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ELIZABETHAN BACKGROUND QUESTIONS (H-block 2009):

 

Topic: Queen Elizabeth I

Presenter:Maggie Corbett

Questions:

1.Between what years did Elizabeth 1 rule England?

2.What religion did Queen Elizabeth practice?

3.What year did she die, and what was the possible cause of her death?

 

 

Topic:  Four Humors

Presenter:Laura

Questions:

1.What were the four humors and their corresponding temperaments?

 

2.What lasting effect did the humors have?

 

3.Why were the humors the dominating medical theory for so long?

 

 

 

Topic: Elizabethan Medicine

Presenter: Mike Harper

Questions:

1. What were the three major types of doctors, were there any others as well?

 

2. Most women who were involved in medicine were what kind of doctor?

 

3. During the Elizabethan Era, doctors did what for the first time?

 

 

Topic: European Plague

Presenter:Paul Himes

Questions:

1.Why were the upper classes less affected by the plague than the lower classes?

2.Was the medicine at the time effective against the plague?

3.Is the medicine today effective against the plague?

 

Topic:  Education

Presenter: Toireasa Rafferty-Millett

Questions:

1. Who in the population was most likely to get a sufficient education?

2. What was the main tool that the students learned from?

3. In order to be successful within the world, it was necessary to learn this language.

 

 

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Topic: Courtly Love

Presenter: Jen Taranto

Questions:

1. Name one of the rules of courtly love and translate using modern-day english.

2. Who is not considered fit to love?

3. What is the Elizabethan era definition of love?

 

 

Topic: The Globe Theatre

Presenter:Eamon Dawes

Questions:

1.When was the first Globe Theatre built?

2.What set the first Globe on fire?

3.What was the "backstage" portion of the Globe called?

 

 

 

Topic: Architecture

Presenter: Jacob Maselek

Questions:

1. What were four of the most famous Elizabethan architects?

2. What was half timbering?

3. What were the two things that that elizabthan builders kept in mind when they were building manors.

 

 

Topic: The Clothing of Elizabethan England

Presenter: Paige Kelloway

Questions:

1. What was the purpose of the Sumptuary Laws?

2. What colors did the upper class wear?

3. What materials were used both in the upper class and lower class clothing?

 

 

 Topic: William Shakespeare

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1.Where was Shakespeare born? 

2.How many plays did Shakespeare write? 

3.What years did Shakespeare live?

 

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