Learning Check (Prereading Vocab & Background Info for R and J)

Which word means to do something on purpose;

to give your word in regard to someone or something?

• attribute

• commit

• expose

• initiate

• underlie

  or

  underlying

Which word means the cause or basis of something?

• attribute

• commit

• expose

• initiate

• underlie

  or

  underlying

Which word means to start something or to take action first?

• attribute

• commit

• expose

• initiate

• underlie

  or

  underlying

Which word means a characteristic of someone

AND also means to give credit to someone?

• attribute

• commit

• expose

• initiate

• underlie

  or

  underlying

Which word means reveal or make known?

• attribute

• commit

• expose

• initiate

• underlie

  or

  underlying

Select the word that best completes this sentence:

William Shakespeare and his friends _________ building a theater for

people to perfom plays in and entertain people.

• attributed

• committed

• exposed

• initiated

Select the word that best completes this sentence:

The fire at the Globe Theater _________ that putting a thatch roof

on buildings can be dangerous.

• attributed

• committed

• exposed

• initiated

Select the word that best completes this sentence:

Actors who perform at the Globe Theater have to be very _________ to perform there because if it rains, they will get wet due to the roof being open.

• attributed

• committed

• exposed

• initiated

Select the word that best completes this sentence:

There are 1700 words _________ to William Shakespeare as the creator of those words that we use all the time.

• attributed

• committed

• exposed

• initiated

Select the word that best completes this sentence:

An _________ of someone who performs in a Shakespearean play is that they must be creative to get into character.

• attribute

• atlas

• atmosphere

• attitude