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TSLA (English) 8L5 Hamlet context and keywords
TSLA (English) 8L5 Hamlet context and keywords
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Easy quiz about the context and very basic character information.
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1
Many of Shakespeare's plays were performed at which theatre?
The World
The Square
The Globe
The Parrot
2
Who played the female characters in Shakespearean times?
only married women
young boys
older men
girls
3
What can we call what Hamlet's uncle and mother did to him?
betrayal
loyalty
love
loss
4
Who married Hamlet's mother?
Hamlet's uncle
Hamlet's nephew
Hamlet's brother
Hamlet's cousin
5
Who wrote Hamlet?
Shake
Charles Dickens
Fred Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
6
In Shakespearean times if someone hurt your family you were expected to....
turn the other cheek
ignore it
forgive them
take revenge
7
Which of these words is a synonym for sadness?
betrayal
loyalty
revenge
grief
8
What does Claudius want?
family
peace
love
power
9
Shakespeare's audience believed in magic, witches and ghosts. What do we call this?
The natural
Silly
The super
The supernatural
10
Which of these words is a synonym for revenge?
loss
love
loyalty
payback
11
In Shakespearean England women were ___________ men
more important than
equal to
happier than
inferior to
12
What is Hamlet's mother called?
Jordyn
Rhys
Gertrude
Carla
13
What form of entertainment did not exist in Shakespearean England?
Public hanging
Play Station
Bear baiting
Plays
14
Which of these things is not in Hamlet?
Vampires
Betrayal
The supernatural
Revenge
15
If a woman had no money or was cast out by her family, what choices were left to her?
Go to university.
Become a doctor or a lawyer.
Become a prostitute or a nun
Ask the king and his government.
