England’s Queen Elizabeth I liked to be entertained, and it was the responsibility the Master of the Revels to keep Her Majesty amused. In fact, much of the Elizabethan drama we know today was vetted by the Master of the Revels, an officer of the royal court who supervised musical and theatrical performers. All the great composers and playwrights of the time submitted their work to the Master of the Revels for approval — even William Shakespeare.
In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” which character is the queen of Denmark and Hamlet’s mother?
A) Elizabeth
B) Gertrude
C) Margaret
D) Ophelia
Previous answer: On a sailing ship, a cunningham, a sheet and a halyard are ropes or, more properly, lines.
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