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Intro to Shakespeare

Authored by Paulina Allende

English

9th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Intro to Shakespeare
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where was Shakespeare born?

London
Stratford-upon-Avon
New York
`Lincolnshire

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2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Shakespeare was alive during...

Elizabethan times
Georgian times
Shakespearian times
Romanian times

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which theatre company was Shakespeare most closely associated with?

The Queen's Men
The London Theatre Company
Lord Chamberlain's Men
The Curtain

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Fill in the blank:
Shakespeare wrote around _____ plays during his lifetime.

44
37
127
27

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5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An allusion is...

A lie
A plot that centers around comedy.
A way to make the audience feel like they're part of the play.
A reference to a literary or historical person or event.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Pun causes humor by using words that have similar sounds, but different what? 

Meanings
Allusions
Connotations
References

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is blank verse?

A comedy
Unrhymed lines that include iambic pentameter.
Writing using rhymes.
Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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