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20 Cards in this Set
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Where was William Shakespeare born?
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Stratford-Upon-Avon
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When was Shakespeare born?
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aproxamately April 23, 1564
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When did Shakespeare write his first plays?
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1589
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What were Shakespeare's poems called, and when did he write them?
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"Venus and Adonas" and "The Rape of Lucree," in 1592 and 1593
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When did Queen Elizabeth the First die?
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in 1603
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Who succeded Queen Elizabeth the First?
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King James the Fourth of Scotland
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What day did Shakespeare die on?
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April 23, 1616
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How old was Shakespeare when he died?
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fifty-two
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When was the first folio of Shakespeare's works published?
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1623
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blank verse
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a poetic form that usually uses unrymed iambic pentameter
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meter
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the use of a regular rythm pattern in language
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iamb
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a unit of speech that contains one unstressed symbol followed by a stressed symbol
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iambic pentameter
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a poetic form that consists of five iambs
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Shakespeare's plays are mainly _______, not ____, wheras modern dramas are mainly ____.
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verbal, visual, visual
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Shakespeare was influenced by _______ art, which was deeply _______.
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medival, symbolic
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The Globe Theater is shaped like an "__."
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O
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What was Shakespeare's wife's name?
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Anne Hathaway
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What were the names of Shakespeare and Anne's children?
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Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet
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What were the three basic types of plays that Shakespeare wrote?
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histories, tragedies, and comedies
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When was the Globe Theater built, and who built it?
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1599, and the Lord Chaimberlan's Men (a.k.a. The King's Men)
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