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| What is the descending order of the chain of being? |
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| God-Angels-Mankind-Animals-Plants-Innanamates |
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| What takes man closer to the angels on the chain of being? |
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| What takes man closer to the animals on the chain of being? |
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| What is the Ptolemaic (geocentric) theory of the universe? |
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| Everything except god revolves around earth and mankind |
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| What is the Copernican (heliocentric) theory of the universe? |
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| All the planets revolve around the sun |
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| Why were people in Shakespeare's time not embracing the Copernican theory? |
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| It hurt their self-esteem. |
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| Where was Shakespeare's birthplace? |
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| Who was Shakespeare's wife? |
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| Who was Shakespeare's father? |
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| What was John Shakespeare's Occupation? |
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| Who was Shakespeare's mother? |
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| What did Shakespeare major in in college? |
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| What other language did Shakespeare learn? |
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| What were two reasons the theater closed in the 1500s? |
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| What English royalty sponsored Shakespeare's plays? |
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| How many plays did Shakespeare produce before his retirement? |
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| What two companies was Shakespeare involved in? |
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Lord Chamberlain's Men
Kings Men |
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| What was the property Shakespeare acquired in Stratford called? |
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| Where were many of Shakespeare's plays set? |
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| What was the period in Europe where literary and art flourished? |
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| What were the poor spectators who stood during the play? How much did they pay? |
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| Who was the successor to Queen Elizabth? |
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| Small theater many plays were held in? |
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| What were the two theatres built by Shakespeare's acting company? |
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| How did Shakespeare use props and costumes? |
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| Props were few although costumes were elaborate |
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| What was substituted for an eye in one of the scenes? |
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| Who were used as female actors? |
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| The classical definition of tragedy |
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| A person of noble birth is brought down by a single weakness or fatal flaw |
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| What is the classical definition of comedy |
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| Protagonist triumphs over his/her limitations so the story has a happy ending. |
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| What happened to the original Glove theatre? |
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| It burnt down after Shakespeare retired during one of his histories plays when they shot off a cannon. |
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| What was another popular entertainment next door that Shakespeare had to compete with for the groundlings' penny? |
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| Where were Greek plays performed? |
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| What were the names of the 4 Humors? |
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| Sanguine, Choleric, Melancholy, Phlegmatic |
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| The 4 humors decided what kind of _______ a person had. |
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| What were two additional elements that were part of a play? |
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| Music/singing and dancing |
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| How did playgoers express their disapproval of a play? |
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| Throwing rotten fruits and vegetables. |
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| When were plays performed and why were they performed and when? |
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| Daytime, because they used no artificial light. |
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| What does old English look like? |
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| Old English was spoken until what century? |
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| What branch of the Indo-European family tree does Old English belong to? |
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| When was Middle English spoken? |
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| What does Middle English look like? |
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| Can be read with a good glossary. Has Old english words. |
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| Is Shakespeare's Work Old, Middle, or Modern English? |
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