What do you know about Shakespeare?

Question 1:

• True or False:Shakespeare was American.

Question 1:

• FALSE

• Shakespeare was born in Britain in 1564.

Question 2:

True or False:Shakespeare only wrote plays.

Question 2:

FALSE! Shakespeare wrote

sonnets (a type of poem), narrative poems,

and plays

Question 3:

• Shakespeare was born in…– A. London, England

– B. Williamsburg, Virginia– C. Stratford-upon-Avon, England

– D. Dublin, Ireland

Question 3:

Shakespeare was born in…

C. Stratford-upon-Avon, England

Question 4:

True or False:• Shakespeare only wrote tragedies.

Question 4:

FALSE!• Shakespeare wrote tragedies,

histories, and comedies.Some examples:

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, Henry VIII is a history, and

Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy.

Question 5:

• True or false: – Shakespeare was the first person to use the

following phrases:• A dish fit for the gods• As dead as a doornail• In a pickle• Vanish into thin air

Question 5:

• TRUE! We still use many of his phrases!

• Some others: –All that glitters is not gold–Clothes make the man–Heart of gold–Too much of a good thing–To thine own self be true

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