What is the difference between poetry and prose?

prose is everyday speech, poetry is heightened language

Which of the following is true about Elizabethan theater?

Only males were allowed to perform.

What major controversy surrounds Shakespeare?

People think he did not actually write his plays.

one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

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How Shakespearean Are You?

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This is an introductory exercise for high school English students to determine what basic information they know about Shakespeare.

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1
What was Shakespeare's wife's name?
Anne Hathaway
Juliet Capulet
Mary Scott
Elizabeth
2
What is Shakespeare's first name?
Romeo
Theodore
Elizabeth
William
3
What is the name of the theatre where Shakespeare's plays were performed?
Globe Theater
Carmike Theater
The Old Vic
Stratford-Upon-Avon
4
Romeo and Juliet is an example of which of the following?
Tragedy
Sonnet
History
Comedy
5
Where was Shakespeare born?
The Globe
London
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Boston
6
What theatrical group was Shakespeare a part of?
The Stratford Group
The Chamber Men
The Lord's Men
The King's Men
7
With 4,042 lines and 29,551 words, ___________ was Shakespeare's longest play.
Othello
Hamlet
Romeo & Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
8
What is the difference between poetry and prose?
Shakespeare never used poetry
poetry must rhyme, prose must never rhyme
prose is everyday speech, poetry is heightened language
Shakespeare never used prose
9
Which of the following is true about Elizabethan theater?
Only males were allowed to perform.
Plays had elaborate sets.
Visiting the theater was very expensive.
Friday nights were the most popular times for shows.
10
Which of Shakespeare's Children died at a young age?
Judith
Susanna
William Jr.
Hamnet
11
When was Shakespeare alive?
1664-1717
1464-1515
1564-1616
1764-1818
12
Aristotle described tragedy as
an imitation of an action
the true image of beauty
an imitation of art
the true image of enlightenment
13
Some people believe _______________ actually wrote most of Shakespeare's plays.
Francis Bacon
Guy Fawkes
Kevin Bacon
William Wordsworth
14
What major controversy surrounds Shakespeare?
Many of his major works were stolen after his death.
People think he did not actually write his plays.
He was having an affair with the queen.
People think he was murdered by an actor.
15
Which of the following did Shakespeare NOT write?
Poems
Tragedies
Novels
Comedies
16
Blank verse is
rhyming couplets
a plain sheet of paper
a song without meaning
unrhymed iambic pentameter
17
What is the time period during which Shakespeare was writing?
Industrial Age
Enlightenment Age
Catholic Era
Elizabethan Era
18
An iamb contains
two stressed syllables
one stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
two unstressed syllables
one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
19
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
5
154
1,054
54
20
Approximately how many words did Shakespeare add to the English language?
500
20,000
250
1,700

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