rao shakespeare test

Question 1

where was shakespeare born?

Answer 1

stratford upon-Avon

Question 2

when is shakespeare’s birthday typically celebrated?

Answer 2

the day of his death, April 23rd

Question 3

How did Shakespeare die?

Answer 3

It is speculated that he died of syphilis

Question 4

when shakespeare was 18 he married who?

Answer 4

all of the above

Question 5

how many kids did shakespeare have?

Answer 5

he had 3 children, 2 girls and a boy

Question 6

what genre of playwriting did shakespeare invent?

Answer 6

the genre of history

Question 7

how many plays in total did shakespeare write?

Answer 7

he wrote 37 plays in total

Question 8

how many sonnets in total did shakespeare write?

Answer 8

154

Question 9

what is a limerick?

Answer 9

a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short and follows the pattern aabba

Question 10

what is a sonnet?

Answer 10

a fixed form poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line

Question 11

why did shakespeare include hidden limericks and sonnets in his plays?

Answer 11

to include the audience in the play and make it entertaining

Question 12

when did shakespeare disappear and what was he rumored to have been doing?

Answer 12

he disappeared from 1585-1592 and was rumored to be traveling and a teacher

Question 13

what kind of world does shakespeare build when writing julius caesar?

Answer 13

one in which there was a ot of politics, magic, and conquest

Question 14

which three senators were the main conspiritors in the plotting of Caesar’s death?

Answer 14

brutus, casca cassius

Question 15

what are the main thematic topics of shakespeare’s julius caesar ?

Answer 15

betrayal jealousy greed

Question 16

why does shakespeare use roman customs of superstition and (blank) to the play?

Answer 16

to mirror the dangerous plot

Question 17

Julius caesar was a triple threat. what were his accolades

Answer 17

politician academic and general

Question 18

what is caesar’s real name and date of birth

Answer 18

gaius, july 13th

Question 19

how old was caesar when his father died?

Answer 19

16

Question 20

what was going on when caesar’s father died?

Answer 20

a civil war

Question 21

why did caesar go into hiding and what made him return to rome?

Answer 21

he did not want to divorce his wife as sulla ordered

Question 22

why did shakespeare write julius caesar?

Answer 22

there was anxiety about the political shift in england and Shakespeare to write a play that mirrored the current situation

Question 23

how did caesar chnage the government in rome?

Answer 23

he shifted things from a republic to a dictatorship

Question 24

what motivated caesar’s senators to betray him?

Answer 24

there three minor characters are the beginning , Shakespeare explores the deception, manipulation in an allegorical way

Question 25

why is shakespeare still relevant today?

Answer 25

he is still relevant because of his universal threads