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English
10th -
12thgrade
Macbeth and Shakespeare - Historical Context
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which two English monarchs ruled when Shakespeare was writing?
Queen Elizabeth and King James
Queen Elizabeth and King George
King James and Queen Anne
King David and Queen Kristy
- 2. Multiple Choice
Did both English monarchs like Shakespeare's work?
Yes
No
- 3. Multiple Choice
King James loved Shakespeare's plays so much, he honored Shakespeare by...
Marrying his daughter to Shakespeare
Giving Shakespeare a knighthood
Giving Shakespeare the Globe Theatre
Naming Shakespeare's theatre company 'The King's Men'
- 4. Multiple Choice
Macbeth was most likely written in...
1506
1606
1706
- 5. Multiple Choice
King James 1st (Also King James 6th of Scotland) took the English throne in...
1503
1603
1782
- 6. Multiple Choice
It is likely that Shakespeare wrote 'Macbeth' as way to please King James because...
King James was interested in witch craft
King James was supposedly related to Banquo - one of the good guys in the play.
King James was worried about being overthrown, and 'Macbeth' shows the chaos that follows the fall of a true king.
All of the above.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the connection between the gunpowder plot, Guy Fawkes, King James, and the play 'Macbeth?'
None
The Gun Powder Plot happened 1 year before Macbeth was performed for King James. 'Macbeth' is a play about why people shouldn't kill the king.
The Gun Powder plot was another play by Shakespeare that he wrote for King James, because King James was fascinated with gun powder. Gun powder was the secret weapon in the war against France.
All of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which craft was made illegal...
20 years before the play 'Macbeth'
30 years before the play 'Macbeth'
50 years before the play 'Macbeth'
- 9. Multiple Choice
IS it possible that strict and violent punishment against supposed witches in Shakespeare's day was a response to...
The Devil
Increased power and influence of women
Fear of evil
Mad kings
- 10. Multiple Choice
King James was convinced that...
Shakespeare was his son
A group of witches was plotting against him
- 11. Multiple Choice
King James wrote a book called...
The Birds of Scotland
Answer to your prayers
Daemonologie
- 12. Multiple Choice
Because King James was interested in witches, Shakespeare probably thought the King would approve of the play 'Macbeth'
True
False
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