Shakespeare Background

Shakespeare Background

9th - 10th Grade

20 Qs

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Shakespeare Background

Shakespeare Background

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RL.9-10.10, RL.9-10.9, RI.11-12.10

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When is it believed that Shakespeare died?

April 23,1616
July 22,1832
September 16,1759
October 31,1737

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What year was Shakespeare thought to be born?

1532
1564
1602
1643

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

3.

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.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which monarch (king or queen) was on the throne during Shakespeare's time?

Henry VIII
William
George
Elizabeth

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these is NOT a genre of Shakespeares' plays?

Comedy
History
Horror
Tragedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was Shakespeare's wife's name?

Queen Elizabeth 
Anne Hathaway
Juliet Monroe
Vivian Marlowe

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Shakespeare's plays were performed at this theatre...

The Oval
The Globe
The Horseshoe
The Colosseum 

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

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