Shakespeare Background Quiz

When was William Shakespeare born?

• 1564
• 1534
• 1536
• 1546

When did Shakespeare die?

• April 23,1616
• July 22,1832
• September 16,1759
• October 31,1737

Who did Shakespeare marry?

• Queen Elizabeth 
• Anne Hathaway
• Juliet 
• Vivian

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

• 37
• 17
• 27
• 57

A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character while other characters remain on stage

• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Dialogue
• Monologue

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Shakespeare's theater was called the

• Oval
• Globe
• Horseshoe
• Colosseum 

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

A story/play that ends UNHAPPILY 

• Comedy
• Tragedy
• Fiction
• Sadness

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When a character says something short to the audience that the other characters on stage do NOT hear

• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Dialogue
• Monologue

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Instructions in the text of a play that indicate the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting

• Playbill
• Italics
• Prose
• Stage Directions

A long speech in which a character who is onstage ALONE expresses his or her thoughts aloud.

• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Dialogue
• Monologue