WorksheetsRenaissance & Macbeth Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write?
A few plays; 1 sonnet
154 plays; 43 sonnets
40 plays; 15 sonnets
38 plays; 154 sonnets
Which of the following is NOT a major difference between the Medieval Period and the English Renaissance?
Religion
Knowledge
Sexual Freedom
Economic Fairness
Which of the following is NOT a major development of the Renaissance?
Music
Art
Poetry
None of the Above
Which of the following best describes a major theme of the play?
Indecisivenness can lead you down a road you don't want to go down.
Ambition and the devastation which follows
Appearance and reality
The Natural World and Its Disruption
Which of the following was NOT a major writer of the Renaissance?
William Shakespeare
Geoffrey Chaucer
Ian McKellen
Christopher Marlowe
Which of the following is the best definition of a "Renaissance Man"?
A man who is brilliant at everything
A man who loves music and art
A man who has many talents and interests
None of the above
"Knock, knock, knock! Who's there?" is an example of...
hyperbole
personification
onomatopoeia
paradox
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair" is an example of...
simile
paradox
hyperbole
onomatopoeia
"The Heavens are troubled with men's acts" is an example of...
personification
allusion
paradox
alliteration
This person hired murders to kill Banquo and Fleance.
Duncan
Macbeth
Macduff
Hecate
This person's wife and children were brutally murdered.
Lady Macbeth
Banquo
Macduff
Malcom
This person is assassinated by Macbeth; the murder is covered up.
Macduff
Duncan
Lady Macbeth
Donalbain
This person encouraged Macbeth to commit the murders.
Macduff
The Weird Sisters
Lady Macbeth
Hecate
How does Macbeth die?
He sustains injuries in battle
He's poisoned by Macduff
He's stabbed in his sleep by a guard
None of the above
Where is the setting of Macbeth?
England
Scotland
Norway
None of the above
What is meant by the term Renaissance?
A period of rebirth
A time of great war and controversy
A period of religiousness
None of the above
A dramatic work with a sad ending is a...
Comedy
Tragedy
Neither
What makes a poem an Epic Poem?
One where our hero dies
Lengthy and narrative in nature
A poem in Iambic Pentameter
None of the above
How many lines does a sonnet have?
Seven
Fourteen
Twenty-three
Five
How many quatrains and couplets does a sonnet have?
3 quatrains, 1 couplet
2 quatrains, 1 couplet
4 quatrains, 3 couplets
3 quatrains, 2 couplets
