Quiz 3

Question 1

When did Macbeth premiere?

Answer 1

1606

Question 2

How was Macbeth first printed?

Answer 2

In the folio

Question 3

Where is the only text of Macbeth?

Answer 3

In the folio

Question 4

Is there textual instability in Macbeth?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What theater was the script of Macbeth created for?

Answer 5

The Blackfriars Theatre

Question 6

How do we know that Macbeth premiered before 1623?

Answer 6

References to Tigress, Equivocation relates to Gunpowder plot, eyewitnesses

Question 7

What did the Lord Chamberlain’s men turn into in 1603?

Answer 7

The King’s Men (officially “Grooms of the Chamber”).

Question 8

Who was Inigo Jones?

Answer 8

Designed theaters, especially masques.

Question 9

Who was Ben Jonson?

Answer 9

He was a script writer during the same time as Shakespeare.

Question 10

What were some of Shakespeare’s plays at court?

Answer 10

King Lear, Measure for Measure, Othello, Macbeth, etc.

Question 11

Was there sometimes female actors in court masques?

Answer 11

Yes

Question 12

What land was King James I (1566-1625) of England and Ireland also in control of?

Answer 12

He was also King James IV of Scotland for his whole life pretty much, and he was only king of the other lands after 1603.

Question 13

Was King James I a Stuart or Tudor.

Answer 13

Stuart

Question 14

Who was the mother of King James I?

Answer 14

Mary Queen of Scots

Question 15

Was King James Catholic or Protestant?

Answer 15

Protestant

Question 16

What plot was against King James I in 1605?

Answer 16

The Gunpowder plot

Question 17

Why did King James I think of himself as an intellect?

Answer 17

He was interested in Demonology, and he was a part of the Counter Blast to Tobacco

Question 18

How many scenic and costume designs did Inigo Jones create?

Answer 18

Over 400

Question 19

Was Inigo Jones the Chief Architect of the king?

Answer 19

Yes

Question 20

Who redesigned the Banqueting House in 1622, after it had burned down in a fire in 1619.

Answer 20

Inigo Jones

Question 21

Who is considered the father of English Classical Architecture?

Answer 21

Inigo Jones

Question 22

Who created the Plaza of Covent Garden?

Answer 22

Inigo Jones

Question 23

When did Inigo Jones flee London?

Answer 23

1642

Question 24

What job did Ben Jonson’s father have?

Answer 24

Bricklayer

Question 25

Who did Ben Jonson start writing for when he began writing in 1597?

Answer 25

Henslowe and Lord Admiral’s men

Question 26

What job did Ben Jonson have before he decided to become a playwright?

Answer 26

Actor

Question 27

What are some of the plays that Ben Jonson wrote?

Answer 27

Writers Valpone, The Alchemist, Everyman in his Humor 1598 (featuring actor Bill Shakes)

Question 28

What was the first folio to contain plays?

Answer 28

It was by Ben Jonson, and it came out in 1611.

Question 29

What was the first folio to only have plays?

Answer 29

Shakespeare’s in 1623

Question 30

What were the different things Ben Jonson was thrown in jail for?

Answer 30

His 1597 play Isle of the Dogs, Killing Gabe Spenser in 1598, his 1604 play Eastward Ho!, had dinner with gunpowder plot conspirators in 1605.

Question 31

How expensive were the court masques?

Answer 31

Thousands of pounds. More expensive than the cost it took to build the Globe theater

Question 32

Who was Robert Johnson?

Answer 32

He was a composer during Shakespeare’s time

Question 33

What household was Robert Johnson a part of from 1596-1603?

Answer 33

George Carey, Lord Hunsdon (Lord Chamberlain)

Question 34

What are some of the plays Robert Johnson composed for?

Answer 34

Masque of Blackness in 1605, in 1611 Oberon and The Faery Prince, from 1611-1617 he wrote for the King’s men: Cymbeline, Macbeth, The Tempest, Cardenio, etc