WorksheetsShakespeare Knowledge
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What's the name of Shakespeare's theatre?
a)
The King's Head
b)
The Curtain
c)
The Swan
d)
The Globe
2.
Which of these plays were NOT written by Shakespeare?
a)
Tom Sayer
b)
Romeo and juliet
c)
Julio Caesar
d)
King Lear
3.
In Romeo and Juliet how does Mercutio die?
a)
He falls on his sword
b)
Drinks a poison
c)
Tybalt stabs him
d)
Tybalt stabs him under Romeo's arm
4.
The line "To be or not to be" comes from which play?
a)
Hamlet
b)
King Lear
c)
Macbeth
d)
Romeo and Juliet
5.
A story or play that ends UNHAPPILY is known as...
a)
Comedy
b)
Tragedy
c)
Fiction
d)
Sadness
6.
Which of these is NOT a genre of Shakespeares' plays?
a)
Comedy
b)
History
c)
Horror
d)
Tragedy
7.
Shakespeare wrote...
a)
38 plays and 158 sonnets
b)
158 plays and 38 sonnets
c)
74 poems, 47 plays, 747 sonnets
d)
No one knows exactly how many things he wrote.
8.
How many lines make up a Shakespearean sonnet?
a)
13
b)
14
c)
15
d)
16
9.
What does thee mean?
a)
They
b)
Me
c)
You
d)
Him
10.
Comedies.....
a)
are meant to make people laugh.
b)
are meant to make people cry.
c)
have the main characters fall in love.
d)
teach a lesson.
11.
Who is not a Shakespeare character?
a)
Hamlet
b)
Othello
c)
Huckleberry Fin
d)
Macbeth
12.
Which play wasn't written by Shakespeare?
a)
Two Gentlemen of Verona
b)
The Wife of Bath
c)
Coriolanus
d)
Hamlet
13.
In Shakespeare's time-period the parts of women were played by
a)
Girls/Women
b)
Boys/Men
c)
Children
d)
Teachers
14.
The nurse's advice to Juliet is for her to
a)
run away with Romeo
b)
marry Paris and forget about her marriage to Romeo
c)
ask Friar Laurence to get her into a convent
d)
tell her father she is already married to Romeo
15.
What is Romeo's last name?
a)
Montague
b)
Capulet
c)
Paris
d)
Escalus
16.
Who is Horatio?
a)
The prince of Denmark
b)
Hamlet's best friend
c)
The prince of Norway
d)
An actor
17.
The Globe theatre was...
a)
was destroyed by a storm that flooded the stage
b)
was destroyed by a fire caused by a cannon
c)
not destroyed
d)
demolished because of the plague
18.
Shakespeare tried ALL of these professions, EXCEPT...
a)
poet
b)
playwright
c)
actor
d)
teacher
19.
Shakespeare contributed many --- to the English language.
a)
dangers
b)
books
c)
words
d)
questions
20.
Starting in 1592, all theaters were closed as London suffered from an outbreak of ---.
a)
the plague
b)
the measles
c)
malaria
d)
dog attacks
21.
What are the different kinds of literature Shakespeare wrote?
a)
Newspaper articles, poems, blogs
b)
Plays, film scripts, television scripts
c)
Poems, plays, and sonnets
d)
Letters, editorials, sonnets
22.
The most expensive seat in the globe were
a)
on the lowest level
b)
the highest
c)
the middle
d)
outside the theatre
23.
Approximately how many people could fit in the Globe Theatre?
a)
20
b)
100
c)
3,000
d)
20,000
24.
Who did Shakespeare marry?
a)
Queen Elizabeth
b)
Anne Hathaway
c)
Juliet
d)
Vivian
25.
When did Shakespeare go to London?
a)
around 1590
b)
around 1564
c)
around 1610
d)
around 1600
26.
What was his company called?
a)
Lord Chamberlain's Men
b)
Lord King's Men
c)
Lord Shakespeare's Men
d)
Lord Wellington's Men
27.
Who was the monarch at the time?
a)
George III
b)
Henry VIII
c)
Elizabeth I
d)
Victoria
28.
How many children did Shakespeare have?
a)
2 girls, 2 boys
b)
2 girls, 1 boy
c)
1 girl, two boys
d)
1 girl, 1 boy
29.
When was William Shakespeare born?
a)
1564
b)
1534
c)
1536
d)
1546
30.
Where was Shakespeare born?
a)
Manchester
b)
Stratford-upon-Avon
c)
Stafford-upon-Thames
d)
London
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