READING Shakespeare.WEB
Step Three B1.2
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Five Stories
KEY TO THE EXERCICES AND EXIT TEST
William Shakespeare –
His Life
b 1 Bianca 2 Petruchio 3 Baptista 4
Katharina 5 Hortensio
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1 gentle 2 sad 3 anxious 4 serious
5 realistic 6 old-fashioned 7 rude
8 rich 9 disappointed 10 confident
1 From baptism records of the day.
2 Because of his father’s status in the
town.
3 His only son Hamnet dies.
4 The Chamberlain’s men.
5 1610.
6 His second best bed.
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Before you read
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1B; 2D; 3A; 4C; 5C; 6D; 7A; 8B
Open answers.
Love in Shakespeare:
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Open answers.
The text and beyond
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1 B; 2 A; 3 B; 4 A; 5 B; 6 B; 7 A; 8 A
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1 rich 2 nobody 3 different 4 win
5 rude 6 wedding 7 torment 8 behave
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Baptista/Petruchio
atharina/servant
Petruchio/Katharina
Katharina/clothes
Katharina/Petruchio
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Elizabethan Courtship
and Marriage
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1 Because marriage gave them status
and heirs.
2 At 12.
3 Families could obtain property,
money and useful friends.
4 Courtship wasn’t a promise to
marry. Betrothal was binding.
5 Because it was the symbol of
fidelity.
6 Kiss over them without knocking
them down.
The Tragedy of Romeo
and Juliet
1 gentle 2 impractical 3 easy-going
4 disappointed
1 carefully 2 loudly 3 sweetly 4 well
5 unhappily 6 comfortably 7 hungrily
8 seriously
Before you read
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1A; 2B; 3B; 4B; 5A; 6A
1a hungrily 1b sweet 2a comfortably;
loudly 2b serious 3a careful
3b unhappily
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1 suitors 2 pestering 3 bad-tempered
4 court 5 dowry
1 Baptista will be happy when
Katharina has a husband.
2 Petruchio will take his wife to
Verona as soon as they are
married.
3 While Petruchio is buying rings, his
servant will look after their horses.
4 Bianca won’t improve her luteplaying until she learns/has learnt
to read music.
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Open answers.
The text and beyond
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Open answers.
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1 after/when 2 when/after 3 while
4 before 5 until
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1 of; 2 in; 3 of; 4 about; 5 of 6 to
1 wedding 2 dowry 3 suitors
4 bouquet 5 rings 6 wife
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The Taming of the Shrew
Before you read
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1 Yes 2 No 3 No 4 Yes 5 No
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1 B; 2 C; 3 D; 4 A; 5 B; 6 C.
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a 1c; 2d; 3a; 4e; 5b
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Open answer.
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1 China and Poland 2 Hawaii 3 Hawaii
and Poland 4 China and Poland
5 China 6 China and Poland 7 Morocco
8 Hawaii 9 Morocco 10 Hawaii
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1 enemy 2 niece 3 cousin 4 guard
The text and beyond
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1M; 2J; 3H; 4B; 5A; 6C; 7F; 8L; 9N; 10I;
11O; 12K; 13 G; 14 D; 15 E
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Open answer.
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Before you read
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A2; B4; C1; D5; E6; F3
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Open answers.
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1B; 2A; 3A; 4A
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Viola isn’t as tall as Sebastian.
Viola isn’t as heavy as Sebastian.
Sebastian is as attractive as Viola.
Sebastian sings as sweetly as Viola.
Sebastian doesn’t write as well as
Viola.
6 Sebastian paints as badly as Viola.
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The text and beyond
1 a bat 2 a lion 3 a mouse 4 an owl
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1B; 2D; 3C; 4A; 5D; 6C
Open answers.
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1 the Prince of Verona; 2 Romeo;
3 Tybalt; 4 Mercutio; 5 Paris
1C; 2D; 3B; 4E; 5A
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Elizabethan Acting
Companies
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1 In market places, on village greens,
in innyards and at court.
2 Because they travelled from place
to place.
3 Because they gave the companies
respectability.
4 Because James I became king of
England.
5 The owner of the acting company
The Admiral’s Men.
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Possible answers.
1 Roderigo wanted to speak to Iago
but he didn’t know where to find
him.
