Literature Quiz/TamingoftheShrew

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 Literature Quiz /The Taming of the Shrew

Slide 1 - Slide

Who do we consider to be the first inhabitants of Britain?
A
The Romans
B
The Scots
C
The Picts
D
The Celts

Slide 2 - Quiz

What is the right order?
A
Bronze Age - Stone Age - Iron Age
B
Iron Age - Bronze Age- Stone Age
C
Clay Age - Bronze Age- Iron Age
D
Stone Age - Bronze Age- Iron Age

Slide 3 - Quiz

What were the Celts later named?
A
Britons
B
Romans
C
Scots
D
Picts

Slide 4 - Quiz

When was Britain successfully invaded by the Romans?
A
In 55 BC
B
In 43 AD
C
In 34 AD
D
In 55 AD

Slide 5 - Quiz

How did the Romans keep out the Picts and the Scots?
A
Building a large fortress
B
Building castles
C
Building of Hadrian's Wall
D
Building of churches

Slide 6 - Quiz

What language did the Romans speak?

Slide 7 - Mind map

What remnants =(overblijfselen) have the Romans left?

Slide 8 - Open question

Why did the Romans leave?

Slide 9 - Mind map

Which tribes invaded Britain after the Romans left?
A
Angles, Saxons, Jutes
B
Angles, Saxons , Germans
C
Angles, Saxons, French
D
Angles, Saxons ,Danes

Slide 10 - Quiz

Slide 11 - Slide

Who lived in the area called The Danelaw?
A
The Saxons
B
The Picts
C
The Normans
D
The Vikings

Slide 12 - Quiz

What kind of work is Beowulf?
A
A sculpture
B
A song
C
A painting
D
An epic poem

Slide 13 - Quiz

Slide 14 - Video

What is the language you've just heard?
A
Old English
B
Middle English
C
Modern English
D
Latin

Slide 15 - Quiz

How were poems & tales passed on during the Anglo-Saxon period?
A
Written down
B
Written down and sung by minstrels
C
Word of mouth, sung by scops or minstrels
D
Only images were used

Slide 16 - Quiz

Which sentence is an example of alliteration?
A
The snow is a white blanket
B
Sheep should sleep in a shed

Slide 17 - Quiz

Why did William, Duke of Normandy claim the throne of England?
A
His ancestors had been on the throne for a long time so he was the rightful heir.
B
It was promised to him by Edward the Confessor
C
He was the only one fit to be king
D
He wanted a change of scenery

Slide 18 - Quiz

When was the Battle of Hastings?
A
1044
B
1055
C
1033
D
1066

Slide 19 - Quiz

Which remnant( overblijfsel) is left from that period, which shows us what the battle was like?

Slide 20 - Open question

Who wrote The Canterbury Tales?
A
William Shakespeare
B
King Arthur
C
Geoffrey Chaucer
D
Harold of Godwinson

Slide 21 - Quiz

How many tales do we have beside the Prologue?

Slide 22 - Mind map

What's a link-and-frame story?

Slide 23 - Open question

Where does Chaucer meet the pilgrims?
A
On a boat in London
B
On a farm
C
Near the Thames
D
In an inn in London

Slide 24 - Quiz

What is the question the Knight has to find the answer to in The Wife of Bath's Tale?
A
Find out what women most desire
B
Find out what women most want in a man
C
Find out what men most want in life
D
Find out what women like best; money or looks

Slide 25 - Quiz

How long does the Knight have to find the answer to the Queen's question?

Slide 26 - Open question

What is the answer to the question "What do women want most"?
A
A woman wants to have power
B
A woman wants to have the upper- hand in marriage
C
A woman wants to have pleasure
D
A woman wants to have wealth

Slide 27 - Quiz

What does the old woman want in return for her answer?
A
Jewellery
B
Gold & Silver
C
Marriage
D
His sword

Slide 28 - Quiz

What two choices does the old woman give the Knight?
A
Be old and ugly or wealthy
B
Be old and ugly or smart
C
Be young and beautiful or poor
D
Be old, ugly and loyal or young and beautiful

Slide 29 - Quiz

Why is the 23rd of April such an important date in relation to Shakespeare?
A
He died on that day
B
He was born on that day
C
He was born and died on the same date
D
He finished writing

Slide 30 - Quiz

What kind of play is The Taming of the Shrew
A
A tragedy
B
A comedy
C
An mystery play
D
historical play

Slide 31 - Quiz


Which of the following best explains what a 'shrew' is in Shakespeare’s era?


A
a woman who complains a lot
B
a woman who is strong-willed and bad-tempered
C
a woman with a drinking problem
D
a woman who wants to have everything she desires

Slide 32 - Quiz

Why does Petruccio agree to marry Katherine?
A
For money/dowry
B
For land
C
For the estate
D
For love

Slide 33 - Quiz

A teacher of languages and Lucentio's secret identity
A
Petruccio
B
Vincentio
C
Cambio
D
Litio

Slide 34 - Quiz

What does Katherine mean when she says.
"a woman moved is like a fountain troubled, muddy, ill-seeming, thick, bereft of beauty" ?
A
A woman should be dumb and uneducated
B
A woman should be strong enough to move a fountain but loud like water
C
A woman should flow her words like a fountain because everyone wants to hear her talk
D
A woman should remain calm and pleasing so more people will like her

Slide 35 - Quiz

Who said:
"Faith, as you say, there's small choice in rotten apples"
A
Katherine
B
Litio
C
Tranio
D
Hortensio

Slide 36 - Quiz

Who said "That, being mad herself, she's madly mated"
A
Katherine
B
Hortensio
C
Bianca
D
Lucentio

Slide 37 - Quiz

Who said:
"If I be waspish, best beware my sting"
A
Katherine
B
Bianca
C
Baptista
D
Christopher Sly

Slide 38 - Quiz

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Slide 39 - Poll

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Slide 40 - Poll