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WorksheetsShakespeare: Fools and Clowns
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
What are the five parts of the Freytag pyramid of Dramatic structure?
Introduction, Climax, Resolution, Conclusion, Epilogue
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Denouement
Prologue, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Epilogue
Conflict, Climax, Resolution, Falling Action, Conclusion
Who is Feste in the play?
Olivia's professional fool
Lear's court jester
Goneril's protector
Regan's advisor
What is Feste's famous quote that summarises his position within the play?
'Shakespeare has no heroes, only human beings.'
'Better a witty fool than a foolish wit.'
'Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor, bare, forked animal as thou art.'
'Thou shouldst not have been old til thou had been wise'
What role does the Fool play in King Lear?
Queen's confidant
King's bodyguard
Wise advisor and critic
Entertainer
What does the Fool advise Lear about in the play?
His travel plans
His mistakes
His eating habits
His clothing choices
Who does the Fool become the protector of in King Lear?
Lear
Cordelia
Goneril
Regan
According to Johnson, what does Shakespeare's characters resemble?
Mythical creatures
Robots
Aliens
Real people
A tragic drama ends in
comedy
catastrophe
resolution
wedding
"Shakespeare has no heroes, his scenes are occupied only by men". These lines were written in praise of Shakespeare's characterisation by
Samuel Johnson
Ben Jonson
John Dryden
ST Coleridge
Choose the odd one out
Feste
Nick Bottom
Puck
Autolycus
The Tempest is a
Tragedy
Comedy
Shakespearean Romance
Historical play
Find the odd one out
Othello
Hamlet
Much Ado About Nothing
Romeo and Juliet
Climax happens at a plot's____
end, resolution
beginning
zenith, turning point
particular scene
