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=9th Grade English/Literature: = =William Shakespeare =



=__** Shakespeare's Life **__=

1) What is the estimated number of plays Shakespeare wrote in his lifetime?  Answer: 37

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

3) What are the “Lost Years,” in regards to Shakespeare’s life?  Answer: A period in which “for the seven years following the birth of his twins, William Shakespeare disappears from all records.”

4) Where was Shakespeare born?  Answer: Stratford-upon-Avon

5) What was Shakespeare’s first play?  Answer: Henry VI

6) What animal did Shakespeare’s rival, Robert Greene, compare him to?  Answer: Crow

__Shakespeare's Plays __
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7) What is the name the tragedy Shakespeare wrote about the conspiracy and assassination of Roman emperor Julius Caesar? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Answer: Julius Caesar

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: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Answer: Much Ado About Nothing

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9) What play is this quote from "What's in a name? That which we call a rose?" <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Answer: Romeo & Juliet

10) "To be, or not to be" is from which one of Shakespeare's plays? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Answer: Hamlet []
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11) What year was Shakespeare's the most popular playwright in England?

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12) What act of Romeo and Juliet was the quote "O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?" in? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Answer: Act II

13) What act and Scene was the quote "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so" from? <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Answer: Act II Scene II

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