Shakespeare Background

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English

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10th Grade

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.9-10.10, RL.8.10, RL.7.3

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14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How many plays are attributed to Shakespeare?

35

37

38

39

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the town where Shakespeare grew up?

London

Scranton

Canterbury

Stratford upon Avon

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What is ironic about the accepted date of Shakespeare's death?

It was Christmas day.

It was the same day King James I died.

It was his birthday.

It was the same day his son died.

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was going on in the year of Shakespeare's birth that had tragic effects throughout Europe?

Spanish Flu

Swine Flu

Zika Virus

the Bubonic Plague

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a sonnet?

a poem

a poem of fourteen lines

a poem using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

ALL of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What year was Shakespeare thought to be born?

1532

1564

1602

1643

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A story or play that ends UNHAPPILY is known as...

Comedy

Tragedy

Fiction

Sadness

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

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