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Pre-Assessment: Macbeth
PRIOR KNOWLEDGE:

1. Do you like to read?

_____ yes _____ no

2. What is your favorite book?

3. What is the last book you read?

4. Have you ever read Macbeth?

_____ yes _____ no

5. On a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the highest, how confident do you feeling reading
Shakespeare?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

6. Where did you first hear about Shakespeares plays? Circle all that apply.
a. In school
b. From a family member
c. From a friend
d. From a movie or television
e. In a book
f. Other _________________________

7. What is your favorite way to learn? Circle all that apply.

a. Reading, listening, and writing.
b. Solving puzzles, riddles, and problems.
c. Looking at images, graphs, and charts.
d. Fixing something with your hands.
e. Listening to music and rhymes.
8. What language did Shakespeare write in?
a. English
b. French
c. Spanish
d. Italian
9. During what years did Shakespeare write?
a. 1590-1620
b. 1620-1670
c. 1670-1720
d. 1720-1790

10. Where was Shakespeare born and buried?

a. London, England
b. Edinburgh, Scotland
c. Dublin, Ireland
d. Stratford-upon-Avon, England

11. Where does Macbeth take place?

a. Ireland
b. Scotland
c. England
d. Wales

12. What makes a work of fiction tragic?

a. It is sad
b. All of the characters die
c. There is a war
d. The tragic hero falls
e. All of the above
13. How many syllables are in one iamb?
a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
d. 10
14. In an iamb, which syllable is stressed?
a. The first
b. The second
c. The third
d. The tenth

15. Which of the following plays did Shakespeare write? Circle all that apply.
a. Romeo and Juliet
b. Hamlet
c. The Crucible
d. Julius Caesar
 e. Much Ado About Nothing

16. How many acts are in a Shakespeare play?

a. 5
b. 4
c. 3
d. 2
e. 1

17. An extended speech in which a character speaks to his/herself on stage to reveal private
thoughts is called a
a. Metaphor
b. Soliloquy
c. Eulogy
d. Epilogue

18. Macbeth believes it is equally unlikely that he will be named either Thane of Cawdor or
King of Scotland. However, the audience already knows that Duncan has ordered the
Thane of Cawdors execution and he plans to give Macbeth the title. What is this an
example of?
a. Situational irony
b. Verbal irony
c. Dramatic irony
d. Foreshadowing

DEFINITIONS:

For the following section, match the literary terms with an example found in Macbeth.

19. _____ This is the sergeant A. Simile

Who like a good and hardy
soldier fought
'Gainst my captivity.

20. _____ Come, thick night, B. Metaphor

And pall thee in the dunnest smoke
of hell

21. _____ Till that Bellona's C. Allusion

bridegroom, lapped in proof...

22. _____Which now suits with it. D. Iambic Pentameter

Whiles I threat, he lives. Words to
the heat of deeds too cold breath
 gives.

23. _____I think our country sinks E. Heroic Couplet

beneath the yoke; It weeps, it
bleeds
F. Apostrophe
24. _____ I have thee not, and yet I
see thee still.

25. On the back of this page, draw an outline of how The Globe Theatre looked from an
audiences perspective. Below the image, write down anything unique you know about The
Globe Theatre.