ENG10L2 (Macbeth Introduction)

Which of the following plays were written by William Shakespeare?

(You may select more than one answer)

• King Lear

• Twelfth Night

• Tamburlaine

• Titus Andronicus

The theatre that Shakespeare's plays were performed at during his lifetime was named...

• The Globe Theatre

• The Earth Theatre

• The London Theatre

• The Thames Theatre

Macbeth is a play set in...

• Scotland

• Ireland

• England

• France

In drama, a 'tragedy' may be defined as a play about...

• The terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character

• The humorous accidents that happen to a main character before the story concludes happily

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Which of the following of Shakespeare's plays is NOT classified as a tragedy?

• Hamlet

• Macbeth

• Othello

• A Midsummer Night's Dream

Which of the following influenced Shakespeare's writing:

• Religion, history, philosophy

• History, electricity, religion

• Weather, religion, travel

• Philosophy, dance, food

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Which monarch reigned in England when Shakespeare wrote Macbeth?

• Elizabeth I

• James I

• Henry VIII

• Mary, Queen of Scots

True or False:

Shakespeare made up the characters in Macbeth.

• True

• False

Complete the famous saying by filling in the blanks below:

"Power corrupts, and ​ (a)   power corrupts ​ (b)   ."

• absolute
• absolutely
• perfect
• perfectly
• weak
• slowly
• this
• me

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Which of the following is NOT a theme in Macbeth?

• Ambition

• Power

• Fate and free will

• Finding true love

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