Literature 5: Macbeth (Part Two)

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Literature 5:

Macbeth - Part Two

(Periode B)

Test Practice

How much have you remembered so far? 

1. When is the literature test for English?

1. 1st week of January
2. 2nd week of January
3. 3rd week of January
4. 4th week of January

2. On the test you will get...

1. Multiple choice questions
2. Open questions
3. True or False questions
4. All three of them

3. (Literature 1) When was Shakespeare born?

1. 1564
2. 1584
3. 1604
4. 1624

4. (Literature 1) What is not an element of a tragedy?

1. Revenge
2. Supernatural elements
3. Lots of dialogue
4. An internal struggle

5. (Literature 2) True or False "The Great Fire of London destroyed 80% of the city."

1. True
2. False

6. (Literature 2) Guy Fawkes is responsible for what...?

1. The Firearm Plot
2. The Cannon Plot
3. The Bombing Plot
4. The Gunpowder Plot

7. (Literature 3) A large theatre could house up to ....

1. 2000 people
2. 3000 people
3. 4000 people
4. 5000 people

8. (Literature 3): The most important theatre in Shakespeare's time was?

1. The World Theatre
2. The Globe Theatre
3. The London Theatre
4. The Crown Theatre

9. (Literature 4 & 5): Macbeth is Shakespeare's ....

1. shortest play
2. longest play
3. most peaceful play
4. most difficult play

10. (Literature 4 & 5): True or False "King James burned more than 8000 women at the stake."

1. True
2. False

11. (Literature 6 - take a guess) Who is Hamlet supposed to kill ?

1. Duncan
2. Claudius
3. Polonius
4. Macbeth

12. (Literature 6 - take a guess) How does Hamlet's girlfriend Ophelia die in the play?

1. Hanging
2. Suicide
3. Stabbing
4. Poison

13. (Literature 7 - take a guess) True or false: iambic pentameter means the emphasis falls on every first syllable

1. True
2. False

14. (Literature 7 - take a guess) True or false: Christopher Marlowe wrote the play "Doctor Faustus"

1. True
2. False

15. (Literature 7 - take a guess) Shakespeare wrote how many poems?

1. 84
2. 154
3. 96
4. 136

Example Open questions: 

- Name at least 3 of the 5 elements of a Shakespearean comedy.

- Which three flags did the globe theatre use? 

- Which 3 things do the apparitions tell Macbeth? 

- What legend surrounds Christopher Marlowe? 
- Which two religions did the English monarchs switch between?

= about background info + questions in the reader

Example "Toepassing" question: 

(From Macbeth Act 4.1)
SECOND APPARITION: "Macbeth, Macbeth, Macbeth
Be bloody, bold and resolute, laugh to scorn. 
The power of man, for none of woman born, 
Shall harm Macbeth."

What does the apparition predict and how does this come true?

Today:

- Read the background information for Literature 4 & 5

- Answer the questions (use Google/ the internet)

+ Check your answers (use Its Learning)