Grade 9-Monica Quiz

A four-line stanza.

• couplet

• quatrain

• refrain

• octave

The Globe Theater is in what city?

• Madrid

• London

• Rome

• Paris

Shakespeare was also known as...

• 
  "The Queen's Playwright"

• "The Best Playwright"

• "The London Poet"

• "The Bard of Avon"

Shakespeare's plays fall into three genres:

• comedies, tragedies, and romances

• 
  histories, mysteries, romances

• comedies, tragedies, histories

• 
  romances, tragedies, histories

Which of the following roles is NOT predominantly fulfilled by William Shakespeare during the Renaissance?

• Poet

• Playwright

• Actor

• Scientist

Where was Shakespeare born?

• Stratford-upon-Avon

• Avon-upon-Starford

• Avon

• Stratford

What year did Shakespeare die?

• 1599

• 1616

• 1623

• 1642

Who did Shakespeare marry?

• Judith Sadler

• Susanna Hall

• Anne Hathaway

• Mary Queen of Scots

A fourteen-line lyric poem that has a rhyme scheme according to its type.

• Sonnet

• Epic

• Narrative

• Limerick

Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, is now called the:

• Lord's Men

• The Bard

• King's Men

• The Globe