Shakespeare, Iambic Pentameter, Themes, and Tragedy Quizziz

William Shakespeare was born in the year...

• 1464

• 1564

• 1616

• 1764

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When he was eighteen, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, who was twenty-six.

• True

• False

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The First Folio divides Shakespeare's plays into these three sections:

• Adventure, comedies, and tragedies.

• Comedies, poetry, and histories.

• Comedies, tragedies, and horror.

• Comedies, tragedies, and histories.

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"Thy dog needs to be feed," is synonymous with...

• "Our dog needs to be feed."

• "Their dog needs to be feed."

• "Your dog needs to be feed."

• "My dog needs to be feed."

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The iambic pentameter structure is...

• Five sets of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed.

• Two sets of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed.

• Two sets of an unstressed syllable followed by a unstressed.

• Five sets of a stressed syllable followed by a stressed.

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The rhythm of the iambic pentameter is compared to a...

• A repeating drop of water in a pool of water.

• Fire alarm.

• The steps of a trotting horse.

• Heartbeat.

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A theme can be all of the following except:

• Subjective.

• Based off the work.

• An excerpt of the work.

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The theme of Romeo and Juliet is...

• Love transcends familial restrictions.

• Forbidden love cannot exist in the world of the living.

• What is forbidden becomes all the more prized.

• All of the above.

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In a tragedy, a heroic individual can cause themselves to receive sorrowful or terrible events.

• True

• False

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A tragedy typically concludes with the heroic individual...

• Returning to the same position from which the work started from.

• Receiving a happy ending.

• Receiving a ruinous fall.

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