Literature Quiz/TamingoftheShrew

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 Literature Quiz /The Taming of the Shrew

Who do we consider to be the first inhabitants of Britain?

1. The Romans
2. The Scots
3. The Picts
4. The Celts

What is the right order?

1. Bronze Age - Stone Age - Iron Age
2. Iron Age - Bronze Age- Stone Age
3. Clay Age - Bronze Age- Iron Age
4. Stone Age - Bronze Age- Iron Age

What were the Celts later named?

1. Britons
2. Romans
3. Scots
4. Picts

When was Britain successfully invaded by the Romans?

1. In 55 BC
2. In 43 AD
3. In 34 AD
4. In 55 AD

How did the Romans keep out the Picts and the Scots?

1. Building a large fortress
2. Building castles
3. Building of Hadrian's Wall
4. Building of churches

What language did the Romans speak?

What remnants =(overblijfselen) have the Romans left?

Why did the Romans leave?

Which tribes invaded Britain after the Romans left?

1. Angles, Saxons, Jutes
2. Angles, Saxons , Germans
3. Angles, Saxons, French
4. Angles, Saxons ,Danes

Who lived in the area called The Danelaw?

1. The Saxons
2. The Picts
3. The Normans
4. The Vikings

What kind of work is Beowulf?

1. A sculpture
2. A song
3. A painting
4. An epic poem

What is the language you've just heard?

1. Old English
2. Middle English
3. Modern English
4. Latin

How were poems & tales passed on during the Anglo-Saxon period?

1. Written down
2. Written down and sung by minstrels
3. Word of mouth, sung by scops or minstrels
4. Only images were used

Which sentence is an example of alliteration?

1. The snow is a white blanket
2. Sheep should sleep in a shed

Why did William, Duke of Normandy claim the throne of England?

1. His ancestors had been on the throne for a long time so he was the rightful heir.
2. It was promised to him by Edward the Confessor
3. He was the only one fit to be king
4. He wanted a change of scenery

When was the Battle of Hastings?

1. 1044
2. 1055
3. 1033
4. 1066

Which remnant( overblijfsel) is left from that period, which shows us what the battle was like?

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?

1. William Shakespeare
2. King Arthur
3. Geoffrey Chaucer
4. Harold of Godwinson

How many tales do we have beside the Prologue?

What's a link-and-frame story?

Where does Chaucer meet the pilgrims?

1. On a boat in London
2. On a farm
3. Near the Thames
4. In an inn in London

What is the question the Knight has to find the answer to in The Wife of Bath's Tale?

1. Find out what women most desire
2. Find out what women most want in a man
3. Find out what men most want in life
4. Find out what women like best; money or looks

How long does the Knight have to find the answer to the Queen's question?

What is the answer to the question "What do women want most"?

1. A woman wants to have power
2. A woman wants to have the upper- hand in marriage
3. A woman wants to have pleasure
4. A woman wants to have wealth

What does the old woman want in return for her answer?

1. Jewellery
2. Gold & Silver
3. Marriage
4. His sword

What two choices does the old woman give the Knight?

1. Be old and ugly or wealthy
2. Be old and ugly or smart
3. Be young and beautiful or poor
4. Be old, ugly and loyal or young and beautiful

Why is the 23rd of April such an important date in relation to Shakespeare?

1. He died on that day
2. He was born on that day
3. He was born and died on the same date
4. He finished writing

What kind of play is The Taming of the Shrew

1. A tragedy
2. A comedy
3. An mystery play
4. historical play

Which of the following best explains what a 'shrew' is in Shakespeare’s era?

1. a woman who complains a lot
2. a woman who is strong-willed and bad-tempered
3. a woman with a drinking problem
4. a woman who wants to have everything she desires

Why does Petruccio agree to marry Katherine?

1. For money/dowry
2. For land
3. For the estate
4. For love

A teacher of languages and Lucentio's secret identity

1. Petruccio
2. Vincentio
3. Cambio
4. Litio

What does Katherine mean when she says.
"a woman moved is like a fountain troubled, muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty" ?

1. A woman should be dumb and uneducated
2. A woman should be strong enough to move a fountain but loud like water
3. A woman should flow her words like a fountain because everyone wants to hear her talk
4. A woman should remain calm and pleasing so more people will like her

Who said:
"Faith, as you say, there's small choice in rotten apples"

1. Katherine
2. Litio
3. Tranio
4. Hortensio

Who said "That, being mad herself, she's madly mated"

1. Katherine
2. Hortensio
3. Bianca
4. Lucentio

Who said:
"If I be waspish, best beware my sting"

1. Katherine
2. Bianca
3. Baptista
4. Christopher Sly

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