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Shakespeare and Sonnets
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Test your knowledge of the life and times of William Shakespeare plus Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130.
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1
Shakespeare was born in this year
1616
1516
1599
1564
2
In sonnet 18, what does the speaker decide by the end of the poem?
He does decide to compare her to summer by the end
His love is more beautiful than summer
There are other women more beautiful than his love
Summer is more beautiful than his love
3
Shakespeare's acting company was called
The Groundlings
The King's Men
The Globe
The Royal Players
4
Shakespeare writes about
Wealthy nobles
Human nature
Bible stories
Morality tales
5
What kind of beauty do both poems focus on?
Spiritual
Lips, eyes, hair
Physical
Inner
6
The poor people who stood in front were called
Groundlings
Pit paupers
Servents
Poor players
7
What does the line, "my mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun" mean?
Her eyes are dull
Her eyes are ugly
Her eyes twinkle brighter than the sun
Her eyes are just average
8
Shakespeare's wife
Anne of Green Gables
Anne Hutchinson
Anne Boleyn
Anne Hathaway
9
During Shakespeare's plays, the audience sometimes
Joined the actors on stage
Spoke back to the actors
Threw items at each other
Refused to take their seats
10
Theaters were not very elaborate. Plays depended on the --- to bring the story to life.
Scenery
Special effects
Actors
Costumes
11
Shakespeare wrote his plays for
The king and queen
The upper class
Everyone
The royalty
12
Shakespeare moved to this city to become an actor and playwright
Stratford Upon Avon
London
Salisbury
Canterbury
13
What is it called when the words don't rhyme perfectly, but they are close enough?
approximate rhyme
Shakespeare rhyme
Rhyme scheme
Dr. Seuss rhyme
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2 lines in a sonnet that rhyme
Octave
Quatrain
Sestet
Couplet
15
The Petrarchan sonnet is also called
The English sonnet
The most challenging sonnet
Sonnet 159
The Italian sonnet
16
How many lines are there in a sonnet?
16
14
12
18
17
One of Shakespeare's most complex characters is
Lady Macbeth
Juliet
Macbeth
Romeo
18
All the female parts were played by
Young boys
Shakespeare himself
There were no women characters
Married women
19
6 lines grouped together in a sonnet
Couplet
Sestet
Octave
Quatrain
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A time when art and literature flourished.
Middle ages
Ancient greece
Medieval time period
Renaissance
