
William Shakespeare Background Quiz
Authored by Mina Raeisi
English
11th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
When was Shakespeare born?
In 1698
In 1572
In 1564
In 1645
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.K.6
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Where was Shakespeare born?
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Who was Shakespeare's wife?
Jane Beryl Wilde
Anne Hathaway
Virginia Woolf
Jacqueline Roque
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Shakespeare was a writer. He wrote...
plays
books
songs
sonnets
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RI.9-10.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
CCSS.RI.K.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
Who acted in Shakespeare´s time?
Women
men and women
boys and girls
men and boys
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
20 sec • 1 pt
How many words did Shakespeare introduce into the English language?
1000
3000
2000
4000
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.2.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Shakespeare's plays were performed at this theatre...
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.7
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