Early Life
Film Questions
Theater
Determine the Meaning
Figurative Language
100

Name one of the locations that Shakespeare's life revolved around.

Stratford or London

100
What kind of literature did he produce other than plays?

Poetry

100

What happened to Shakespeare's theater in 1613?

It burned to the ground

100
"Look like a innocent flower, but be the serpent underneath."

Looks can be deceiving, appear to be kind but be evil on the inside.

100

"Her eyes are the fairest stars in the sky."

Metaphor (comparing eyes to the stars)

Personification (stars cannot be fair)

200

Who did Shakespeare marry?

Anne Hathaway

200

What phrase did he coin when writing the character of "Falstaff"?

The world is your oyster

200

What city is the theater located in?

London

200

"I wish the night would hurry."

Wanting the night to come faster/Waiting for the night to end.

200

"Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires."

Personification (starts can not hide)

Metaphor (black and deep are being compared to his desires)

300

What month, day, and year did he die?

April 23, 1616

300

What was Shakespeare's final play?

The Tempest

300

What was the name of Shakespeare's theater?

The Globe Theater

300

"It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."

Juliet is the center of his universe and the light of his life brining warmth and brightness.

300

"The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures."

Simile (uses "as" to compare the dead to pictures)

400

What school did he attend as a boy?

King Edwards School

400

How many plays did the first folio save?

18

400

What caused the destruction of the theater?

A misdirected cannon.

400

"I have no words; my voice is my sword."

His actions (sword) speak louder than words and would rather be physial than verbal.

400

"My love is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep."

Simile (using "as" to compare his love to the sea)

Hyperbole (exaggerating his depth of love as deep as the sea)

500

What disease killed Shakespeare's son Hamlet?

Plague/Black Death

500
What was Shakespeare's first narrative poem?

Venus and Adonis

500

What group/s was Shakespeare a part of?

The Kings Men or The Chamberlin's Men

500

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet."

Even if Romeo had a different name he would still be the same man she loves.

500

"There's daggers in men's smiles."

Metaphor (comparing daggers to smiles)