English Literature: Multiple Choice Quiz (Advanced)

Question Set 101
Theatres and Theatre companies in England – I

1. The first purpose-built public playhouse in England was
A.    The Globe
B.    The Theatre
C.    The Blackfriars
D.    Drury Lane

2. Closure of the theatres by puritan compulsion was in
A.    1642
B.    1616
C.    1600
D.    1650

3. The Globe theatre was destroyed by fire in
A.    1610
B.    1612
C.    1613
D.    1614

4. ‘The Theatre’ was constructed by
A.    Will Kemp
B.    John Hemmings
C.    Richard Burbage
D.    James Burbage


5. After the puritan interregnum, the theatre opened to house the King’s men was
A.    The Globe
B.    The Theatre
C.    The Blackfriars
D.    Drury Lane

6. Patent Theatre monopoly was abolished by an Act of Parliament in
A.    1616
B.    1642
C.    1843
D.    1903

7. The Royal Opera House of today was formerly
A.    Covent Garden
B.    Drury Lane
C.    The Blackfriars
D.    The Globe

8. During winter the King’s men used
A.    The Globe
B.    The Theatre
C.    The Blackfriars
D.    Drury Lane

9. Lord Chamberlain’s men were taken into which king’s patronage to be called King’s men?
A.    Charles I
B.    James I
C.    Edward V
D.    Charles II

10. After Shakespeare’s retirement who became the ‘attached’ playwright of the King’s men?
A.    Jonson
B.    Webster
C.    Beaumont
D.    Fletcher



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Answers

1. The Theatre
2. 1642
3. 1613
4. James Burbage
5. Drury Lane in 1662
6. 1843
7. Covent Garden
8. The Blackfiars
9. James I
10. Fletcher