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Shakespeare Review - 7th Grade
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1
Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is based on what tenth Century Dutch play?
Hamnet
Titus Andronicus
Hamlet
Amleth
2
A Petrarchan Sonnet follows this distinct rhyme scheme:
ABBAABBA CEDCED
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
YABBA DABBA DOOO
ABBAABBA CDECDE
3
What is Juliet's last name?
Capulet
Lipschitz
Montague
De Vere
4
The last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet are referred to as the sonnet's...
Sestet
Octave
Quatrain
Couplet
5
What did Julius Caesar "thrice refuse" on the Lupercal? *Hint - Think of the movie.
"A kingly crown"
"Captives...whose ransoms did the general coffers fill."
"Fortune in men's eyes"
"Thy eternal summer"
6
What is the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Juliet Capulet
Anne Hathaway
Elizabeth Shakespeare
Hamnet Hathaway
7
What is the next line? "And in some perfumes is there more delight..."
I have seen roses damask'd, red and white.
I grant I never saw a goddess go.
Than from the breath my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know.
8
What is the next line? "As long as men can breath and eyes can see..."
I grant I never saw a goddess go.
But they eternal summer shall not fade.
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.
9
"Cats can't climb cacti because cacti can kill" is an example of...
Assonance
Iambic Pentameter
Alliteration
Metaphor
10
What date was Shakespeare born on?
April 23, 1564
April 26, 1564
April 23, 1616
April 26, 1616
11
Shakespeare was raised into what profession?
A writer
A Costume Designer
A hat maker
A glove maker
12
Shakespeare disappeared for eight years' time. What is the most commonly accepted explanation?
A caught "poaching" and hid from the law.
He was studying foreign languages in London.
He was sick with the Black Plague.
Shakespeare did nothing but write for those years.
13
Shakespeare lived through a period of great advances in Europe. This period is known as...
The Renaissance
The "Great" Enlightenment
The Middle Ages
The Dark Ages
14
What do we call a group of sonnets written about the same topic or theme?
Quatrain
Murder
Cycle
Turn
15
What town was Shakespeare born in?
London
Thames
Oxford
Stratford
16
How many children did Shakespeare have?
3
4
1
2
17
What is a sonnet "turn"?
The Young Man
The main theme/subject of a sonnet.
The point in a sonnet when the author changes attitude.
The Dark Lady
18
"The cat sat sadly on the mat" is an example of...
Metaphor
Iambic Pentameter
Alliteration
Assonance
19
Romeo and Juliet is considered to be what type of play?
Romantic Comedy
History
Comedy
Tragedy
20
Who is the European who popularized the sonnet before Shakespeare did?
Ben Johnson
Francisco Petrarch
Richard Burbage
Christopher Marlowe
21
In the famous monologue by Othello, he compares killing his girlfriend to what act?
Sleeping
A nightmare
A task most "foul and rank".
Putting out a flame
22
The word "couplet" refers to...
The last two lines in a Shakespearean Sonnet
A young couple in a Shakespeare play.
Two characters whose relationship is doomed.
A series of two plays that relate to each other.
23
In the end of Shakespeare's Hamlet, just about everybody dies. How does Hamlet die?
He is cut by Laertes' sword, which had a poisoned tip.
He drinks poison, because he thinks Juliet is dead.
Ophelia's brother, Laertes stabs him directly in the heart.
He drinks a poisoned cup of wine.
24
We have no evidence of Shakespeare's formal education. However, most believe he...
went to Stratford Grammar School only
went to SUACC, Stratford Upon Avon Community College
was trained as a writer at Cambridge University
learned to write from his father, who was a mediocre poet
25
How many syllables exist in each line of iambic pentameter?
15
10
5
14
26
During what play did Shakespeare's Globe burn to the ground in 1613?
Henry VIII
Henry VII
Richard III
Richard II
27
How does young Hamlet finally prove that his uncle killed King Hamlet, his father?
Hamlet hears Claudius tell Polonius while drunk.
Hamlet walks in on Claudius confessing his sin in prayer.
Hamlet consults an oracle/fortune teller.
He has a troop of actors perform similar to the murder.
28
Shakespeare's original acting troop was called...
Lord Chamberlain's Men
Duke De Vere's Men
Shake-a-Spear Acting Guild
The King's Men
29
Which of the following is NOT a type of play that Shakespeare wrote?
Tragedy
History
Comedy
Romance
30
Scholars believe that sonnets 1-126 are most likely about who?
The Young Man
The Dark Lady
Anne Hathaway
The Queen
31
Which of the following names is NOT a suspect in the "Authorship Question"?
Edward De Vere
Francis Bacon
Ben Johnson
Christopher Marlowe
32
Where is Shakespeare buried?
At the base of a monument at Oxford University, England
No one really knows.
At the site of the original Globe Theatre
In the floor of the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.
33
What one item did Shakespeare leave his wife in his will?
A plow and "ill-suited" donkey
His second best bed
All of his original manuscripts, worth a fortune
His shares to The Globe Theatre
34
What did Shakespeare utilize in his sonnets to give them structure and rhythm?
Iambic Pentameter
Assonance
Three Quatrains
Sestet
35
Identify the next line in this sonnet: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May
And yet, by heaven I think my love as rare.
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Coral is far more red than her lips' red.
36
What do we call a group of four lines bunched together in a Shakespearean sonnet?
Quadrant
Quatrain
Quadriceps
Quatrameter
37
The globe was constructed using scraps from what theatre once located across the river Thames?
The Roundling Theatre
Burbage Theatre
The Theatre
The Spear-Shaker Theatre
