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A Midsummer Night's Dream
You might not be able to put a girdle around the earth in forty minutes but you can generate interest in A Midsummer’s Night Dream in that length of time. As an introduction to Shakespeare’s comedy, pairs of students assume the roles of...
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Et tu Brute?: Fun Trivia Quiz
A unique format for a reading comprehension quiz, the questions for this test give a brief statement as if spoken by Marcus Brutus which asks readers questions about major characters and plot elements in Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar....
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The Second Half of the Play
Just as the title says, this quiz covers the second half of William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, specifically Acts IV and V. Multiple-choice questions focus on the events and characters.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
A series of multiple-choice questions cover various aspects of A Midsummer Night's Dream. From lines of the play to characters' relationships, be sure your scholars know their Shakespeare!
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The Winter's Tale: Fun Trivia Quiz
This online quiz asks basic comprehension questions for Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale. Test-takers answer fifteen multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, and receive immediate feedback. These basic questions focus mainly on...
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Who's Who in Shrew!: Fun Trivia Quiz
Clarify the characters in Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare with this brief online quiz. Learners read a short description of a character and respond to each question by choosing one of four possible characters. This is a...
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Macbeth: Denouement/Falling Action
Readers of Shakespeare explore denouement in Macbeth and track the play's falling action in Act IV, Scene 1. They complete a worksheet/table noting the content and significance of each of the three apparitions granted Macbeth by the...
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Acts 1-2
Blank verse, stichomythia, soliloquy, allusion, oxymoron, malaprop? Readers of A Midsummer Night’s Dream will need to know these terms to successfully complete a study guide designed for the first two acts of Shakespeare’s comedy. The...
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It's All in the Way You Say It
High schoolers unearth multiple meanings based on connotation and cadence. After defining denotation, connotation, and cadence, readers evaluate similar words to compare connotations. They then play with how cadence affects meaning by...
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Building Background
Learners, in groups, define qualities of friends and leaders. The groups define how far a friend or leader should go to protect their friendship or country. They research Julius Caesar, Marc Anotony and Shakespeare and read Julius Caesar.
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Hamlet Scenes
Identify specific words and events from the different acts and scenes in The Tragedy of Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Some context and the exact act and scene are given for which you provide the action or character that belongs in that...
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9 for 10 - Julius Caesar
Choose the missing word in several quotes from William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Most are multiple-choice, though a few are fill-in-the-blank. The last answer is made from the first letters of the previous answers.
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Julius Caesar Quiz
Detailed questions about characters form this multiple-choice quiz over The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. Check reading comprehension quickly and receive automatic answers online.
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Julius Caesar Quotes
Usually, these Fun Trivia quizzes have little educational merit; however, this quote identification interactive worksheet could prove useful for testing your class' understanding of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
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Julius Caesar: Fun Trivia Quiz
This online interactive quiz tests reading comprehension and asks a few questions about figurative language in William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream quiz
An overview of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Brief and not too difficult, this multiple-choice quiz covers a random smattering of the play.
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Identify the Quote: Romeo and Juliet
If you want to test your class' ability to identify the speaker of quotes in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, this online interactive quiz may be right for you!
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Measure for Measure
The twists and turns in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure could have you guessing for awhile on this quiz. Mostly reading comprehension, the questions are nonetheless more detailed, especially since the plot is complex. See how you do!
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My Name is Iago
Generally, Fun Trivia online quizzes are too low-quality to assign to your class; however, this one includes 15 reading comprehension questions on Iago that may help you determine the extent to which your class understands the plot and...
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Othello and Desdemona
Every question in this quiz focuses on the character of Desdemona from Shakespeare's Othello. Focusing on plot and reading comprehension, the questions are pretty straightforward. Unfortunately for Desdemona, her innocence was not.
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"Macbeth" Quotes: Fun Trivia Quiz
Who said that? Test takers are given ten quotes from Shakespeare's well-known play Macbeth and asked to identify the speaker from a list of four possible characters. Useful as a check for understanding or completion of reading, this quiz...
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The Merchant of Venice Quiz
Five brief but precise questions ask for details from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice and the 1973 movie version. The questions are not too difficult, but they are specific.
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Romeo and Juliet: KWHL Strategy
Introduce Romeo and Juliet with a KWHL strategy that asks learners to record what they know, what they want to learn, and how they will find this information on a large chart posted in the classroom. During the reading of Shakespeare’s...
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Hamlet 1.2: Hamlet's First Soilloquy
O, that these too, too obscure words would resolve themselves into modern English! High school scholars are asked to do a close reading of Hamlet’s first soliloquy (I, ii) and recast these famous lines into contemporary speech, identify...
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