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             What do you know about me?

                                             

 

 

 

 

                                     Match these characters to their plays

 

                                                1. Rosalind            a. Twelfth Night

                                                 

                                                 2 . Kate               b. As You Like It

 

                                                 3. Sir Toby Belch    c. Richard III

 

                                                 4. Malcolm           d. A Midsummer Night's Dream

 

                                                 5. Prospero           e. The Tempest

 

                                                 6. Juliet                f. The taming of the Shrew

 

                                                 7. Desdemona        g. Othello

 

                                                 8, Lysander            h. Romeo and Juliet

 

                                                 9. Cordelia             i. Macbeth

 

                                                 10. Lady Anne          j. King Lear

                                     

 

                                                       Answers: 1-b, 2-f, 3-a, 4-i, 5-e, 6-h, 7-g, 8-d, 9-j, 10-e

 

 

 

 

         

                 

             Who am I?     



 

Name the character

 

1

 

I just met a boy at a party, and I want to marry him. I have sent my nurse to get his name, and

she tells me he is the only son of my family's enemy.

 

2

 

Two men are chasing me in the forest. They declare they love me, but yesterday they both loved

my friend. I don't understand why they mock me so!

 

3

 

I am a powerful soldier, sent on duty to Cyprus. I have a beautiful wife whom I adore, but I

fear she is cheating on me!

 

4

 

My boyfriend has just arrived home from school. My brother and father warn me that his love

for me is not true. I don't want to believe them, but I begin to think he is going mad.

 

5

 

I am killed during a swordfight in Verona. If only my friend had not interfered; I was stabbed

under his arm.

 

6

 

I just arrived in this city, and I don't understand what's going on! Everyone here says they

know me, and calls me Cesario, even though I don't know anyone and I've never been here

before. I even met a woman who thinks we're engaged!

 

7

 

I am amazed! I have always thought myself the daughter of a shepherd, but now I find that

the King of Sicilia is my true father. When he learns that I am his daughter, he cries out for

my lost mother.

 

8

 

I have a cousin who loves to spar with her friend. I think she is secretly in love with him; and

he with her. But they are too proud to show their feelings. My waiting gentlewomen and I have

thought of the perfect trick to bring them together.

 

Answers

1. Juliet (Romeo and Juliet), 2. Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream), 3. Othello (Othello),

4. Ophelia (Hamlet), 5. Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet), 6. Sebastian (Twelfth Night), 

7. Perdita (The Winter's Tale), 8. Hero (Much Ado About Nothing)

 

How much do you know about William Shakespeare? Try this quiz to find out.



1) When was William Shakespeare born?

a) 1498

b) 1564

c) 1895


2) What period in English history was it when Shakespeare was alive?

a) Elizabethan

b) Georgian

c) Victorian


3) Which of these plays was not written by Shakespeare?

a) Hamlet

b) Romeo and Juliet

c) The Taming of the Rat


4) Where was Shakespeare born?

a) Stratford Upon Avon

b) Cambridge

c) Oxford


5) How many plays did Shakespeare write?

a) 8

b) 38

c) 108


6) Which type of plays did Shakespeare not write?

a) Tragedies

b) Comedies

c) Musicals


7) What's the name of the ‘Shakespeare theatre' in London?

a) The World Theatre

b) The Globe Theatre

c) The Old Shakespeare Theatre


8) Who played Romeo in the most recent film version of ‘Romeo and Juliet'?

a) Leonardo Dicaprio

b) Johnny Depp

c) Brad Pitt

 

Shakespeare Quiz

1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-a, 5-b, 6-c, 7-b, 8-a

Translate into Russian!!!

Poetic!!!

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