Shakespeare quiz! plz !

1. which kind of play is shakespeare's julius caesar often described as?

a.
a tragedy

b.
a farce

c.
a romance

d.
a comedy

2. in 1613, what happened to the theater in which many of shakespeare's plays were first performed?

a.
it was bought by the puritans.

b.
it was bought by shakespeare himself.

c.
it was closed by queen elizabeth i.

d.
it burned to the ground.

3. which statement best describes how queen elizabeth i felt about the performance of plays in england during her reign?

a.
elizabeth thought plays were only for little children, so she required that plays be performed in schools.

b.
elizabeth was not aware of the plays being performed during her reign, so she had no feelings about them.

c.
elizabeth enjoyed plays and sought to encourage and protect those who worked in the theater.

d.
elizabeth disliked plays and worked to destroy the theaters in england.

4. which statement is true about the events depicted in shakespeare's julius caesar?

a.
the events happened just as shakespeare depicts them, which means the play is historically accurate.

b.
the events actually took place over the course of several years, not over a short time as shakespeare suggests.

c.
the events actually happened in elizabethan england, not in ancient rome as shakespeare suggests.

d.
the events are symbolic of the jealous attacks that shakespeare endured when he first made a name for himself as a writer in london.

5. what do playwrights write to them tell their stories?

a.
captions

b.
indexes

c.
character actions

d.
audience suggestions