Context & Writer's Techniques (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Quizzes
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When was Shakespeare born?
When was Shakespeare born?
April 1564
When was 'The Taming of the Shrew' composed?
When was 'The Taming of the Shrew' composed?
1590-1592
When was the First Folio of Shakespeare's works published?
When was the First Folio of Shakespeare's works published?
1623
What genre element includes exaggerated characters and slapstick comedy?
What genre element includes exaggerated characters and slapstick comedy?
Farce
Which Roman playwrights influenced Shakespeare's play?
Which Roman playwrights influenced Shakespeare's play?
Plautus and Terence
What form of speech do noble characters predominantly use?
What form of speech do noble characters predominantly use?
Blank verse
What type of imagery is frequently used to describe Katherina?
What type of imagery is frequently used to describe Katherina?
Animal imagery
What is the framing device at the play's opening called?
What is the framing device at the play's opening called?
Induction
What structure did the play reflect from Elizabethan society?
What structure did the play reflect from Elizabethan society?
Patriarchy
How is Katherina's transformation described in the note?
How is Katherina's transformation described in the note?
Deliberately ambiguous