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The life and times of The Bard!
The life and times of The Bard!
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Random facts on Shakespeare
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1
What is acentral message or insight into life revealed through a literary work?
Foreshadowing
Motif
Emo
Theme
2
Who is a person rumored to writtenShakespeare’s plays?
Peter Seller
Ben Torres
KJ Jones
Christopher Marlowe
3
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154
200
117
14
4
Why were theaters closed from 1593-1594
They kept burning down
The Black Plague
The Queen said so
Shakespeare died
5
Which word did Shakespeare invent?
dauntless
swagger
Assassination
All of the above
6
How many words are rumored to be inShakespeare’s vocabulary?
8,000
29,000
10,000
1 million
7
What is a reference to a well-known work of art,music, literature, or history?
Name Dropping
Allusion
Illusion
Reference
8
What is a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc., in a literary work?
Motif
Theme
Emo
Foreshadowing
9
Who owned the Globe Theater?
KJ Jones
The Earl of South Hampton
William Shakespeare
Queen Elizabeth
10
Was Shakespeare famous during his life?
Yes
No
11
What happened to the Globe in 1613?
It burned down
Nothing special
It was expanded
It was modernized
12
What did Shakespeare leave to his wife, AnneHathaway, in his will?
Lots of money
A copy of all his plays
His second best bed
Nothing
13
How many people fit into the Globe Theater?
1,000
3,000
850
500
14
When a reader knows something that the characters in a story do not, it is called...
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
Verbal Irony
Cosmic Irony
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What is a humorous play on words?
a bad joke
a silly
a pun
a joke
