William Shakespeare introduction

William Shakespeare introduction

​(1564-1616

by Annelies Backer

Open Ended

What do you already know about one of the most famous English writers ever?

​ Who said it?

Multiple Choice

If you make it through the night, there's a brighter day.

• Shakespeare

• Tupac

Multiple Choice

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

• Shakespeare

• Tupac

Multiple Choice

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

• Shakespeare

• Tupac

Multiple Choice

Everybody is at war with different things. I'm at war with my own heart sometimes.

• Shakespeare

• Tupac

Multiple Choice

We must remember that tomorrow comes after the dark.

• Shakespeare

• Tupac

​Take notes while watching this clip. Afterwards do the quiz.

Multiple Choice

Where was Shakespeare born?

• London

• Paris

• Stratford-upon-Avon

• place of birth unknown

Multiple Choice

Shakespeare attended university.

• True

• False

• True but he didn't graduate.

Multiple Choice

Shakespeare had a wife and 3 children. One of the children, Hamnet, died in infancy.

• False, his oldest daughter Suzannah died.

• False, Shakespeare didn't have any children.

• True but none of his children died.

• This statement is correct.

Multiple Choice

Besides being an actor, playwright and poet, Shakespeare awas a politician.

• False, he also was a businessman

• False, he also was a famous singer.

• True, he even became the mayor of Stratford.

• True, he even became the mayor of London.

Open Ended

What types of plays did Shakespeare write?

Multiple Choice

Shakespeare also wrote sonnets and narrative poems...

• because people asked him to do so

• out of economic necessity

• because he was in love and he addressed the poems to his lover

• because he wanted to publish a book with poems

Multiple Choice

Shakespeare's death is a mystery.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

William Shakespeare is credited with the introduction of as many as three thousand words to the English language.

• True

• False, he added about 300 words.

• False, he added more than 30000 words and expressions.

Multiple Choice

Shakespeare was great in

• depicting vivid characters in his plays

• describing the human condition and psyche in an eloquent (welsprekend) way

• making his audience laugh with the jokes on stage

• portaying 17th century London

Multiple Choice

Some scholars doubt that the Shakespeare we actually know wrote all the plays and poems ascribed to him

• because he lacked a good education

• because his plays show similarities with the plays of contemporaries

• because of both of the previous answers

• Scolars do not doubt his authenticity