Shakespeare 101

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

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

• 37
• 17
• 27
• 57

Shakespeare's theater was called the

• Oval
• Globe
• Horseshoe
• Colosseum 

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

• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Dialogue
• Monologue

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

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

• Double Rainbow
• Couplet
• Prose
• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Shakespeare was part of a theatrical group called

• The President's Group
• The Royal Troupe
• The King's Men
• The Elite Theater