trinity Church

In what church was William Shakespeare married?

Holy Trinity Church

In what church was William Shakespeare buried?

Holy Trinity Church

Name the famous dramatic actor in William Shakespeare's theatre troupe.

Richard Burbage

Name the builder of the first Elizabethan theatre.

James Burbage

What was the name of the first Elizabethan theatre?

The Theatre

What is the name of the only Elizabethan theatre of which we have an existing interior depiction?

The Swan

What was the name of Shakespeare's theatre?

The Globe

In what year did Shakespeare's theatre open?

1599

How much of a share did Shakespeare own in his theater?

10%

What was the first play performed in Shakespeare's theatre?

Henry V

What was the fate of Shakespeare's theatre?

it burned down

What was the last play performed in Shakespeare's theatre?

Henry VIII

In what year did Shakespeare retire?

1613

What controversial item did Shakespeare leave his wife in his will?

second-best bed

Name the famous comedic actor in Shakespeare's troupe?

Will Kemp

What did the Puritans call the play houses?

den of iniquity

Another name for the Elizabethan theatre.

Shakespearean Theatre

What kind of education did Shakespeare get as a boy?

Classical Education

These were the people who stood in the pit.

groundlings

What is the height of a Shakespearean stage.

4-6 feet

What was housed in the hut?

special effects

What was the roof of the Shakespearean theatre made of?

straw

What was the tiring house used for?

backstage / changing rooms for actors

Where did the rich people sit?

gallery

He wrote Faustus and was stabbed in the eye in a bar fight.

Christopher Marlowe

He compiled the first Folio of Shakespeare's works seven years after Shakespeare's death.

Ben Jonson

What a black flag signifies.

tragedy

What a white flag signifies.

comedy

How many plays appear in the First Folio?

36

Name one of two authenticated Shakespearean Plays that is omitted from the First Folio.

Pericles

Which play believed to be written by William Shakespeare was mentioned in an Elizabethan article but never found?

Love Labors Won

Which play was believed to be started by William Shakespeare, but never finished due to censorship?

St. Thomas More

The only extant music to a Shakespearean song appears in this play.

Cardenio

During his life time, Shakespeare was most famous for writing this play.

Titus Andronicus

Name a Ben Jonson play in which Shakespeare acted.

The Alchemist

The unearthed foundation of this Elizabethan theater was used to design the new Globe Theater which opened in London in 1999.

The Rose

What is Mephistopholes in Christopher Marlowe's Faustus?

the devil

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BOTTOM TO TOP

1.

pit/yard

2.

study/inner below

3.

tiring house

4.

gallery

5.

balcony/inner above

6.

musicians level

7.

hut

8.

hatch

9.

flag

Who invented the Italian Sonnet?

Petrarch

What is another name for Italian Sonnet?

Petrarchan sonnet

Who invented the English sonnet?

Sir Thomas Wyatt

What is another name for English sonnet?

Shakespearean sonnet

Who perfected the English Sonnet?

Shakespeare

How many stanzas are in an Italian Sonnet?

2

How many stanzas are in an English Sonnet?

4

Name the first stanza in an Italian Sonnet.

octave

Name the first stanza in an English Sonnet.

quatrain

Name the last stanza in an Italian Sonnet

sestet

Name the last stanza in an English Sonnet.

heroic couplet

Name the rhyme scheme for an Italian Sonnet.

ABBA ABBA CDE CDE

Name the rhyme scheme for an English Sonnet.

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

The Italian word for "turn"

volta

Name the verse and meter of an Italian Sonnet

iambic pentameter

Name the verse and meter of an English Sonnet

iambic pentameter

Where is the volta placed in an Italian Sonnet?

9th line

Where is the volta placed in an English Sonnet?

9th or 13th line

Is a volta expected in an Italian Sonnet?

Yes

Is a volta expected in an English Sonnet?

No

Name the three requirements for a heroic couplet.

same verse and meter, complete thought, perfect end rhyme,

How many iambs make up a single sonnet?

70

In one line of a sonnet, at least, how many syllables are there?

10