Shakespeare
Philosophy
Authors
Characters
AP Exam
100

In what year was William Shakespeare born?

What is 1564

100

Who said "Man is condemned to be free"?

Who is Sartre

100

Which author was a member of the French resistance?

Who was Albert Camus

100

How is King Hamlet murdered?

What is poison in the ear

100

How many hours long is the AP Lit exam?

What is 3

200

Name the three genres of Shakespearean plays

What are comedies, tragedies, and histories

200

What is the method called in which one would ask questions to find an answer?

What is the Socratic Method

200

Author William Shakespeare wrote his sonnets with what rhyme scheme?

What is ABABCDCDEFEFGG

200

Where does Prince Hamlet go to school?

What is Wittenberg (which currently has a 31% acceptance rate, by the way!)

200

What will you need to write for FRQ 1, for FRQ 2, and for FRQ 3? (3 answers needed, here)

What is: poetry, a passage, and a novel or play

300

Where was William Shakespeare born?

What is Stratford upon Avon

300

He is the first Christian existentialist

Who is Kierkegaard

300

When Shakespeare's characters speak an internal monologue, what is it called?

What is a soliloquy

300

Who is hidden under the stairs in the castle?

Who is Polonius

300

On what day will the AP Lit exam be given this year?

What is Wednesday, May 6

400
On what did the commoners stand, during a play performance?

What is hazelnut shells

400

According to Sartre, what precedes essence?

What is existance

400

Author Markus Zusak is from where?

What is Australia

400

"Something's rotten in the state of Denmark" is a quote from which character in Hamlet?

Who is Marcellus

400

Whom do you contact if you are sick on the day of your AP exam?

Who is Dr. Pestonji

500

What held up a man's stockings during the Elizabethan era?

What are crossgarters

500

Who coined the phrase "I think therefore I am"?

Who is Renee Descartes

500

William Shakespeare took much of his history from which book?

What is The Holinshed's Chronicles

500

What is the name of the castle in which Hamlet lives?

What is Elsinore

500

On the AP Lit FRQ's, what are the 3 categories on which your are scored, and how much is each worth?

What is thesis (1 point), evidence and commentary (4 points), and sophistication (1 point)

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