Shakespeare & Romeo and Juliet (Intro Quiz)

Shakespeare’s date of birth is______________.

• July 4, 1789

• Unknown, but the year was 1564

• February 28, 1600

• No records of any of this

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

Where was Shakespeare born?

• Paris, France

• Verona, Italy

• London, England

• Stratford-Upon-Avon, England

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

What were “The Lost Years”?

• A period of time during which Shakespeare wrote all of his plays

• A period of great turmoil in Shakespeare’s time

• A period of time during which Shakespeare lost all of his family members

• A period of time where historians cannot trace Shakespeare’s actions or whereabouts

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

What was the name of the acting troupe under King James I in which Shakespeare was involved?

• King’s Men

• Masked Men

• Horatio’s Men

• Lord Chamberlain’s Men

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

Changes in _________ , __________ , and _________ during Shakespeare’s time influenced his writing.

• Family values, ethics, science

• Economics, politics, religion

• Religion, science, philosophy

• Banking, trade, philosophy

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

Select all of the following that are elements of Shakespearean Tragedy

• fatal conclusion

• noble, yet flawed protagonist

• marriage

• many subplots/conflicts

• central conflict

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

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

Select all of the following that are elements of Shakespearean Comedy

• happy ending

• noble, yet flawed protagonist

• marriage

• central conflict

• light-hearted

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

What is the name of "Shakespeare's Theatre" in London?

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

"Shakespeare wrote primarily in ________________ using ____________ ." (quote from notes)

• iambic pentameter, blank verse

• blank verse, iambic pentameter

• sonnets, iambic pentameter

• sonnets, blank verse

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

The following defines which of the words below: "A common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable"

• iambic pentameter

• blank verse

• sonnet

• poetry

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5