WCHS-EICHMAN-9th Intro to Shakespeare

Ben Jonson once said of Shakespeare that he...

• was the greatest English poet the island (Great Britain) had ever produced.

• was a master tragedian, but an inept comedist.

• could not write without exaggeration and irony.

• was not for an age, but for all time.

Shakespeare lived from

• 1546-1618

• 1564-1616

• 1565-1620

• 1572-1609

The historical time period during which Shakespeare wrote was called

• the Italian Renaissance

• the Dark Ages

• the Restoration

• the English Renaissance

Shakespeare was originally from

• London

• Canterbury

• Stratford-upon-Avon

• Wales

During Shakespeare's time, actors were

• high regarded.

• not highly regarded.

• executed on sight.

• mostly women.

The famous theater associated with Shakespeare was

• The Rose

• The Lord Chamberlain's Men

• The Globe

• The Queen's Men

All of the following are Shakespearean plays, EXCEPT

• Romances

• Comedies

• Sonnets

• Tragedies

Shakespeare's use of language includes only poetry.

• True

• False

Metrical writing is poetic composition that uses

• poetic lines of the exact same length.

• a gradient scale to determine quality

• a regular rhythmic pattern in language.

Which of the following is the best example of iambic pentameter?

• "A horse! A horse! My K=kingdom for a horse!"

• "Let us get that which we need. Now's the time for grain and feed."