2 Othello asked someone to bring
him a glass of water/something to
drink because he was very thirsty.
3 Roderigo was happy to give
Iago money/pay Iago because
Iago promised to help him win
Desdemona.
4 The Duke allowed Desdemona to go
with Othello to Cyprus.
5 Desdemona offered to help Cassio
by speaking to her husband about
him.
6 Othello began to be suspicious of
Desdemona after he saw her with
Cassio.
Before you read
The Tragedy of Othello,
Moor of Venice
1 young 2 known 3 feuding 4 location
5 way 6 familiar 7 idea 8 translation
9 collection 10 theatre-goers
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Before you read
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Open answers.
1 Romeo; 2 Romeo; 3 Juliet; 4 Juliet;
5 Juliet; 6 Mercutio; 7 Nurse;
8 Prince of Verona
The text and beyond
Open answers.
4B; A2; B4; C3; D1
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The text and beyond
The text and beyond
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Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
Before you read
1B; 2 B; 3C; 4 C; 5A; 6B
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1 D; 2 A; 3 B; 4 C; 5 B, 6 D
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Open answers
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1 played 2 who 3 as 4 of 5 belonged
6 taught 7 were 8 outside 9 like
10 compared
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1A; 2B; 3B; 4B; 5A
1D; 2B; 3C; 4A; 5E
The text and beyond
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1A; 2A; 3B; 4A; 5B; 6B; 7A; 8A; 9B; 10A;
11B; 12A
can never love
was rescued by
not far from
has been
borrowed some clothes
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Open answers.
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1A; 2A; 3B; 4B; 5A; 6A; 7B; 8B; 9A; 10B
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Before you read
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1B; 2B; 3B; 4B; 5A; 6D
1D; 2A; 3C; 4A; 5B; 6B
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1 Othello is depressed because he
thinks that his young wife is tired
of him.
2 Desdemona is brave because she
ran away from home and married
for love.
3 Iago is dishonest because he
pretends to be a friend to Othello.
4 Cassio is ashamed because he
drank too much wine and behaved
badly.
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a 1 respected 2 scheming 3 obey
4 wounded 5 embarrassed
6 suspicious
b 1 suspicion 2 respect 3 obedience
4 embarrassment
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1D, 2H; 3B; 4E; 5C; 6F; 7A; 8G
Antony and Cleopatra
Before you read
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1T; 2F; 3T; 4T; 5T; 6F
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1c; 2e; 3f; 4a; 5b; 6d
1 Cleopatra talking to the messenger;
2 Caesar talking to Pompey; 3The
Messenger telling Cleopatra about
Ottavia; 4 Cleopatra talking to
Antony; 5Antony thinking that
Cleopatra plotted with Caesar against
me; 6 Cleopatra referring to the fruit
basket
The text and beyond
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1D; 2A; 3C; 4D; 5B; 6D
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1 quarrel; will be 2 will be; doesn’t
return 3 will become; wins 4 meets;
will understand
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1 Cleopatra VII 2 69BCE 3 3 sisters;
2 brothers 4 18 or 19 5 brotherhusband 6 leave Egypt 7 Julius Caesar
8 Rome
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1 Menecrates 2 Lepidus 3 Caesar
4 Enobarbus 5 Pompey 6 Octavia
7 Antony 8 Charmian 9 Alexandria
10 Cleopatra
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1A; 2C; 3D; 4A; 5B; 6B; 7D; 8C
Before you read
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AFTER READING
1F; 2T; 3F; 4T; 5F; 6T; 7F; 8T
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1 The Taming of the Shrew : G; O; E;
2 Romeo and Juliet : A; H; J;
3 Twelfth Night; or, What you Will : K;
M; C;
4 The Tragedy of Othello, Moor of
Venice : F; B; N;
5 Antony and Cleopatra : I; D; L;
1c; 2e; 3b; 4a; 5d
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Open answers.
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Open answers.
