Shakespeare Pre-Reading Quiz: What Do We Know?

Shakespeare was from...

• England

• France

• The United States

• Italy

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

• 10

• 13

• 32

• 37

What type of poetry did Shakespeare make popular?

• ballad
• sonnet
• lyric
• narrative

Who was the ruler of England during Shakespeare's popularity?

• Queen Victoria
• Queen Sheeba
• Queen Elizabeth
• Queen Margaret

Romeo and Juliet is a...

• comedy
• epic novel
• biography
• tragedy

A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character while other characters remain on stage

• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Dialogue
• Monologue

When a character says something short to the audience that the other characters on stage do NOT hear

• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Dialogue
• Monologue

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

• Double Rainbow
• Couplet
• Prose
• Dialogue

Plays during Shakespeare's time were performed during the:

• morning

• afternoon

• night

• anytime

What were the people called that had to stand on the ground during a play?

• Groundlings

• Commoners

• Fanatics

• Characters