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9th Grade
10/28/2019

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What is the descending order of the chain of being
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god-angels-mankind-animals-plants-inanimates
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What takes man closer to the angels on the chain of being
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reason
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what takes man closer to the animals on the chain of being
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emotions/passion
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what is the ptolemaic (geocentric) theory of the universe
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ecerything except god revolves around the earth and mankind
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what is the copernican (heliocentric) theory of the universe
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planets revolve around the sun
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why were people in shakespeare's timwe not embracing the new copernican theory?
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becuase it hurt their self esteem since they were no longer the center of creation
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What are the two reason the theaters were closed during shakespeares lifetime
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the puritans closed it and it was also closed for an outbreak of the plague
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what religion was anne hathaway, shakespeares wife?
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puritain
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What is stratford-on-avon in relation to shakespeare
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His birthplace
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Who was John shakespeare and what was his job?
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John shakespeare was william shakespeares father, he was a succesfull and prosperous glovemaker
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Who was Mary Arden
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William shakespeares Mother
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Why did anne hathaway chose to not join shakespeare in the theater
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she was a puritan
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What were queen elizabeths views on the theater?
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She enjoyed, supported, and sponsered the plays
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In all How many plays were produced from shakespeare?
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He produced 37 by his retirement in 1610
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What were the Lord chamberlins men? (later king's men)
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A acting group that shakespeare was apart of throughout his career, their leading actor was richard burbage.
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What was something shakespeare did with his saved money and financial successes?
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he aquired much property in stratford, (iuncluding New place.)
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Where were a number of shakespeares plays set
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In Italy
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What was the renessaince?
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a period of intelectual curiosity in which people belived you had control in shaping your own destiny and started beliviing this?
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What were many of the poor penny payers called that came to watch shakespeares plays?
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groundlings
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Who was king james the 1?
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a ruler at the time of shakespeare, also a theater enthusiast and play goer
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Where were most plays presented at?
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inn yards
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what were the two famous shakespeares theatres
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the globe and swan
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What are the two reason the theaters were closed during shakespeares lifetime
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the puritans closed it and it was also closed for an outbreak of the plague
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what religion was anne hathaway, shakespeares wife?
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puritain
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What is stratford-on-avon in relation to shakespeare
Definition
His birthplace
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Who was John shakespeare and what was his job?
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John shakespeare was william shakespeares father, he was a succesfull and prosperous glovemaker
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Who was Mary Arden
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William shakespeares Mother
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Why did anne hathaway chose to not join shakespeare in the theater
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she was a puritan
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What were queen elizabeths views on the theater?
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She enjoyed, supported, and sponsered the plays
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In all How many plays were produced from shakespeare?
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He produced 37 by his retirement in 1610
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What were the Lord chamberlins men? (later king's men)
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A acting group that shakespeare was apart of throughout his career, their leading actor was richard burbage.
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What was something shakespeare did with his saved money and financial successes?
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he aquired much property in stratford, (iuncluding New place.)
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Where were a number of shakespeares plays set
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In Italy
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What was the renessaince?
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a period of intelectual curiosity in which people belived you had control in shaping your own destiny and started beliviing this?
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What were many of the poor penny payers called that came to watch shakespeares plays?
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groundlings
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Who was king james the 1?
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a ruler at the time of shakespeare, also a theater enthusiast and play goer
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Where were most plays presented at?
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inn yards
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what were the two famous shakespeares theatres
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the globe and swan
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What is the classical definition of a tragedy?
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A person of noble birth is brought downb by a single weakness or fatal flaw
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what is the classical definition of a comedy
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protagonist triumphs over his/her limitations and the story has a happy ending
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What happened to the original globe theatre?
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it burnt dpwn after shakespeare retired during history plays when a cannon shot off
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what was another popular entertainment next door that shakespeare had to compete with for the groudlings penny
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bear/bull baiting
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where were greek plays performed
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ampitheaters
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What were the names of the four humors
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sanguine (happy), choleric (angry), melancholy (sad), Phlegmatic (lazy,)
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The 4 humors decided what kind of _______ a person had
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personality/ temperament
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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 there disaproval of a play?
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threw rotten fruits and vegetables
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when were plays performed and why where they performed then?
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daylight hours because there was no artificial light and fire was too great of a risk to use
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WHat does old English look like?
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Mostly its very different from NE and has to be translated. A few words like mann, hors, hus, riht, nett, god, etc
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Old english was spoken till what century?
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11th century
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what branch of indo-european family does old english belong to
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germanic
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when was middle english spoken
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11-14th century
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what does middle english look like
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very different pronouns liek mann, hors, hus, riht, nett
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in shakespeares language old english, midle english or modern english,
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it is modern english with touches of middle and old english.
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