Shakespeare Revision

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Shakespeare revision

Reflect on the project

What was your presentation about? What facts did you learn?

What other facts have you learned (from your assignments and other presentations)?

What assignment(s) did you like best?

Which assignment(s) did you NOT like?

Shakespeare quiz: What do you remember (and some fun questions...)?

Who ruled the country at the time Shakespeare lived?

1. Queen Victoria
2. Queen Elizabeth I
3. Queen Elizabeth II
4. King Henry VIII

Which two names does the period have in which Shakespeare lived? (more than one answer)

1. Elizabethan period
2. Middle Ages
3. Victorian period
4. Renaissance

What was the official religion in Shakespeare's time?

1. Catholic
2. Protestant
3. Both Catholic and Protestant
4. None

Which of these is NOT characteristic of the Renaissance?

1. Individualism
2. Spread of the printing press
3. The Pope is the head of the English Church
4. Humanism

When was Shakespeare born?

1. 26 April 1564
2. We don't know, but probably 23 April 1564
3. We don't know, but probably 23 April 1599
4. 26 April 1599

Where was Shakespeare born?

1. London
2. Berwick-Upon-Tweed
3. Oxford
4. Stratford-Upon-Avon

What was the job of Shakespeare's father?

1. Mayor
2. Actor
3. Author
4. Glover

How old was Shakespeare when he married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway?

1. 16
2. 18
3. 20
4. 22

When did Shakespeare die?

1. 23 April 1616
2. 26 April 1616
3. 14 August 1616
4. 23 April 1643

What was the name of Shakespeare's theatre group?

1. Lady Elizabeth's Men
2. King's Revels Men
3. The Lord Chamberlain's Men
4. The Admiral's Men

Who was the only friend Everyman could take with him to heaven?

1. Fellowship
2. Goods
3. Strength
4. Good deeds

What was the name of the theatre in which Shakespeare's theatre group performed?

1. The Globe
2. The Rose
3. The Swan
4. The Hope

Shakespeare's nickname is...

1. The Master
2. The Player
3. The Bard
4. The Wordsmith

1. Early theatres in Shakespeare's time didn't have a roof.
2. Theatres like The Rose, The Globe and The Hope were polygons (meerhoekig) and not round.

1. Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false.
2. Statement 1 is false, statement 2 is true.
3. Statement 1 and 2 are false.
4. Statement 1 and 2 are true.

Where would the lower classes be in the theatre?

1. In the lowest stalls
2. Standing furthest away from the stage
3. Standing in 'the pit' closest to the stage.
4. On the highest floor furthest away from the stage.

Which of the following could never have played Juliet in Romeo and Juliet? (more than one answer)

1. Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife)
2. Shakespeare
3. Susanna (Shakespeare's daughter)
4. Christopher Marlowe

Which of the following special effects were not used in the Renaissance?

1. Magnesium for light flashes
2. Trapdoors
3. Real cannons with cannonballs
4. Real blood

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

1. 54
2. 124
3. 154
4. 184

What is the type of metric line that Shakespeare uses in many of his works, including the sonnets (see example)?

1. iambic hexameter
2. alexandrine
3. hendecasyllable
4. iambic pentameter

What do we call the point of change in a sonnet?

1. climax
2. volta
3. changement
4. turning point

How many lines does a sonnet have?

1. 10
2. 12
3. 14
4. 16

After which line can you find the volta in a Shakespearean sonnet?

1. 6
2. 8
3. 10
4. 12

So long as men can breathe and eyes can see / So long lives this and this gives life to thee.------ What is the first line of this sonnet?

1. Let me not to the marriage of true minds
2. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
3. Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
4. Two loves have I of comfort and despair,

To whom did Shakespeare NOT write his sonnets?

1. The fair youth
2. The virgin queen
3. The dark lady
4. The rival poet

Shakespeare wrote many tragedies. Which of the following are NOT listed as tragedies? (more than one answer)

1. The Tempest
2. Romeo and Juliet
3. Macbeth
4. Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare also wrote history plays. Which of these are NOT listed as historical plays? (more than one answer)

1. King John
2. King Lear
3. Pericles, King of Tyre
4. Coriolanus

What reasons do people give for thinking that Shakespeare couldn't have written the plays and the sonnets? (more than one answer)

1. There is no evidence that someone called Shakespeare actually existed.
2. He was the son of a glover, so he couldn't have known anything about life at court.
3. There is direct proof that someone else wrote some of the works attributed to Shakespeare.
4. He didn't have much education, so he could never have had a very extensive vocabulary and could not have invented all those new words.

The film '10 things I hate about you' is based on a play by Shakespeare. Which one?

1. The Tempest
2. The Taming of the Shrew
3. The Comedy of Errors
4. Much Ado About Nothing

Which Harry Potter film features this song?

1. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

From which Shakespearean play was the Harry Potter song taken (in which it is sung by witches)?

1. Macbeth
2. The Merry Wives of Windsor
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream
4. The Winter's Tale

Which Shakespearean play does Taylor Swift sing about in this song?

1. Love's Labour's Lost
2. Troilus and Cressida
3. Romeo and Juliet
4. Antony and Cleopatra

Which Shakespearean play is the Lion King based on?

1. Measure for Measure
2. Cymbeline
3. King John
4. Hamlet

From which Shakespearean play did John Green take the title of 'The Fault in Our Stars'?

1. Troilus and Cressida
2. Coriolanus
3. Titus Andronicus
4. Julius Caesar

Which play by Shakespeare is this film based on?

1. Love's Labour's Lost
2. Romeo and Juliet
3. Antony and Cleopatra
4. Troilus and Cressida

On which play by Shakespeare is the film 'She's the Man' based?

1. All's Well that Ends Well
2. Twelfth Night
3. The Tempest
4. Midsummer Night's Dream

Who is the king of Scotland at the start of the play Macbeth?

1. Duncan
2. Cawdor
3. Macduff
4. Malcolm

What do the witches prophesy?

1. Macbeth will be king and his sons will inherit the throne
2. Banquo will be king but Macbeth will be much happier
3. Macbeth will be king but Banquo will murder him
4. Macbeth will be king but Banquo's children will be kings

What does lady Macbeth resolve to do?

1. Talk to the three witches
2. Kill Duncan herself
3. Whatever necessary to help Macbeth become king
4. Protect Duncan from Macbeth's bloodlust

What is Lady Macbeth's plan for murdering Duncan?

1. Macbeth will pour poison in his ear while he sleeps and blame the King's brother.
2. Macbeth will stab him in his sleep and plant the bloody evidence on the servants.
3. Macbeth will hire three murderers to ambush Duncan when he returns to the castle on horseback.
4. Macbeth will push him out the window during a tour of the castle.

What does Macbeth hear a voice saying?

1. That he murdered sleep.
2. Out, out, brief candle.
3. Out, damned spot.
4. That by a pricking of his thumbs "something wicked this way comes"

Why does Lady Macbeth say she didn't kill the king herself?

1. She abhors violence.
2. She tried but he overpowered her.
3. He looked like her father in his sleep.
4. She needed to see if Macbeth was man enough to do it.

Who kills Macbeth?

1. Macduff
2. Banquo
3. Duncan
4. Malcolm

What did you think of the Shakespeare Project?

1. It was much ado about nothing. He probably even didn't exist, so why bother?
2. All's Well that Ends Well. As long as I can get a good grade, I don't mind what we do.
3. It was more like the tempest. It was a lot of information that we had to take in.
4. Love's labour wasn't lost on me: I really learned to love Shakespeare!

Good luck with the test!