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Shakespeare Trivia

Authored by Jill Aseltyne

English

9th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When was Romeo and Juliet first published?

1397
1957
1597
597

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Shakespeare helped to build this theater and staged most of his plays there.

The Whitefriar
The Rose
The Swan
The Globe 

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did men play women's roles in Shakespeare's plays?

because theaters were too dirty and dangerous
because it was against the law for women to be onstage
because women did not like the theater
because women were busy being mothers 

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What is a tragedy?

an event that causes conflict
a dramatic work that is light and often humorous in tone
a drama that results in a catastrophe-most often death-for the main characters
they lived happily ever after

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where was Shakespeare born?

Stanford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stafford-upon-Thames
London

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Shakespeare was ...

an actor and a playwright
an actor, a novelist and a playwright
a playwright and a poet
an actor, a playwright and a poet

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

How many lines make up a Shakespearean sonnet?

13
14
15
16

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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