Shakespeare's Language Flashcards

1

The following helps you to "sound" British . . .

Change s's to ch's
soften your r's
soften your q's
Change ch's to sh's

2

To make "will" a Shakespearean verb, you would need to

add ist
add st
add eth
add nothing

3

Which type of play does Shakespeare NOT write?

Comedy
Tragedy
Romance
History

4

Which term means "soon"?

Hither
Wherefore
Anon
Henceforth

5

You could call this person a "cousin":

cousin
all of the above
friend
a wench

6

In Shakespeare's time, "brave" meant

strong
courageous
splendid
ugly

7

Whither means

there
why
where
here

8

A cuckold is

wife of unfaithful husband
an unfaithful wife
an unfaithful husband
husband of unfaithful wife

9

'tis means . . .

it is
it has
its
it was

10

To make "talk" a Shakespearean verb, you would need to

add est
add nothing
add eth
add ist

11

There are not very many women in most of Shakespeare's plays, probably because

there were more men than women in the world
women were much weaker then
women were not allowed on stage then
Shakespeare was gay

12

Thee is

these
the objective you
they
the subjective you

13

The groups included in A Midsummer Night's Dream include

The fairies
The Romans
Both a and c
The acting troupe

14

Puck is

one of the lovers
one of the Athenians
one of the fairies
one of the actors

15

A woman who is the head of a household is called a

queen
madam
mistress
wench

16

All of Shakespeare's plays have how many acts?

3
4
5
2

17

Titania is

queen of the Athenians
one of the actors
queen of the fairies
one of the lovers

18

Thou is

they
the objective you
the subjective you
these

19

This terms means "why".

Wither
Hither
Wherefore
Hence

20

The term "tarry" means:

to wait
to run
to walk slowly
to hurry

Shakespeare's Language

Questions 20

Shakespeare's Language

Questions 20