Shakesperian Riddle

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12th Grade

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Shakesperian Riddle

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Open Ended

What do you know about William Shakespeare?

Type response here

Multiple Choice

William Shakespeare was born and died on the same day.

True

False

Shakespeare was born and died on the same day (April 23rd, 1564-April 23rd, 1616).

We only have records of his baptism and burial, though.

Multiple Choice

He was born in...

London

Strattford-upon-Avon

Manchester

York

He was born in Strattford-upon-Avon, then he moved to London.

Multiple Choice

His wife was Anne Hathaway.

True

False

He married to Anne Hathaway.

Multiple Choice

How many theater plays did he write?

He wrote 38 theater plays.

Open Ended

Write the name of three theater plays written by Shakespeare.

Don't google them -_-

Type response here

Tragedies

Titus Andronicus (1591 - 1592)
Romeo and Juliet (1595 - 1596)
Julius Caesar (1599)
Hamlet (1600)
Othello (1604)
Timon of Athens (1604 - 1606)

More tragedies

Macbeth (1606)
King Lear (1605 - 1606)
Antony and Cleopatra (1606 - 1607)
Coriolanus (1608)

Comedies

The Taming of the Shrew (1580 - 1590)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1590s)
The Comedy of Errors (1594)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595 - 1596)
Love's Labour's Lost (1595 - 1596)
The Merchant of Venice (1596 - 1597)

More comedies

The Merry Wives of Windsor (1597 - 1601)
Much Ado About Nothing (1598)
As You Like It (1599)
Twelfth Night (1601)
Troilus and Cressida (1601 - 1602)
All's Well That Ends Well (1603 - 1606)
Measure for Measure (1604)

More comedies

Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1608)
Cymbeline (1610)
The Winter's Tale (1611)
Tempest (1611)

Histories

King John (1595 - 1597)
Richard II (1595 - 1596)
Richard III (1592 - 1594)
Henry IV, Part 1 (1596 - 1597)
Henry IV, Part 2 (1597 - 1598)

Henry VI, Part 1 (1592)
Henry VI, Part 2 (1591)
Henry VI, Part 3 (1595)
Henry V (1599)
Henry VIII (1613)

Open Ended

Name two Disney movies adapted from Shakespeare's plays. Don't google them -_-

Type response here

The Lion King - Hamlet

10 things I hate about you - The taming of the Shrew

Multiple Choice

Did he only write theater plays?

Yes

He wrote 157 sonnets

Sonnet 29: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOCL_NEgf0g&t=10s

All the world's a stage https://youtu.be/_jaSFtcDEiE

Multiple Choice

All of his poems are written in strict Iambic Pentameter.

True

False

Shakespeare’s sonnets are written in a strict poetic meter called Iambic Pentameter and have 14 lines each.

To understand better

Shakespeare analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsD9u2BO2rM
Insults by Shakespeare: https://youtu.be/vdCjKH5IKJ8
Shakespeare dating tips: https://youtu.be/ZNMwhaSHK9Q
Did Shakespeare Write his plays? https://youtu.be/K-aAUwAFZlQ
Why Shakespeare love iambic pentameter? https://youtu.be/K-aAUwAFZlQ

To promote him:

Why should you read "A midsummer night's dream? https://youtu.be/xCI6o-kbqrs
Why should you read Hamlet? https://youtu.be/QTu39aMg_mU
Why should you read Macbeth? https://youtu.be/rD5goS69LT4
Why should you read "The Tempest"? https://youtu.be/UvznOeSyESU

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