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Category: Play by Shakespeare
In “Hamlet,” which character is left alive at the end of the play ?
A. Hamlet
B. Claudius
C. Horatio
D. Gertrude
In the play, “Hamlet,” what is the name of Polonius’s daughter ?
A. Laertes
B. Ophelia
C. Gertrude
D. Fortinbras
Who was the Queen of England throughout much of Shakespeare’s early life?
strong>A. Queen Elizabeth
B. Queen Victoria
C. Queen Anne
D. Queen Gertrude
Who is King of Scotland at the start of the play, “Macbeth” ?
A. Macbeth
B. Banquo
C. Duncan
D. Donalbain
What concept best distinguishes the difference between the time of the Middles Ages and the Renaissance ?
A. Humanism
B. The rise of Queen Elizabeth
C. The popularity of theater
D. The life of Shakespeare
In drama, a “soliloquy” refers to which of the following ?
A. A dialogue between two characters
B. A character’s final words before dying
C. A speech delivered by a character intended to be spoken to only the audience
D. A rhyming line
In Shakespeare’s plays, when is rhyme often used ?
A. When ghosts speak
B. When characters speak naturally
C. When a lower class character speaks
D. When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect
Shakespeare sometimes used the trochee, which in meter refers to which of the following? In Shakespeare’s plays, a troche is___________________?
A. The same as an iamb with an unstressed and stressed syllable in a foot
B. The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot
C. Only one syllable for the length of a foot
D. None of the above
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