1. Get your memories all dusted off…

2. THE RULES: There will be 2 teams. Each team will have ONE speaker. Whenever the team agrees on an answer, the SPEAKER will raise their hand. The first team to raise their hand gets the gives their answer. If it is CORRECT: designated points are awarded. If it is INCORRECT: the opposing team has a chance to steal the points. Whoever wins gets to pick the next question.

4. ANSWER: He was baptized on April 26 th, 1564. He died on April 23 rd, 1616.

5. Return to Questions ANSWER: Stratford-upon-Avon, England (Later moved to London)

6. Return to Questions ANSWER: Poet Playwright Actor

7. Return to Questions ANSWER: Queen Elizabeth I King James I (Formerly King James VI of Scotland)

8. ANSWER: The Globe Theater in London. Return to Questions

9. ANSWER: At 18, he married 26-year old Anne Hathaway. They had three children: Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith.

11. ANSWER: He wrote 38 plays. He wrote 154 sonnets.

12. ANSWER: Modern English! (Believe it or not)

13. ANSWER: Comedies: ends in marriage Histories: named after historical figures Tragedies: ends in death

14. ANSWER: There are 14 lines. In Shakespearian sonnets, the rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg.

15. POSSIBLE ANSWERS: “O” – Othello “10 Things…” – Taming of the Shrew “She’s the Man” – Twelfth Night “My Own Private Idaho” – Henry IV “Romeo and Juliet”

16. ANSWER: There are always 5 Acts.

17. The Prize: +5 points to be added to any assignment you would like. First dibs on parts when reading Macbeth! (Or, the option to pass on reading during the first act.)

18. A tragic combination of magic, murder, and madness…

19. 428 — 1100: Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Period  C. 500: Events of Beowulf AND Morte D’Arthur take place  C. 700: Beowulf composed in present form  1066: Battle of Hastings (Norman Conquest): begins Middle English 1350 — 1500: Middle English Period (When everyone spoke M.E.)  C. 1387: Chaucer, "Prologue" to Canterbury Tales  1470: Sir Thomas Malory completes Morte D’Arthur  1470: William Caxton’s printing press begins standardizing language  1492: Columbus lands in America 1500 — 1660: The Renaissance: Begins Modern English  1558: Reign of Queen Elizabeth I BEGINS  1564: William Shakespeare is born  1577: Raphael Holinshed publishes The Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (Holinshed’s Chronicles)  1603: Reign of Queen Elizabeth I ENDS, Reign of King James I BEGINS  1605: Shakespeare's Macbeth  1616: Shakespeare dies  1620: Pilgrims land at Plymouth  1625: Reign of King James I ENDS

20.  Ambition / Power / Corruption  Cruelty and Gender  Kingship vs. Tyranny  Hallucinations  Violence  Prophecy  Blood  The Weather What is familiar from previous texts?

21. Witches, Murder, Treason Psychotic wives, Fate, Revenge… Plot Summary

22. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth Duncan I Malcom, Donalbain Banquo Three Witches Macduff and Lady Macduff Character Summary

23.  Based on Holinshed’s Chronicles.  Macbeth did exist, was a Scottish king.  Was written to please King James when his reign as King of England began.