Shakespeare
Vocabulary
Characters
The Tempest Plot
Craft & Structure
100

The theater most well known for putting on Shakespeare's plays. 

What is The Globe?

100

Synonym for bravery.

What is valor?

100

A silly court jester. 

Who is Trinculo? 

100

The reason Prospero brings his enemies to the island. 

What is revenge?

100

Informal, regular writing/speech. 

What is prose?

200

Supposedly Shakespeare's last solo-piece? 

What is The Tempest?

200

Incapable of getting hurt. 

What is invulnerable? 

200

The woman Stefano wants to marry and rule the island with. 

Who is Miranda?

200

These men tried to murder Gonzalo and Alonso while they slept. 

Who are Sebastian and Antonio?

200

A Shakespearean play that ends in death and/or destruction.

What is a tragedy?

300

Shakespeare's theater company.

What is The King's Men?

300

Not trustworthy. 

What is treacherous. 

300

The person who is responsible for exiling Prospero. 

Who is Antonio?

300

The reason why Prospero's enemies were on the boat in the first place. 

What is returning from Claribel's wedding. 

300

Two elements of blank verse. 

What are no rhyme and iambic pentameter (5 sets of unstressed/stressed syllables).

400

The queen during Shakespeare's lifetime. 

Who is Queen Elizabeth I?

400
A person who inherits someone's wealth.

What is an heir?

400

A person who is responsible for the crew and equipment on a ship. 

What is the boatswain? 

400

The reason Stefano made it to shore alive. 

What is floating on a barrel of wine?

400

Word choice. 

What is diction?

500

Shakespeare's age when he died. 

What is 52. 

500

Prefix meaning "under" or "below."

What is sub-?

500
Caliban's mother.

Who is Sycorax? 

500

Who Prospero often speaks to during his asides. 

Who is Ariel?

500

Motif. 

What is a recurring pattern of imagery, language, symbols?