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A quiz of the key terms related to the study of Elizabethan Shakespeare's plays.

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Elizabethan Shakespeare Key Terms Quiz

Question 1 of 29

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Ague

Select one of the following:

  • A fever, sickness or shaking

  • the excess or deficiency of four distinct bodily fluids in a person directly influencing health and temperament.

Explanation

Question 2 of 29

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Anaphora

Select one of the following:

  • Parallelism create when successive phrases or lines begin with the same words

  • An error of chronology or timeline in a literary piece.

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Question 3 of 29

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Cuckoldry

Select one of the following:

  • The type of hat that a jester or fool wears.

  • When a woman cheats on her husband, she makes him a cuckold.

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Question 4 of 29

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Epistrophe

Select one of the following:

  • An arrangement of words addressing a non-existent person or abstract idea as if it were present.

  • the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases or clauses or sentences.

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Question 5 of 29

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Half Rhyme

Select one of the following:

  • An incomplete rhyme, ending at the line and not continuing to the next

  • a rhyme of only partial matching sounds

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Question 6 of 29

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Metonymy

Select one of the following:

  • substituting a concept or idea with something associated with it

  • When body parts are used to describe someone

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Question 7 of 29

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Motif

Select one of the following:

  • A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract.

  • Any element, subject or idea, or concept that is constantly present through the entire body of literature

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Question 8 of 29

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Oxymoron

Select one of the following:

  • Two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect

  • A statement that appears to be contradictory but upon close examination makes sense.

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Question 9 of 29

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Paradox

Select one of the following:

  • A contradictory statement that makes sense.

  • To expose and criticize foolishness.

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Question 10 of 29

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Synecdoche

Select one of the following:

  • A figure of speech where a part of something is used to refer to the whole.

  • Substituting a concept or idea with something associated with it.

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Question 11 of 29

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Antic disposition

Select one of the following:

  • Acting sarcastic and angry as a mask.

  • Pretending to be mad.

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Question 12 of 29

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Anachronism

Select one of the following:

  • A purposeful change in the plot that is unexpected.

  • Anything out of time or place; an error in chronology or the timeline.

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Question 13 of 29

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Vice

Select one of the following:

  • A evil characteristic that is used as an example.

  • Stock character from medieval morality plays.

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Question 14 of 29

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Carnivalesque

Select one of the following:

  • A medieval trope; where wildness is purged for a short time in order for society to accept authority the rest of the time.

  • When a foolish play is put on to represent the importance of authority by inverting societal roles.

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Question 15 of 29

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Satire

Select one of the following:

  • To ridicule a person accidentally or in reference.

  • To expose and criticize foolishness and corruption by using humour, irony and exaggeration or ridicule.

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Question 16 of 29

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Body Politic

Select one of the following:

  • A metaphor of a nation as a body, needing every part to function.

  • The head of the Roman state, which had the strength of authority.

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Question 17 of 29

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Primogeniture

Select one of the following:

  • The right of the first born to inherit his father's money and titles.

  • The law that replaced the idea of all sons inheriting the family wealth and property.

Explanation

Question 18 of 29

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In-Built Stage Directions

Select one of the following:

  • Words within a text that give hints as to what the actors should be doing in a scene.

  • Directions written by shakespeare in sidenotes to instruct actors.

Explanation

Question 19 of 29

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Metatheatricality

Select one of the following:

  • When a character is being overdramatic.

  • Theatre as self-conscious of being a drama.

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Question 20 of 29

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Bathos

Select one of the following:

  • Shift from the sublime to the ridiculous.

  • Creating pity for a character.

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Question 21 of 29

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Metaphor

Select one of the following:

  • A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially abstract.

  • Using parts to refer to the whole.

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Question 22 of 29

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Soliloquy

Select one of the following:

  • The speech of a character that only the audience and not the other characters can hear.

  • An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud whilst alone onstage.

Explanation

Question 23 of 29

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Conceit

Select one of the following:

  • An elaborate metaphor.

  • To be arrogant and cocky.

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Question 24 of 29

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Humours

Select one of the following:

  • The humour or comedy of a play as given by the characters.

  • Excess or deficiency of four distinct bodily fluids in a person directly influences their temperament and health.

Explanation

Question 25 of 29

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Allusion

Select one of the following:

  • Distorting reality.

  • A reference to things outside of the text.

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Question 26 of 29

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Pathos

Select one of the following:

  • Shift from the ridiculous to the sublime.

  • Evoking pity for a character.

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Question 27 of 29

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Dramatic Irony

Select one of the following:

  • Where a character does not know something that the audience does.

  • Humour unrecognized by a character.

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Question 28 of 29

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Foreshadowing

Select one of the following:

  • To show, indicate, or suggest in advance of what is to come.

  • Alluding to darker events.

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Question 29 of 29

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Blazon

Select one of the following:

  • An elaborate metaphor.

  • Cataloguing the love's physical features in comparison to other objects of beauty.

Explanation