WorksheetsHow to Read Shakespeare
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Repays he my deep service with such contempt? Richard III
a)
He pays me even though he doesn't want to.
b)
Why is he hating on me when I've been so nice to him
2.
O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.
a)
She's hot.
b)
She lights all the torches.
3.
Look I so pale, Dorset, as the rest? Richard III
a)
Do I look as pale as everyone else?
b)
Dorset, you look pale!
4.
So foul and fair a day I have not seen. Macbeth
a)
I've never seen a day that is both this good and bad.
b)
This has been a horrible day.
5.
Came he not home tonight? (Romeo and Juliet)
a)
Didn't he come home tonight?
b)
Is he coming home tonight?
6.
More need she the divine that the physician.
(Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 2)
(Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 2)
a)
She needs the divine more than she needs the physician.
b)
The physician needs her more than the divine needs her.
c)
She needs the physician more than the divine needs her.
7.
Younger than she are happy mothers made.
(Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2)
(Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2)
a)
Happy mothers are younger than she is.
b)
Younger girls than she are happy mothers.
c)
Mothers are made happier when they are younger than she is.
8.
From that place I shall no leading need.
(King Lear, Act 4, Scene 1)
(King Lear, Act 4, Scene 1)
a)
That place does not need me to lead it.
b)
I don’t need that place to lead me.
c)
I won’t need anyone to lead me from that place.
9.
The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King. (II.ii,633-634)
a)
I'll use the play to prove the king's guilt.
b)
I'm going to catch the king's conscience.
c)
The play will make the king happy.
10.
At this same ancient feast of Capulet’s sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so loves.
(Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2)
(Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 2)
a)
Rosaline, the one you love, eats at the Capulet’s traditional feast.
b)
At the Capulet’s traditional feast you will eat with Rosaline who loves you.
c)
Rosaline will eat at the Capulet’s traditional feast you love.
11.
Forget not in your speed, Antonius, to touch Calpurnia.
(Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2)
(Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2)
a)
Don’t forget to speed up, Antonius, so you can touch Calpurnia.
b)
To touch Calpurnia, Antonius, don’t forget your speed.
c)
Antonius, don’t forget to slow down so you can touch Calpurnia.
12.
Out of this wood do not desire to go. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
a)
Do not want to leave the woods.
b)
Don't leave the woods.
c)
It's dangerous to leave the woods.
d)
You shouldn't want to leave the woods.
13.
Vexed I am of late with passions of some difference. Julius Caesar
a)
I am upset about different thing lately.
b)
I'm upset because I have a crush on a girl.
c)
I'm being haunted by a ghost.
d)
I'm upset because I am late.
14.
Knew you not Pompey? Julius Caesar
a)
Didn't you know Pompey?
b)
Did you go to Pompey?
c)
Did Pompey say something to you?
d)
Pompey said that he knows you.
15.
Frailty, thy name is woman! (I.ii,146
a)
Women are weak!
b)
That woman is old!
c)
Your name is frailty!
d)
You are an old, weak woman.
16.
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. (I.iv,89)
a)
Something bad is happening in Denmark.
b)
The food is rotten in Denmark.
c)
The bodies in the cemetery are rotting in Denmark.
d)
Denmark is actiing badly.
17.
Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder. (I.v,24)
a)
I will take revenge for for his murder.
b)
He was murdered supernaturally.
c)
His corpse smells bad.
d)
I murdered him for revenge.
18.
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't. (II.ii,207)
a)
Even though this is crazy, but it makes sense.
b)
I'm so angry with this method.
c)
This is crazy.
d)
This makes perfect sense
19.
Madness in great ones must not unwatched go. (III.i,196)
a)
Pay attention to craziness in important people.
b)
Let's watch the angry people.
c)
Pay attention to important people when they're angry.
d)
Watch out for that big, angry guy.
20.
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. (III.ii,240)
a)
She's denying too much.
b)
She's protesting at too many political rallies.
c)
That lady is in denial.
d)
That lady is a liar.
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