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Shakespeare QUIZ (Mr Suter)
Shakespeare QUIZ (Mr Suter)
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Front-load for sophomores to tickle their prior knowledge.
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How many words did Shakespeare introduce into the English Language?
Nearly 4000
About 300
Over 1700
About 110
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What was Shakespeare's first name?
William
Romeo
Edward
Wallace
3
Where was William Shakespeare born?
England
America
Germany
Italy
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Who was Shakespeare's wife?
Elizabeth Windsor
Anne Hathaway
Charlotte Bronte
Kate Winslet
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What is a
sonnet?
A poem about sounds.
A hat or bonnet for wearing in the sun.
A poem that is also a limerick.
A fourteen line, lyric poem
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Who were the actors performing Shakespeare's plays?
Men and Women.
Only farmers who liked acting.
Men-and they also played the parts of women.
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The theatre most commonly associated with Shakespeare is...
The Palace Theatre
The Shubert Theatre
The World Stage
The Globe Theatre
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Which of the following is NOT a phrase Shakespeare came up with?
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
All that glitters is not gold.
Love is blind.
In a pickle.
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What era did Shakespeare live and write in?
1560-1615
1250-1310
1940-1960
1830-1907
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How many plays did Shakespeare write?
15
23
9
38
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How many siblings did William Shakespeare have?
Fourteen
Three
One
Seven
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How many poems did Shakespeare write?
150
88
61
105
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Many of Shakespeare's plays were performed...
In secret, as plays were forbidden in his time.
During the daytime.
In the evening and everyone dressed up.
Only for the most wealthy patrons.
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There are movies & plays today based on Shakespeare's work.
True
False
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William Shakespeare is buried in...
In Verona Italy, where Romeo and Juliet was set.
The Globe Theatre.
At the London cemetery.
His church in Stratford-Upon-Avon in England
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True or False: Shakespeare died poor and unknown.
True
False
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All but one are plays that Shakespeare wrote--which is the fake?
West Side Story
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
