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The life and times of The Bard!
The life and times of The Bard!
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Random facts on Shakespeare
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1
Who owned the Globe Theater?
KJ Jones
Queen Elizabeth
William Shakespeare
The Earl of South Hampton
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What is a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., in a literary work?
Motif
Foreshadowing
Emo
Theme
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Which word did Shakespeare invent?
Assassination
dauntless
All of the above
swagger
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What happened to the Globe in 1613?
Nothing special
It burned down
It was modernized
It was expanded
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What is acentral message or insight into life revealed through a literary work?
Theme
Motif
Foreshadowing
Emo
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What is a reference to a well-known work of art,music, literature, or history?
Illusion
Name Dropping
Reference
Allusion
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How many words are rumored to be inShakespeare’s vocabulary?
1 million
8,000
29,000
10,000
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When a reader knows something that the characters in a story do not, it is called...
Situational Irony
Dramatic Irony
Verbal Irony
Cosmic Irony
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How many people fit into the Globe Theater?
850
500
1,000
3,000
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What did Shakespeare leave to his wife, AnneHathaway, in his will?
A copy of all his plays
Lots of money
His second best bed
Nothing
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Who is a person rumored to writtenShakespeare’s plays?
KJ Jones
Ben Torres
Peter Seller
Christopher Marlowe
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What is a humorous play on words?
a joke
a silly
a pun
a bad joke
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Why were theaters closed from 1593-1594
The Black Plague
They kept burning down
The Queen said so
Shakespeare died
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How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154
14
117
200
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Was Shakespeare famous during his life?
Yes
No
