Shakespeare Background

How many plays are attributed to Shakespeare?

• 35
• 37
• 38
• 39

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

• London
• Scranton
• Canterbury
• Stratford upon Avon

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.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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

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

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What year was Shakespeare thought to be born?

• 1532
• 1564
• 1602
• 1643

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

• Comedy
• Tragedy
• Fiction
• Sadness

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Shakespeare tried ALL of these professions, EXCEPT...

• poet
• playwright
• actor
• teacher

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)

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.