WorksheetsShakespeare's Life
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
William Shakespeare is from
England
America
Italy
France
Shakespeare was born in...
London
Paris
Stratford-upon-Avon
Verona
How many children did Shakespeare have?
0
1
3
8
Shakespeare moved to London to be a...
Set-builder
Playwright
Welder
Tailor
Who played women's parts in plays?
Men
Women
Only royalty.
There were no women's roles.
What was the name of the main theater?
The Strand
The Dome
The Planetarium
The Globe
What was Shakespeare's wife's name?
Gwyneth Paltrow
Ann Hathaway
Ann Taylor
Queen Elizabeth
What were the three most common genres performed?
Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Comedy, Romance, Existential
Comedy, Action, Romance
Comedy, Tragedy, History
Who was the queen at the time, and a big fan of theater?
Ann Hathaway
Aretha Franklin
Queen Latifah
Queen Elizabeth 1st.
What made Queen Elizabeth so interesting?
She never married.
She was highly educated.
She loved the theater
All of the above.
Plays were often shut down because of...
The jokes were too dirty.
Rich and poor were not supposed to socialize.
Plague.
Nobody could afford to attend
A long speech that reveals a character's private thoughts.
Monologue
Soliloquy
Debate
Rant
A long speech that everybody onstage can here.
Monologue
Soliloquy
Aside
Sonnet
A fourteen line poem, written in iambic pentameter.
Sonnet
Limerick
Prologue
Pun
A play on words, a double meaning is created when one word has two or more meanings.
Sonnet
Aside
Pun
Prologue
A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character.
Protagonist
Antagonist
Resolution
Foil
A character's remark to the audience that others onstage do not hear.
Aside
Monologue
Reveal
Stunt
The original Globe Theater burned down. Why?
Angry protesters set it on fire.
A cow kicked over a lantern.
A cannon went off and the spark caught fire.
Nobody knows.
What is interesting about Shakespeare's death?
He died on the same day as the Queen.
He died on stage.
His body was never found.
He died near the same day he was born.
Romeo and Juliet made Shakespeare famous because...
It was a brand new story.
Nobody had ever combined comedy, tragedy, and romance.
Women were allowed to act in it.
He stole the idea from another writer.
