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WorksheetsShakespeareans
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How many lines are in a sonnet?
a)
18
b)
14
c)
13
d)
10
2.
Shakespeare's use of five iambs stringed together is called
a)
iambic pentameter
b)
trochaic quadmeter
c)
spondaic pentameter
d)
dactylic trimeter
3.
Private words that a character speaks to the audience or another character, not the other characters on stage.
a)
aside
b)
dramatic monologue
c)
soliloquy
4.
Private words that a character speaks to the audience or another character, not the other characters on stage.
a)
aside
b)
dramatic monologue
c)
soliloquy
5.
A play where the main character comes to an unhappy end.
a)
drama
b)
comedy
c)
tragedy
d)
history
6.
A man who held land granted by the king or a military nobleman
a)
apparition
b)
thee
c)
thane
7.
Which of the following most clearly explains the difference between prose and poetry
a)
Prose is spoken in mainly in meters while poetry is spoken in blank verse
b)
Prose is mainly spoken by kings in plays while peasants speak in poetry
c)
Prose is written language not spoken in a metrical unit while poetry is written in rhythm and structure
8.
Shakespeare mostly wrote all of the following types of plays except for
a)
satirical comedies
b)
Tragedies
c)
Comedies
d)
Historical plays
9.
What is the name of a speech which reveals the character's innermost thoughts and is addressed to the audience?
a)
a soliloquy
b)
a dialogue
c)
a monologue
d)
an address
10.
Shakespeare wrote all of the following plays except for
a)
Romeo and Juliet
b)
Titus and Andronicus
c)
Macbeth
d)
Dr. Faustus
11.
The recurring use of a sound, a word, a phrase, or a line.
a)
repetition
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
alliteration
d)
simile
12.
Words that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.
a)
rhyme
b)
onomatopoeia
c)
metaphor
d)
simile
13.
The main idea of a poem. What the author wants you to learn
a)
free verse
b)
cinquain
c)
theme
d)
metaphor
14.
Poetry without a regular meter or rhyme scheme
a)
haiku
b)
cinquain
c)
free verse
d)
limerick
15.
Poetry that tells a story.
a)
rhyme
b)
meter
c)
limerick
d)
narrative
16.
To describe by comparing two things using “like” or “as”.
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
personification
d)
alliteration
17.
To give human qualities to animals or nonhuman objects.
a)
metaphor
b)
personification
c)
simile
d)
onomatopoeia
18.
The repetition of beginning sounds.
a)
repetition
b)
alliteration
c)
rhyme
d)
meter
19.
My love for you is a rose is an example of...
a)
simile
b)
metaphor
c)
alliteration
d)
rhyme
20.
hints/clues are offered about upcoming events
a)
foreshadowing
b)
shadowing
c)
forshadowing
d)
alliteration
21.
the arrangement/sequence of events in literature (you can diagram them)
a)
diagram
b)
prose
c)
drama
d)
plot
22.
conversations between characters
a)
conversations
b)
dialogue
c)
talking
d)
stage directions
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