Shakespeare
Vocabulary
Macbeth
Beowulf
Grammar
100
The Globe Theater
What is the name of Shakespeare's theater?
100
gossip or rumors
What is scuttlebutt?
100
"bubble, bubble, toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble."
Who are the three witches?
100
Denmark
Where does Beowulf take place?
100
taller
What is the comparative form of tall?
200
Stratford-on-Avon
What is the name of Shakespeare's birthplace?
200
be in jail or locked up
What is incarcerated?
200
the "Scottish" play
What is the nickname of the play, "Macbeth?"
200
Grendel
What is the name of the monster?
200
laziest
What is the superlative form of lazy?
300
type of rhythm used in Shakespeare's writing
What is iambic pentameter?
300
a noisy chaos or altercation
What is a brouhaha?
300
Lady Macbeth
Who arranges for the King's death?
300
Beowulf
Who is the hero?
300
more intelligent
What is the comparative form of intelligent?
400
a fourteen line poem
What is a sonnet?
400
only known to a few select people
What is esoteric?
400
the dagger before me
What is Macbeth hallucinating about?
400
Hrothgar
Who is the King of Denmark?
400
most beautiful
What is the superlative form of beautiful?
500
Literary period of Shakespeare's time
What is the Victorian Era?
500
to ponder or think about over time
What is ruminate?
500
he uses scurrilous language
Who is the porter?
500
first known written story
What is unique about the story, Beowulf?
500
gentler
What is the comparative form of gentle?
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