Shakespeare Quiz

What does an "aside" provide?

• Provides the audience a character' backstory.
• Shows the audience a character's motives.
• Lets the audience in on a character's thoughts or secrets.
• Gives the audience a character's personality. 

What is a blank verse?

• A metrical form without rhyme.
• A metrical form that rhymes throughout.
• Has no set meter but may or may not be rhymed.

Which set of rhetorical devices did Shakespeare use in his plays?

• Repetition, metaphors, and parallelism.
• Repetition, similes, and rhetorical questions.
• Repetition, idioms, and iambic parameter.
• Repetition, rhetorical questions, and parallelism.

How do Shakespearean dramas usually end for the main character?

• Faces their end in cowardice and fear.
• Faces their downfall with courage and bravery.
• Faces their end with dignity and poise. 
• Faces their downfall with pride and prejudice.

What are some characteristics that define the main character of a Shakespearean tragedy?

• High social rank and a character flaw.
• Low social rank and a character flaw.
• Low social rank and no character flaws.
• High social rank and no character flaws.

What does the plot in a Shakespearean tragedy usually build to?

• A chaotic war.
• A peaceful ending.
• A resolved conflict.
• A disastrous outcome.

How many sonnets was Shakespeare credited with during his life?

• 257
• 154
• 233
• 126

What year did Shakespeare retire?

• 1610
• 1612
• 1599
• 1607

Where did Shakespeare live for the majority of his life?

• London
• Stratford
• Wales
• Liverpool

What did Shakespeare call the Globe?

• The Kingsmen
• The Chamberlain's Men
• Wooden O
• Land of Thee