Hamlet Mega Quiz - William Shakespeare

A varied 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minute end of unit quiz or a good way to start revising Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Eight rounds with 75 questions appropriate for secondary school and college students (key stage 4 and 5, 11 to 18 year olds).

Appropriate for teams or individuals (more fun with teams). Eight different rounds with a total of 75 questions (most with ten questions and an anagram round with five). The quiz will take between an hour and 1 hour 30 minutes to complete. A response sheet is included with a teacher’s sheet that includes all the answers.

Round One: Character Anagrams
Round Two: Context Multiple Choice
Round Three: Who said what?
Round Four: What happened when?
Round Five: Word Meanings
Round Six: Literary Techniques
Round Seven: Who am I?
Round Eight: Complete the Quotation
Tie breakers

Students work through a highly visual PowerPoint answering questions in each round. The animations in the PowerPoint allow you to create interest and allow students time to answer questions. Examples of the Character Anagrams, Who said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques, Who am I? and Complete the Quotation are included to make instructions clear and accessible.

The What said what?, Word Meanings, Literary Techniques and Complete the Quotation have an electronic voice readings. Either turn on your speakers, or not, depending on your preference.

Once the quiz has been completed, students mark the answers of the other teams and work through the questions that can create further discussion.

Questions are appropriate to a secondary school and college aged student.

The eight rounds of questions last for between 50 minutes and 1 hour (depending on how much time you give students to answer the questions). You can also give students longer to complete the questions. For example, the Who am I? clues could be left on the board to allow students to discuss possibilities in groups. The other questions in the quiz can be moved through at a brisk pace. Working through the answers takes between 15 and 20 minutes. You can slow the progress down or speed it up depending on your group or lessons.

Whole quiz time: 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes.

The PowerPoint can be edited and adapted allowing you to change any questions to suit your students.

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