Shakespeare Test

You blocks, you stones, you worse than sneseless things! (1.1)

Patrician (Marullus) to plebians

Beware the ides of March (1.2)

Soothsayer to Juluis Caesar

Yond Cassius has a lean & hungry look; he thinks too much: such men are dangerous (1.2)

Caesar to Antony

It was Greek to me (1.2)

Casca to Cassius & Brutus

Think him as a serpent’s egg which hatched would as his kind grow mischievous and kill him in the shell (2.1)

Brutus to self

Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valient never taste of death but once (2.2)

Caesar to Calpurnia

Et tu Brute? (3.1)

Caesar to Brutus

Cry “havoc“ & let slip the dogs of war (3.1)

Antony to self

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; (3.2)

Antony to Roman Masses

Mischief, thou art afoot, take thou what course thou wilt (3.2)

Antony to self

I had rather be a dog & bay the moon, than such a Roman (4.3)

Brutus to Cassius

This was the noblest Roman of them all (5.5)

Antony to Octavius

Elizabethan England

-Named after Queen Elizabeth I

-Era of theatre & fashion

-Great nation of Europe

-Torture was common

Shakespeare’s birthday

April 23, 1564

Who was Shakespeare’s wife?

Anne Hathaway

How old was Shakespeare when he got married?

He was 18 and his wife was 26

How many kids did Shakespeare have?

3 kids:

Susanna and twins Judith & Hammet

Where is Shakespeare from and buried?

Stratford-Upon-Avon

What are the Lost Years?

A period of time with no record of shakespeares life

Who was his first group?

Lord Chamberlain’s Men

What theatre did he help build?

The Globe Theatre

What was one of the earliest mentions of Shakespeare in the dramatic community?

The “Upstart Crow”

What was Shakespeare’s second preforming group?

The King’s Men

Who did Shakespeare preform for?

Queen Elizabeth and King James

When/what age did Shakespeare die?

On his birthday at age 52

How many plays did he write?

37-38

Which play is he often not credited to?

The Two Noble Kinsmen

How many words has he invented?

22,000

How often is Macbeth preformed somewhere?

Every 4 hours

How many times does suicide occur in his plays?

13 times

Poetry

The art of rhythmical composition, written or spoken, for pleasure & elevated thoughts

Prose

The ordinary form of spoken or written language, without metrical structure, as distinguished from poetry or verse

Iambic Pentameter

Meter in poetry consisting of 10 syllable lines wherein every second syllable is stressed

Blank Verse

Unrhymed verse written in Iambic Pentameter

Soliloquy

When a character in the play speaks alone on the stage

What are the 3 genres of plays Shakespeare writes?

-Historical

-Tragedies

-Comedies

What do Shakespeare’s histories and tragedies have in common?

The main character’s name is always in the title

Who were Juluis Caesars 3 wives?

Cornelia, Pompeia, and Calpurnia

Who does Caesars daughter Julia marry?

Pompey

Who is in the SECOND triumvirate?

Antony, Lepidus, and Octavius

Who is both Caesar’s and Antony’s mistress/lover

Cleopatra

Who murders Pompey?

The Egpytians

Who does Octavius become?

Augustus Caesar

What happens to Brutus and Cassius?

They commit suicide

The play is a period of 6 days, what is the actual historical time?

3-4 years

How old is Caesar when he is killed?

He is killed March 15; at 56 years old

Who is the first emperor of Rome?

Octavius/Augustus

Who defeats Mark Antony in battle?

Augustus

How does Antony die?

Suicide