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1 a Antonio b Hortensio c Cleopatra d Viola e Cassio f Antony g Desdemona
h Iago i Benvolio j Petruchio k Emilia l Bianca m Cleopatra n Friar Laurence
o Count Orsino p Romeo q Caesar r Othello s Pompey t Sebastian
u Katharina v Prince Escalus w Tybalt x Countess Olivia y Katharina
2 1 suitors 2 tame 3 enemy 4 masks 5 feud 6 challenged 7 tomb 8 twin
9 arrested 10 obey 11 reputation 12 stabbing 13 quarrels 14 set
15 betraying
3 Possible answers
1 Because Katharina was older than Bianca.
2 Because Baptista was rich and Katharina had a big dowry.
3 Because he thought that Romeo was in love with Rosaline.
4 Because her parents wanted her to marry Count Paris.
5 Because ‘Cesario’ was young and handsome.
6 Because Antonio called her Sebastian.
7 Because Othello chose Cassio as his lieutenant.
8 Because he thought she was unfaithful.
9 Because he was enjoying himself in Alexandria.
10 Because they were filled with shame when Antony lost the battle.
The text and beyond
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1 Because Octavia wasn’t as pretty
or as fascinating as she was.
2 The islands of Sicily and Sardinia.
3 Because he killed Pompey and put
Lepidus in prison.
4 Because Antony ordered his ships
to follow Cleopatra’s ships.
5 They joined Caesar’s side.
6 To win him back.
7 Because he wanted to be with
Cleopatra again.
8 Next to Mark Antony.
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EXIT
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1 Characters
EXIT
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2 Missing word
Which character from the five stories
Complete the missing words in the sentences.
a gave someone a purse of money to look after?
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b disguised himself as a music teacher?
2 Petruchio was sure that he could t _ _ e Katharina and make her an
obedient wife.
c
was buried next to the man she loved?
Bianca had two s _ _ _ _ rs: Gremio and Hortensio.
d disguised herself to get a job?
3 Lord Montague was Lord Capulet’s e _ _ _ y .
e lost his rank because of a fight?
4 Romeo and his friends wore m _ _ _ s to the ball so nobody
recognised them.
f
forgot his duties to his country?
g married someone much older than she was?
h was dishonest, ambitious and scheming?
5 Friar Laurence wanted to bring an end to the f _ _ d between the
Capulets and the Montagues.
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wanted to help his friend forget a girl?
6 Tybalt ch _ _ _ _ _ _ ed Romeo to a fight because Romeo had gone to
the ball.
j
wore dirty old clothes for an important occasion?
7 Juliet’s body was taken to the family vault and laid on her t _ _ b .
k picked up a handkerchief?
8 Viola and her tw _ _ brother Sebastian survived the shipwreck.
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9 Duke Orsino’s guards ar _ _ _ _ _ d Antonio and took him to the
Duke’s palace.
was tormented by her sister?
m was furious when she heard news about a marriage?
n gave someone a phial of liquid?
10 It was Desdemona’s duty as a wife to o _ _ y Othello.
o wrote many messages of love?
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p climbed a garden wall in the middle of the night?
Although he was young, Cassio already had a re _ _ t _ _ _ on as a
good soldier.
q won two sea battles?
12 Othello killed himself by s _ _ _ _ ing himself in the heart.
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killed his wife?
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had a house on the island of Sicily?
13 Caesar and Antony needed to forget their q _ _ _ _ _ _ s and be
friends if they wanted to defeat Pompey.
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survived a shipwreck by holding on to the ship’s mast?
u was very bad-tempered?
v sent someone to live in another city as a punishment?
w became angry during a masked ball?
14 Antony and Cleopatra’s ships s _ _ sail from Alexandria and the first
sea battle began.
15 After Cleopatra’s men surrendered to Caesar, Antony accused her of
b _ _ _ _ ying him.
x had been in mourning for a year?
y changed her behaviour?
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EXIT
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3 Comprehension check
Answer the questions.
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Why did Baptista want Katharina to marry before her sister?
2 Why did Petruchio say that Katharina would be the perfect wife for
him?
3 Why was Friar Laurence surprised when Romeo told him he wanted
to marry Juliet?
4 Why did Juliet go and see the friar and ask for his help?
5 Why did Duke Orsino think that Olivia would receive ‘Cesario’?
6 Why did Viola think that her brother might be alive and well?
7 Why did Iago hate Othello?
8 Why did Othello kill Desdemona?
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Why didn’t Antony want to go back to Rome?
10 Why did Canidius and Enobarbus leave Antony and join Caesar’s
army?
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