Rhymes & Verbs
(not on first quiz)
5 W's
Can we be friends?
Publishing & Setting
Misc
100
Mainly second (you) and third person singular (he/she).
Where are Shakespearean verbs most different from how we speak today?
100
This means the next day.
What is morrow?
100
We still use this today to mean a relative - Shakespeare used it to mean a relative or a long-standing friend
What is cousin (or cuz or coz)?
100
This text is the reason we have all of Shakespeare's plays today. (We also went up to UConn to see it on 9/16/16)
What is the first folio?
100
How to say "you" in Shakespeare's plays.
What is thou?
200
This type of rhyme would signal the end of a scene (since they couldn't pull a curtain).
What is a rhyming couplet?
200
This means here.
What is hither?
200
If someone is interested in dating you, they would do this...
What is woo?
200
This was the common way for plays to be printed in the Shakespeare's day; most of them were thrown out after because they were so cheap and flimsy
What is a quarto?
200
How to say "it will" and "it is" in Shakespeare's plays.
What is "twill" and "tis"?
300
If the lines sound like da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM it was written in this.
What is iambic pentameter?
300
This means there.
What is thither?
300
If you are a young, single man, you may be looking for this young, single woman.
What is a maid?
300
The time period in England when Queen Elizabeth reigned (1558–1603); it is remembered for relative political stability & her support of the theater
What is Elizabethan Era?
300
How to say "yes" and "no" in Shakespeare's plays.
What is ay and nay?
400
Translated into Shakespeare's plays, it would be "Dost thou love me?"
What is "Do you love me?"
400
This means why.
What is wherefore?
400
Someone who is not your friend - actually, they're your enemy.
What is a foe?
400
This is where Romeo & Juliet takes place.
What is Verona, Italy?
500
If it's not written in poetic form, we call it this.
What is prose?
500
This means to wait a minute.
What is soft?
500
A relative; usually male
What is kin or kinsman?
500
This is, first: when Shakespeare wrote Romeo & Juliet, and second: when the play takes place.
What is 1500 and 1300?
500
This translates to "Goodbye, I will see you soon!" (*Partial credit possible on this one)
What is "Adieu, I will see thou anon!"
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