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What do you know about Shakespeare and Julius Caesar?
What do you know about Shakespeare and Julius Caesar?
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What was Shakespeare's wife's first name?
Margaret
Anne
Elizabeth
Harriett
2
The play,
Julius Caesar
, is based on a true story.
True
False
3
What country did Shakespeare live in?
England
The United States
Germany
Scotland
4
What is a soliloquy?
a ticket to the play
an argument between two characters
a short comment to the audience or another character
a long, solitary speech that reveals a character's thoughts
5
In what type of poetic form were Shakespeare's plays written?
blank verse
terza rima
free verse
free rima
6
What was the name of the theater where Shakespeare's plays were performed?
Giant Stadium
Apollo
Colliseum
Globe
7
What year was Shakespeare born?
1564
1824
1754
1684
8
During a civil war, Julius Caesar defeated which Roman official?
Mark Antony
Pompey
Augustus Caesar
Cleopatra
9
Julius Caesar was emperor of which empire?
Persia
Macedonia
Rome
Greece
10
Why did Shakespeare start writing sonnets?
He used them to try to get his wife to marry him.
For money, because plague had closed the theater.
He wanted to win the King James prize for poetry.
He wrote them for his mistress.
11
Which of the following sayings is credited to Shakespeare
He was dead as a doornail.
I love English class.
The stars at night are big and bright.
The sky's the limit.
12
Shakespeare wrote which of the following texts?
Inferno
Shakespeare in Love
The Psalms
Hamlet
13
Which answer best summarizes why Shakespeare wrote the play, Julius Caesar?
He wanted to create a similar plot to kill King James.
He wanted to examine people's motivations for murder.
He loved Roman mythology.
He was a great admirer of Caesar's military victories.
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Julius Caesar
is which type of play?
satyr
tragedy
satire
comedy
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Shakespeare wrote which of the following
types
of plays?
Tragedies
Melodies
Satyrs
Operas
