Antigone
Shakespeare
Vocabulary
Punctuation
Potpourri
100
Antigone's brother who is buried with honors.
What is Eteokles?
100
Shakespeare was born in this century.
What is the 16th century
100
To be disregarded, insulted, to be made to feel insignificant.
What is to belittle
100
This piece of punctuation separates two complete sentences.
What is a semicolon ;
100
The Celtics beat this top ranked team in February 2017
What are The Cavaliers?
200
The century in which Greek drama flourished.
What is the fifth century?
200
These are three of Shakespeare's tragedies.
What is Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, R and J,
200
confident - even in a less-than-confident situation.
What is sanguine?
200
Spot the error. A hero is someone who help to defeat evil. They are sometimes found in comics or, on occasion, in real life.
What is mixing singular and plural subjects?
200
The two movies that were mixed up for Best Picture at the 2017 Oscars?
What is LaLa Land and Moonlight?
300
The god of wine and merriment is honored at this important Greek dramatic festival.
What is the Festival of Dionysus?
300
Shakespeare wrote a number of comedies. Name three.
What is A Mid summer Night's Dream, Merry Wives of Windsor, The Tempest, Love's Labours Lost, Twelfth Night, All's Well that Ends Well. etc
300
Hint: blotchy
What is mottled.
300
.... is an _________ and is used ___________
What is an ellipse and is used to show words that are left out.
300
Britain's Prime minister
Who is Theresa May?
400
Two Greek terms used in Greek drama - an error in judgement and an emotional cleansing.
What is Hamartia and what is catharsis
400
The original Beowulf is written in old English The original Canterbury Tales are written in middle English This is the language of Shakespeare's plays.
What is modern English?
400
Shakespeare's actors were all this.
What are all male actors?
400
Spot the error or all correct The pupils' jackets are on their separate hangers. The pupils hung their jackets on the hangers. The pupil's jacket is on the hanger.
What is all correct.
400
The "logo" or well known three letter cliche that was on the T-shirt of Kim Jung Un defected North Korean (now murdered) brother or
What is LOL?
500
Two Greek playwrights
What is Sophocles - Euripides, Aristophanes, Aeschylus?
500
If you go to London, you can watch a Shakespeare play in this replica of a famous theater.
What is the Globe theater?
500
a synonym for limpid.
What is clear?
500
Use this piece of punctuation when you want to list things in a series.
What is a colon. :
500
The capital of the European Union.
What is the Hague or Brussels?
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