Macbeth: Pre-reading Comprehension Quiz.

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Macbeth: Pre-reading Comprehension Quiz. - Quiz

Using your notes from listening to the Folger Library podcast and watching the Shakespeare Brief and Naughty video, answer the following questions.

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1.

William Shakespeare is known as
- A.
  
  Willy Shockpeare
- B.
  
  The greatest English writer ever
- C.
  
  The worlds hardest working English playwright
- D.
  
  The Elizabethan Quintin Tarantino
2.

Shakespeare was born in
- A.
  
  1582 during the Jacobean Era
- B.
  
  1591 during the Stratfordian Era
- C.
  
  1564 during the Elizabethan Era
- D.
  
  1591 during the reign of King James I
3.

Shakespeare married a much older woman, Ann Hathaway, because she was
- A.
  
  A glove maker and he loved gloves
- B.
  
  Wealthy
- C.
  
  A fan of his writing
- D.
  
  Pregnant
4.

Shakespeare wrote:
- A.
  
  137 sonnets and 54 plays
- B.
  
  154 plays and 37 sonnets
- C.
  
  37 plays and 154 sonnets
- D.
  
  54 sonnet and 137 plays
5.

Queen Elizabeth loved Shakespeare's plays but she frequently shut down the theatres because
- A.
  
  The Globe Theatre was also used for bear baiting and executions
- B.
  
  There were too many prostitutes from near by brothels attending plays
- C.
  
  The water was filled with sewage
- D.
  
  Infectious disease was easily transmitted via crowds in public places
6.

Shakepeare's Plays can be grouped into 3 main categories. Select from the list below
- A.
  
  Thrillers
- B.
  
  Comedies
- C.
  
  Romances
- D.
  
  Histories
- E.
  
  Tragedies
- F.
  
  Fantasies
- G.
  
  Dramas
7.

Shakespeare's plays: Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Hamlet, King Lear, Julius Caesar and Macbeth are some of his best known:
- A.
  
  Dramas
- B.
  
  Thrillers
- C.
  
  Tragedies
- D.
  
  Comedies
- E.
  
  Fantasies
- F.
  
  Histories
- G.
  
  Romances
8.

Macbeth is about:
- A.
  
  A man who kills a king to become a king
- B.
  
  The core human issues, ambition, love, desire, war,
- C.
  
  The power of witchcraft
- D.
  
  The evil that lurks in the heart of a soldier
9.

The Macbeths can be characterised as:
- A.
  
  Ambitious upward climbers who seek power and safety
- B.
  
  Evil murderers
- C.
  
  Innocent people who fall under the power of witchcraft
- D.
  
  A loving couple who want the best for each other
10.

Shakespeare shows Lady Macbeth's tortured mind through
- A.
  
  The use of a narrator
- B.
  
  The use of sound effects
- C.
  
  Her confused and chaotic speech
- D.
  
  Stage directions
11.

The repetition of "Fair is foul and foul is fair" contributes to the theme of
- A.
  
  Alliteration
- B.
  
  Blind ambition
- C.
  
  Everything is not as it appears
- D.
  
  Power corrupts