Intro to Shakespeare

Quiz

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English

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9th - 11th Grade

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Hard

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CCSS

RL.9-10.10, RI.11-12.4, RL.7.9

+17

Standards-aligned

Margaret Anderson

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where was Shakespeare born?

London

Stratford-upon-Avon

New York

`Lincolnshire

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Shakespeare was alive during...

Elizabethan times

Georgian times

Shakespearian times

Romanian times

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which theatre company was Shakespeare most closely associated with?

The Queen's Men

The London Theatre Company

Lord Chamberlain's Men

The Curtain

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Fill in the blank:
Shakespeare wrote around _____ plays during his lifetime.

44

37

127

27

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

An allusion is...

A lie

A plot that centers around comedy.

A way to make the audience feel like they're part of the play.

A reference to a literary or historical person or event.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Pun causes humor by using words that have similar sounds, but different what?

Meanings

Allusions

Connotations

References

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is blank verse?

A comedy

Unrhymed lines that include iambic pentameter.

Writing using rhymes.

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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