Shakespeare Background

How many plays are attributed to Shakespeare?

• 35
• 37
• 38
• 39

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the name of the town where Shakespeare grew up?

• London
• Scranton
• Canterbury
• Stratford upon Avon

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

What is ironic about the accepted date of Shakespeare's death?

• It was Christmas day.
• It was the same day King James I died.
• It was his birthday.
• It was the same day his son died.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

What was going on in the year of Shakespeare's birth that had tragic effects throughout Europe? 

• Spanish Flu
• Swine Flu
• Zika Virus
• the Bubonic Plague

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is a sonnet?

• a poem 
• a poem of fourteen lines
•   a poem using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
• ALL of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.5

What year was Shakespeare thought to be born?

• 1532
• 1564
• 1602
• 1643

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

A story or play that ends UNHAPPILY is known as...

• Comedy
• Tragedy
• Fiction
• Sadness

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

Shakespeare tried ALL of these professions, EXCEPT...

• poet
• playwright
• actor
• teacher

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

How many children did Shakespeare have?

• Susanna, Hamnet and Judith (twins)
• Hamnet, Susanna and Jordan (twins)
• Judith, Shanna and Hamnet (twins)
• Susanna, Hamnet and Justine (twins)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Shakespeare wrote...

• 38 plays and 158 sonnets
• 158 plays and 38 sonnets
• 74 poems, 47 plays, 747 sonnets
• No one knows exactly how many things he wrote.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.3