Scavenger+Hunt

=9th Grade English/Literature: =

William Shakespeare


Below is a series of 13 questions about William Shakespeare. For the questions,  a link is provided to a website that will contain the answer. Please either copy and paste the link into the address bar of your web browser, or simply click on the link. This exercise will get you comfortable using the internet to search for information, and introduce you to the famous William Shakespeare. Read the questions carefully and have some fun!

=**__Shakespeare's Life __**=

 *Use this link to answer questions 1 and 2  http://www.biography.com/articles/William-Shakespeare-194895

1) What is the estimated number of plays Shakespeare wrote in his lifetime?

2) What was the name of his wife? (Hint: She shared a name with a well known actress!)

*Use this link to answer questions 3 and 4  http://www.bardweb.net/man.html

3) What are the “Lost Years,” in regards to Shakespeare’s life?

4) Where was Shakespeare born?

*Use this link to answer questions 5 and 6 http://www.gradesaver.com/author/shakespeare/

5) What was Shakespeare’s first play?

<span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">6) What animal did Shakespeare’s rival, Robert Greene, compare him to?

=__<span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Shakespeare's Plays __=

<span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">*Use this link to answer questions 7 and 8 <span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">[]

<span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">﻿7) What is the name the tragedy Shakespeare wrote about **the conspiracy and assassination of Roman emperor Julius Caesar?**

<span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**8) Which one of Shakespeare's plays is a comedy and is about a** week before their wedding, a bride and groom decide to play the role of matchmaker for their friends, Beatrice and Benedick.


 * <span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">*Use the link to answer questions 9 and 10 **
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 * <span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">9) What play is this quote from "What's in a name? That which we call a rose?" **


 * <span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">10) "To be, or not to be" is from which one of Shakespeare's plays? **


 * <span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">*Use the link to answer question 11 **
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 * <span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">11) What year was Shakespeare's the most popular playwright in England? **

<span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">***Use the link to answer question 12 and 13** <span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**[]**

<span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">**1** **<span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">2) What act of Romeo and Juliet was the quote "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" in? **


 * <span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">13) What act and Scene was the quote "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" from? **

<span style="color: #611961; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Dana Nielsen, Jessica O'Neil