Understanding Shakespeare's English

Understanding Shakespeare's English

9th - 11th Grade

20 Qs

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Understanding Shakespeare's English

Understanding Shakespeare's English

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 11th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

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

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Margaret Anderson

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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.8.3

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.8.3

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.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

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