Shakespeare

True or False? All poems rhyme.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

True or False? Prose is a type of poetry.

• True

• False

True or False? Shakespeare's plays are always rooted in reality. No supernatural elements here!

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the rhyme scheme of the following verse?

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.

• ABAB

• ABBA

• AABB

• ABCD

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many lines does a sonnet have?

• 10

• 12

• 14

• 20

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

How many syllables does iambic pentameter have?

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What was Shakespeare's theater called?

• The Lord Chamberlain's Men

• The Globe Theater

• Stratford-upon-Avon

• Londontown

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

How many acts did Shakespeare's plays have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 5

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is NOT a category for a Shakespeare plays?

• Tragedy

• Comedy

• History

• Mystery

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which of the following plays is NOT considered a tragedy?

• The Merchant of Venice

• Hamlet

• Julius Caesar

• Macbeth

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CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10