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by Will Fowler
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S U M M A R Y INTERMEDIATE
n Shakespeare, His Life and Plays, Will Fowler theatre was built in London in 1576, when Shakespeare was
Student’s activities 1
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Students can do these exercises alone or with one or 4
more other students.
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(e) Shakespeare’s early plays are all in the same style.
Activities before reading the book ( f ) The Taming of the Shrew is very popular with modern
audiences.
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Complete these sentences using information from the
Introduction on page v. Chapter 4 pages 13–18
(a) ... give us most of the information we have about Use these names to complete the sentences. INTERMEDIATE
Shakespeare’s life.
Anna of Denmark Lord Burghley
(b) Shakespeare did not leave a ... giving his opinions
CHAPTERS 5–8
Answers to book activities Answers to Factsheet activities
Chapter 5 pages 18–25
1 Open answers. Communicative activities 1 (a) tragedy
Activities before reading the book (b) comedy
2 a dramatist
Quiz (c) history
b poet
(a) Shakespeare was born and died (d) comedy
c director
here. (e) history
d earl
e rival (b) They were monarchs on the throne 2 (a) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
f villain during Shakespeare’s life. (b) The Merry Wives of Windsor
g patron (c) He died in this year. (c) The Merchant of Venice
h council (d) Shakespeare performed in and (d) Richard II
i audience directed his plays here. (e) Romeo and Juliet
(e) She was his wife. Chapter 6 pages 26–29
3 a comedy
( f ) This is one of his plays.
b tragedy (e), (d), (b), (c), (a)
(g) She was his mother.
c sonnet Chapter 7 Pages 29–35
d will Activities after reading sections and 1 (a)–(iii), (b)–(v), (c)–(ii), (d)–(vi), (e)–(i),
e plague the book ( f ) –(iv)
f source
Open answers 2 (a) friends
4 a rebelled, throne, executed (b) against
Students’ activities
b reign, revenge (c) rebel
c divide, published Activities before reading the book
(d) perform
(a) legal documents (e) people
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(b) notebook (f) executed
Because they want to visit the
(c) sonnets (g) lucky
house where Shakespeare was
(d) actor (h) enjoyed
born.
(e) characters
6 Open answers Chapter 8 pages 35–41
Activities while reading the book (a) King Lear
7 (Possible answer)
In London in Shakespeare’s time CHAPTERS 1–4 (b) Othello
Chapter 1 pages 1–5 (c) Cordelia
and in Hollywood in the 1930s, the
actors were the stars. The people (a) 20% (d) Macbeth
who wrote the plays were not (b) gloves and other leather products (e) Iago
famous. They lost control of their (c) because she was his youngest (f) Desdemona
work when they sold it. Cinema in daughter – normally a parent would CHAPTERS 9–12
the 1930s and 1940s was not choose their oldest daughter Chapter 9 pages 41–46
accepted as art. Plays in (d) Latin, French, Italian (he may have (a) the Romans
Shakespeare’s time were not known Greek as well) (b) Latin
accepted as literature. Chapter 2 pages 5–9 (c) boys
8 Open answers (a) summer 1582 (d) Cleopatra
(b) 8 (e) to prove that she is a queen
9 (Possible answer) He had to write (f) professional soldier
The Merry Wives of Windsor as a (c) 150
(d) 1581 (g) his Sonnets
special entertainment for the
Queen’s summer celebration at (e) November 1582 Chapter 10 pages 47–49
Windsor. He probably wrote The (f) 3 (a)–(iii), (b)–(iv), (c)–(i), (d)–(v), (e)–(ii)
Merchant of Venice because their (g) 1586
Chapter 11 pages 49–52
rival theatre company had had a Chapter 3 pages 9–13
(a) The Tempest
great success with Christopher (a) liked ➔ didn’t like, (b) a storm
Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta. had been ➔ hadn’t been (c) how to do magic
10–8 Open answers (b) kept ➔ lost (d) he makes a storm that brings their
(c) all ➔ only half ship to the island
(d) was ➔ wasn’t (e) Shakespeare himself
(e) the same style ➔ different styles ( f ) it burned down
( f ) is ➔ is not (g) because it was their marriage bed
Chapter 4 pages 13–18 Chapter 12