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A quiz on #Shakespeare about his life, sonnets, and language.
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1
What movie was based on Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet
?
The Lion King
Shes the Man
West Side Story
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory?
2
How many stories high was the Globe Theatre?
2
1
4
3
3
What can you relate the couplet of a sonnet to?
A shift or change
A slogan
Rhyme scheme
4
What school did Shakespeare attend as a child?
Queen's Old School
Shadow Ridge High School
King's New School
Grammar and Literature School
5
What does "o'er" mean?
Odor
Over
Or
6
Translate: Nay, thou speakest falsehoods.
No, you are fake.
No, those are not false.
No, you speak lies.
7
What's the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
AABB CCDD EEFF GG
ABBA CDDC EFFE GG
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
ABCD ABCD ABCD GG
8
What movie was based on Shakespeare's
Twelfth Night
?
She's the Man
West Side Story
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
The Lion King
9
What usually happens in a tragedy?
Characters get married.
Everyone lives happily ever after.
People die.
Characters go on a journey.
10
What does "woo" mean?
To be excited
To flirt
To scream
11
True or False: Women had small roles in plays.
True
False
12
Which movie was based on Shakespeare's
Hamlet
?
The Lion King
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
She's the Man
West Side Story
13
Which one of these are not a comedy?
Julius Caesar
Twelfth Night
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Merchant of Venice
14
What was the time called in which Shakespeare lived and wrote?
The Uprising
The English Renaissance
The Queen's Renaissance
The Enlightenment
15
1585-1592 are known as the what years?
The Dreadful Years
The Best Years
The Lost Years
The Forgotten Years
16
How many quatrains and couplets do Shakespearean sonnets have?
4 quatrains and 1 couplet
3 quatrains and 2 couplets
3 quatrains and 1 couplet
4 quatrains and 2 couplets
17
Shakespeare wrote in which of these languages?
Early Modern English
Latin
Old English
Middle English
18
Which one of these is not a Shakespearean tragedy?
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Much Ado About Nothing
Macbeth
19
What happens in a comedy?
Everyone lives happily ever after.
Everyone dies.
Characters go on a journey.
Characters get married.
20
True or False: The couplet is always at the beginning of the sonnet.
False
True
21
Translate: Alas, ‘twas all for naught.
Finally, it was all naughty.
Oh sorrow/pity, it was all for nothing.
It all had a reason.
22
What year did Shakespeare die?
He's still alive.
1617
1564
1616
23
True or False: For iambic pentameter, the second syllable is stressed.
True
False
24
How many children did Shakespeare have?
4
2
1
3
25
Translate: I’ll stay with thee for a fortnight
I'll stay with you for four nights.
I'll stay with you for two weeks.
I'll stay with you in the fort at night.
26
True or False: Poor people stood in "the pit" of The Globe Theatre.
False
True
27
True or False: A quatrain is made up of 3 lines.
True
False
28
Where was Shakespeare born?
Madrid
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Camelot
29
True or False: Conditions in London were good and it was a great place to be at the time.
False
True
30
What does "perjury" mean?
To tell a lie.
It's up to the jury.
To be in purgatory.
31
Which of these were not a main theme for Shakespeare?
Death
Religion
Time
Love
32
What were the names of Shakespeare's parents?
John and Mary
Hamnet and Judith
Hamlet and Ophelia
Romeo and Juliet
33
What does "oft" mean?
Off
Loft
Often
34
Who ruled during 1558-1603?
Queen Gertrude
Queen Elizabeth
Queen Mary
Queen Diana
35
What does "fain" mean?
Fair
Plain
Willingly
36
What does "anon" mean?
Anonymously
Again, soon
No
37
What was the name of the group of actors and playwrights that Shakespeare was a part of?
Queen Elizabeth's Troupe
Lord Chamberlain's Men
King's Men
Shakespeare's Men
38
What does "hie" mean?
He
Hurry
Hello
39
What does "lest" mean?
Unless
Let someone do something
For fear that
40
Translate: I’faith, my lord, I ne’er breathed a word of this to any soul.
In faith, my lord, I never spoke a word of this to anyone.
I'm faith, my lord, I am breathing near the word of anybody.
In faith, my lord, no soul ever breathed a word.
41
What does "hast thou not seen?" mean in modern English?
How have you been?
Haven't you seen?
Has it been seen?
42
Translate: Ne’er hast mine eyes beheld such disarray?
Near has my eyes seen such a mess
Never have my eyes seen such a mess
My eyes beheld such disarray near me
43
What does "ne'er" mean?
Never
Near
Neat
44
What is the volta of a sonnet?
The author of the poem
A shift or change
The end of the poem
The theme of the poem
45
What does "prithee" mean?
Silly
Please
Pretty
46
What does "wield" mean?
To handle
Shield
To weld.
47
Translate: From whence hast thee heard this news?
Where did they hear the news?
From where have you heard this news?
Where did the news come from?
48
What does "whither" mean?
Weather
To what place or state
Toward
49
Translate: 'Tis ‘twixt thee and me.
It is between you and me.
Twix is a thee and me
It is sweet you and me
50
"To be or not to be, that is the question" comes from what play?
Julius Caesar
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Hamlet
51
What does "ay" mean?
Hay
Hey
Yes
52
What happened to The Globe Theatre in 1613?
They built a roof for it.
It burnt down.
Shakespeare threw a party in it.
It was built.
53
What does "hark" mean?
Heart
Harp
Listen
54
"It is my lady, O, it is my love" comes from what play?
Julius Caesar
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Hamlet
55
What can you compare iambic pentameter to?
A heartbeat.
Nothing.
The ABCs song
A telephone ringing
56
How many lines does a sonnet have?
14
10
16
12
57
Translate: Hie to the church!
Hurry to the church!
Say hi to the church!
The church is up on the hill.
58
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears" comes from what play?
Julius Caesar
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Hamlet
59
Translate: Thou dost make a fool out of me.
You are making a fool out of me.
Why are you making me a fool though?
Though aren't you a fool?
60
How many syllables are on each line of a sonnet?
14
11
12
10
61
What does "hither" mean?
Toward
Close
Come
62
What was Shakespeare's wife's name?
Anne Halaway
Anne Hathaway
Anne Haraway
Juliet
63
True or False: Stratford-upon-Avon and London are on the northern side of England.
True
False
64
What year was Shakespeare born?
1601
1616
1599
1564
