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In Shakespearean plays, 'thou' means
me
them
us
you
2
Shakespeare's plays can be divided into 3 categories:
modern drama, histories and romances
tragedies, histories and romances
comedies, tragedies and histories
romances, tragedies and comedies
3
The correct order, from shortest to longest, is
act, play, scene, line
play, line, act, scene
scene, play, act, line
line, scene, act, play
4
Last night I dreamed I was swimming in a sea of soda, but it was just a Fanta sea. This is an example of:
parallelism
fun
a pun
a terrible joke
5
Personification is when you make something that is not a person, act like a person. Which ones are examples of this?
The biscuits winked up temptingly at her.
The gorilla walked nonchantly past, lifting his hat and waving regally.
Dad bounded across the lawn like an overexcitable dog.
His stomach screamed at him, crying out for foof.
6
The technical term for ordinary speech (as opposed to poetic speech) is PROSE
True
False
7
A tragic hero is often a little too arrogant or proud at some point in the play. Another word for this pride is:
bruhis
yoohoobriss
hubris
youbriss
8
The idea of a tragic hero could best be described as
rise up in the face of adversity
be true to yourself
pride before fall
dog eat dog
9
In Shakespeare's time
Everyone, or almost everyone, believed in God
Religion was important to far more people in England than it is today.
People believed witches were real and an anti-religious force of evil.
Almost everyone went to church on Sunday.
10
Shakespeare and other playwrights use very dramatic language because...
no one wants to pay good money just to hear people being 'normal'
it captured the passionate emotions (fear, love, anger) of their characters
they wanted to excite and entertain their audience
they wanted to exaggerate characters' emotions to have more impact
11
This is...
Sheikspeer
Shakespeare
Shakespear
Shakesbeer
12
A society in which women are heads of the family and do most of the decision-making is called
matriarchal
paternal
motherly
patriarchal
13
How many syllables are there in 'Shall I compare thee to a summers' day'?
24
9
5
10
14
A metaphor is when you suggest something is something else, as it shares some of its qualities . Which are metaphors?
He picked up the piece of cardboard that was his lunchtime sandwich...
Your eyes are like diamonds, the cheesy Valentine card claimed.
The sky, an endless dome of blue, rose above him.
You've been my rock, she confessed.
15
Shakespeare wrote
film scripts
plays and poems
romantic novels
with perfect spelling
16
A sonnet is...
a romantic play
a love poem of 14 lines, with a specific rhyme scheme (abab, cdcd, efef gg)
a love poem of 47 lines, crazily lacking any rhyme scheme or structure...
a type of bonnet suitable for skiing in
17
Which one shows the social hierarchy ('ladder') in Shakespeare's time - top (most power) to bottom (least power)
commoners, landowners, nobles, Queen, King
King, Queen, nobles (dukes etc), landowners, commoners
King, Queen, landowners, nobles, commoners
Queen, King, nobles, commoners, landowners
18
A tragic hero is usually
someone who starts off in a high, position but falls, due to character flaw
a hero with a dress sense that is truly disastrous
a person born evil, who goes around causing tragedy and disaster
someone who starts out poor but rises to a high position through hard work
19
Which ones are similes?
Life's but a walking shadow.
He had a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp.
My bounty is as boundless as the sea.
Her bottom wiggled like a bag of squirrels trying to escape from a sack.
20
Soliloquys are important for a playwright because...
They allow the playwright to show us the speaker's true, secret thoughts.
They only have to employ one actor
They give the speaker a chance to really let all their emotion out.
They mean all the characters on stage can hear what the speaker is saying.
21
An example of dramatic irony would be...
A character getting on with their ironing as part of a show.
The character packing a gun because he/she knows a killer is waiting...
A panto, where the audience can see the 'baddie' but the character can't.
A character skips home, unaware that a killer is hiding in the garden.
22
The correct spelling for a play that involves a lot of sadness and usually ends in death, is:
tradegy
tragedy
tradgedy
trajedy
23
All of Shakespeare's female characters are weak, obedient and stereotypical
False
True
24
Iambic pentameter is a very popular rhythm for playwrights because...
It's very difficult to say
It has a beat, so it gives a bit of a pulse or energy to the writing
It has a bit of a beat, so it is easy for actors to remember the lines.
Although it is poetry, it mimics some of the rhythms of natural speech.
25
In most Shakespeare plays, the number of acts is the same as
the number of fingers on one hand
the number you get if you add all your fingers together
the number you get if you add all your toes together
the number of toes owned by a three-toed sloth
26
In Shakespeare's time, women were expected to be rebellious, disobedient towards their fathers, and power-hungry
False
True
27
Shakespeare 'borrowed' and 'adapted' ideas for his plays from myths and other famous stories.
True
False
28
Prose and Poetry are two different ways of speaking. Which statements are true.
Poetry usually has a beat. It may rhyme, but it doesn't have to.
Prose is another word for ordinary speech.
Poetry is how people speak in their normal everyday conversations
Poetry has to rhyme.
29
Some popular forms of entertainment were:
film and TV
falconry
bear-baiting
going to the theatre
30
A speech (usually long) in which a character talks to him/herself, thinking no one is listening, is known as:
a solar key
a solo key
a soliloquy
a soliloquay
31
Dramatic irony is when
You iron your clothes in a really over-the-top manner.
The art of ironing
The audience knows something which the character(s) on stage doesn't know.
A place where old irons go to hang out and do plays.
32
Shakespeare's group of actors, named after King James I, their patron (sponsor/financial supporter) were known as:
The King's Men
The kinsmen
The Kings' Men
The chamberpot men
33
I would describe my Shakespeare knowledge as
mid
incredible
considerably better than before I started this Kahoot....
top notch
34
Queen Elizabeth I was a strong and powerful queen who may have inspired some of Shakespeare's powerful characters.
False
True
35
Shakespeare was most productive (produced the most work)
In the fifteenth century
from 1590 to 1610
This time last year
from 1690 to 1710
36
When you have five beats, each one going 'de DUM' (de DUM de DUM de DUM de DUM de DUM) this is known as:
iambic pentameter
islandic persecutor
trochaic pentameter
iambic perimeter
37
If you call someone 'thou' in a Shakespeare play, this is more friendly & familiar (less serious & distant) than 'you'.
False
True
38
In Shakespeare's time
could visit the theatre and take acting parts as they pleased
as characters, were all played by men on stage, dressed in women's clothing
were not allowed to act on stage, as it was considered unseemly
were not encouraged to go to the theatre, as it wasn't 'respectable'
39
The two monarchs on the throne in Shakespeare's lifetime were
Charles III and Elizabeth II
Charles III then James I
Elizabeth I then James I
James I then Elizabeth I
40
An example of a history play (based on real historical events) would be:
Henry V
Alls Well that Ends Well
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Romeo and Juliet
