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| Which monarch was on the throne at the time MforM came out? |
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| From what source does the title Measure for Measure come from? |
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| Jesus' Sermon on the Mount |
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| Which translation of the Bible was most widely read in Shakespeare's England? |
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| In MforM, the repeated characterization of Angelo as "precise" associates him with what group in Shakespeare's time? |
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| In what city does the play, MforM, take place? |
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| What disguise does the Duke from, MforM, take on? |
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In MforM,
What is compared to "a thrifty goddess [who] determines herself the glory of a creditor" (1.1.36-39)? |
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| What does Claudio, from MforM, mean when he says that "character too gross is writ on Juliet" (1.2.132)? |
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| When the Duke, from MforM, calls the city's sex laws "needful bits and curbs to headstrong weed" (1.3.20), to what ancient image is he referring? |
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| Who, in MforM, says, "Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall" (2.1.38)? |
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| What remedy, in MforM, does the Duke propose to cure Angelo? |
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| What other Shakespearean play uses a courtroom scene to advocate mercy? |
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| Which character is "neither maid, widow, nor wife" (5.1.176)? |
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| In MforM, which character "crave[s] death more willingly than mercy" (5.1.470)? |
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| In MforM, the Duke's plan to get Angelo to do his dirty work could be read as a political strategy deriving from what Renaissance theorist? |
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| The word sonnet comes from the Italian "sonetto" which means what? |
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| n what form did Shakespeare's sonnets first appear in print? |
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| Shakespeare most often used which of the following type of sonnet, developed by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey? |
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| A turn in thought that is often marked by "but" or "yet" |
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| What was the central theme of the sonnet cycles of the early 1590s? |
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| Shakespeare, like his predecessors, shows less interest in plot and character than in the occasion they provide for reflectionon love and related topics--seasonal rhythms, human mortality, and artistic immortality. True of False. |
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| According to recent scholars, who is a likely candidate for the patron to whom Shakespeare addressed the first 126 sonnets? |
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| Southampton and Pembroke are both viable possibilities |
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| The poet-speaker discusses but does not name a rival poet within the sonnets. Which of the following contemporary people are suggested as candidates? |
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| George Chapman and Christopher Marlowe |
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| Who do scholars suggest are likely candidates for Shakespeare's mistress, to whom sonnets 127-154 are addressed? |
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| Mary Fitton, Emilia Lanier and Lucy Negro |
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| What doctrine do the first 17 sonnets use to attempt to persuade the beloved to marry? |
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| In Sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"), what does the poet-speaker claim will never fade? |
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| Sonnet 20 ("A woman's face, with nature's own hand painted, Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion") invokes what Renaissance model, which posits the malleability of gender? |
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| Complete this line from Sonnet 22 ("My glass shall not persuade me I am old"): "For all that that doth cover thee/Is but the seemly raiment of my heart." |
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| What figure does the poet-speaker often rail against and call "sluttish" in Sonnet 55? |
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| What traditional Petrarchan motif is the basis of Sonnet 57 ("Being your slave, what should I do but tend/Upon the hours and times of your desire?")? |
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| What does the poet-speaker call "Death's second self" in Sonnet 73? |
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What is the predominant type of imagery in this first quatrain of Sonnet 87:
"Farewell, thou art too dear for my possessing,
And like enough thou know'st thy estimate.
The charter of thy worth gives tee releasing
My bonds in thee are all determinate." |
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| In Sonnet 109 ("O never say that I was false of heart"), what does the poet-speaker refer to his love as in the final couplet? |
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In sonnet 110, the poet confesses his swervings:
"I have gone here and there,
And made myself a motley to the view,
Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear"
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| He plays on the social stigma of the playing profession |
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| In sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments"), what is a "bark" that the speaker refers to? |
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| In sonnet 122, the poet admits to having given away a keepsake given to him by the beloved. What is that keepsake gift? |
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| In sonnet 130 ("My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"), what is far more red than her lips? |
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| In sonnet 139 ("O call not me to justify the wrong"), what does the poet-speaker refer to as his enemies? |
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| In sonnet 140, ("Be wise as thou are cruel, do not press"), what does the poet-love say that he might teach the beloved lady?" |
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| In sonnet 141 ("In faith I do not love thee with mine eyes"), what loves that which his eyes despise? |
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| What is the chief source for Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale? |
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| Robert Greene's Pandosto, or The Triumph of Time |
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| What genre does The Winter's Tale encompass? |
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| Comedy, Pastoral, Romance, and Tragedy |
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| What other Shakespearean plays deal with the theme of the falsely accused woman? |
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| Much Ado About Nothing and Othello |
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| How long have Leontes and Polixenes been friends? |
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| since they were young boys |
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| What word does Hermione use repeatedly in different contexts with different meanings? |
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| At what point in the play is it first obvious that King Leontes is jealous? |
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| When Hermione tells Leontes that she has convinced Polixenes to stay |
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| With what is Perdita's name associated? |
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| That which is lost and The myth of Proserpina |
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| In Greek mythology, who is Hermione? |
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| The daughter of Menelaus and Helene |
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What does Paulina describe in 2.3.86-91:
"...Whose sting is sharper than the sword's...It is a curse...which is rotten as ever oak or stone was sound." |
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| Who declares the death of Hermione? |
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| One of the most famous stage directions in English drama is when Antigonus exits "pursued by a bear." What is similar between bear-baiting and the theater as forms of entertainment? |
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| Both were patronized by aristocrats, both were located outside city jurisdictions, and both were attacked on similar terms by moralists and preachers. |
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| What does the storm in 3.3 represent? |
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| The chaos that results from a tyrannous ruler, the undue or unjust suffering, and transformations |
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| What happens to baby Perdita? |
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| she is found by a shepherd |
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| Why does Camillo want to go back home to Sicilia 16 years later (Hint: 4.2.3-7) |
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| He wants to die in his own land and he desires to make amends with king Leontes |
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| Why does Perdita feel Florizel's father, King Polixenes, won't accept their union (Hint: 4.4.35-52)? |
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| Polixenes believes she is just a shepherd's daughter and too low-born to be with him |
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| How does Polixenes get his son to tell him about his love for Perdita (Hint: 4.4.382-405)? |
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| He dresses as a shepherd so his son doesn't recognize him and ask about her |
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| Why does the Clown advise the Shepherd to tell Polixenes how he found Perdita (Hint: 4.4.674-79)? |
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| The king plans to kill the shepherd and explaining that Perdita isn't really his daughter could save his life. |
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| What do Florizel and Perdita do when King Polixenes finds out about them (Hint: 4.4.529-67)? |
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| What are the "Sheets" and "ballads" that Autolycus sells as a peddler? |
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| Which character (ironically) argues that "nature is made better by...art" and that "art itself is nature" (4.4.89-97)? |
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| Why does Paulina not want King Leontes to remarry (Hint: 5.1.34-36)? |
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| He must repent and be transformed as part of his preparation to accept Hermione when she returns |
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| What report do the Gentlemen give about the reuniting of Polixenes and Leontes in Act 5 (Hint: 5.2.38-52)? |
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| The kings were over joyed and came to tears |
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| Whatever happens to the Shepherd and the Clown (Hint: 5.2.13-120)? |
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| They are made gentlemen and attired as such |
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| What theatrical device does Shakespeare use when the statue of Hermione comes to life? |
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