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Shakespeare Language

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "thou" mean?

a)

you

b)

there

c)

three

2.

What does the following mean: "''ne'er"

a)

newer

b)

never

c)

no idea

3.

What might Shakespeare use instead of "it will"?

a)

It'll

b)

Itwillart

c)

'Twill

4.

"Thou doth" means?

a)

You devote

b)

You draw

c)

You do

5.

What does: "Thou canst" mean?

a)

You can't

b)

You can

c)

You cancan

6.

What does "thou wert" mean?

a)

You're wise

b)

You weren't there

c)

You were

7.

What does "Thinkest thou" mean?

a)

You think

b)

Nothing, it's nonsense

c)

They think

8.

"Alas" means:

a)

a woman

b)

unfortunately

c)

happily

d)

at last

9.

"whence" means:

a)

from where

b)

from when

c)

from who

d)

from which

10.

"wherefore" means:

a)

when

b)

why

c)

where

d)

who

11.

"hath" means:

a)

have

b)

has

c)

had

d)

hid

12.

 

"False face must hide what the false heart doth know."

What does doth mean?

a)

take off

b)

does

c)

doesn't

d)

should

13.

Translate this sentence to modern English:

"Where hast thou been, sister?"

(a)  

14.

What does "aye" mean?

a)

Okay

b)

Look

c)

Eye

d)

Yes

15.

What does "ye" mean"

a)

Yes

b)

Your

c)

Ya'll

d)

You

16.

How might Shakespeare have said "hello"?

a)

Greetings!

b)

Good morning!

c)

Ho!

d)

Aye!

17.

What does "hither" mean?

a)

Hit her

b)

here

c)

hill

d)

over there

18.

What does "anon" mean?

a)

soon

b)

angry

c)

nearby

d)

anonymous

19.

What does "wilt" mean?

a)

what

b)

why

c)

will

d)

where

20.

What does it mean to "wot"?

a)

to want something

b)

to be told something

c)

to hit something

d)

to walk around something

21.

What does it mean to "hie"?

a)

to hack

b)

to hit

c)

to hide

d)

to hurry

22.

Shakespeare's Language= Hark

a)

Listen

b)

Run

c)

Think

d)

Give

23.

Shakespeare's Language= Fare thee well

a)

Go away

b)

Stop

c)

Goodbye

d)

Leave

24.

Shakespeare's Language= Nay

a)

No

b)

Yes

c)

Maybe

d)

So

25.

Shakespeare's Language= Would

a)

Want

b)

Whine

c)

Wish

d)

Woo

26.

Shakespeare's Language= Pray

a)

Beg

b)

Give

c)

Ask

d)

Deny

27.

Shakespeare's Language= Tidings

a)

News

b)

Answers

c)

Gossip

d)

Questions

28.

Shakespeare's Language= Foe

a)

Friend

b)

Acquaintance

c)

Enemy

d)

Sibling