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1
William Shakespeare was famous for all of the following EXCEPT:
Writing Plays
Writing Poetry
Inventing Words
Inventing Fortnite
2
How many children did Shakespeare have?
1
14
3
Good God, way too many to count.
3
What was the name of Shakespeare's acting troupe?
Lord Chamberlain's Men
The King's Men
4
What does Iambic Pentameter sound like?
A heart beat.
A clock.
A horse walking.
An audience clapping.
5
In Elizabethean English, what does the word "T'WAS" mean?
A kind of tree
A name for a fool
A kind of breakfast sandwich
A contraction of "It was"
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Terms to Know:
What is a humorous scene occurring after some serious, tragic, or frightening moment.
Soliloquy
Comic Relief
Exeunt
Act
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Terms to Know:
The use of everyday, ordinary speech is:
Blank Verse.
Poetry.
Iambic Pentameter.
Prose.
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In Elizabethean English, what does the word "COZ" mean?
Cousin
Cozy
It was a popular Elizabethan beverage at the Elizabethean Starbucks.
Because
9
About how many plays did Shakespeare write?
36
9
5
2,791
10
What are the characters in the Canterbury Tales doing?
Making a Tic Tok.
Trying to solve a mystery.
Fighting a dragon and a monster.
Telling stories to pass the time.
11
What is syntax?
Star Wars, Episode 10
A sin on taxes
Jedi mind tricks
The arrangement of words in language
12
English originated in:
England
Australia
Norway
France
13
Who did Shakespeare marry?
Elizabeth I
Mary Windsor
Kamala Harris
Anne Hathaway
14
In Elizabethean English, what does the word "HEAVY" mean?
The weather is bad.
The person feels sad or depressed.
It weighs only a little bit.
It was the most popular Elizabethean car sold during the 1500s.
15
Why did Shakespeare write many lines of his plays in Iambic Pentameter?
No reason- it just happened that way.
It was challenging.
It made it easier to memorize.
There were rules that he had to follow.
16
When Shakespeare (and Yoda) changed the syntax in their sentence, we call this:
Inverted Syntax
Confusing
Interesting Syntax
Intergalactic syntax
17
What kind of family did Shakespeare grow up in?
Royalty
Poor
Military
Well Off
18
The Norsemen came from Norway, and were also called:
the French
the Anglo-Saxons
the Vikings
the "Old English"
19
Terms to Know:
What is a play on two words that sound the same, but have different meanings?
An aside
An oxymoron
A pun
Comic Relief
20
Terms to Know:
How many ACTS are in every Shakespeare play?
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Five
It could be any number.
Four
21
Who
was one of Shakespeare's biggest
financial supporters
?
The Queen
The Groundlings
A Go Fund Me Page
Wayne Industries
22
What was significant about the shape of the Globe?
It was shaped like an X
It was shaped like a circle.
It was shaped like a parallelogram.
It was shaped like a T
23
Who played the female roles in Elizabethan theater?
Boys
Rabbits.
Men
Women
24
Where was Shakespeare born?
Oxford
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Wrightstown
London
25
What happened to the Globe theater in 1613?
It was destroyed in WWII.
It was destroyed in an earthquake.
It was destroyed during an alien invasion.
It was destroyed in a fire.
26
Who were the Groundlings?
The richer audience members who sat in the box seats.
The crew that worked for the acting company.
The original name for Lord Chamberlain's Men.
The poorer audience members who stood up front.
27
Terms to Know:
What is a contradiction that oddly makes sense on a deeper level?
Comic Relief
A pun
An oxymoron
An aside
28
Which text is the story of a hero who goes on a journey and fight a monster and a dragon?
Canterbury Tales
Beowulf
Romeo & Juliet
Plutarch's Lives
29
What was the name of the theater where they performed?
The World
The Regal
The Globe
The Omni
30
The Canterbury Tales tells the story of a group of:
Travelers
Soldiers
Noblemen
Alien Overlords suffering from chicken pox
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Shakespeare and his acting company performed all EXCEPT:
Comedies
Documentaries
Tragedies
Histories
