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Shakespeare & Hamlet

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do you call someone who writes plays, especially as their job?

a)

Songwriter

b)

Playwriter

c)

Screenplay

d)

Playwright

2.

Shakespeare was born in...

a)

Stratford-upon-Tyne

b)

Stratford-upon-Seine

c)

Stratford-upon-Avon

d)

Stratford-upon-Thames

3.

One of these phrasal verbs means to die. Which form is the correct one?

a)

Pass away

b)

Pass out

c)

Lie down

d)

Fall down

4.

Who was Queen Elizabeth I's successor?

a)

James II

b)

James I

c)

Edward I

d)

Henry V

5.

Another way of saying write (there are more than one)

a)

To compose

b)

To erase

c)

To author

d)

To write apart

6.

Someone who owns share in a company it's ...

a)

An actor

b)

A shareholder

c)

A companion

d)

A parent company

7.

It is defined as a humorous use of a word which has two meanings

a)

Pranks

b)

Laughs

c)

Jokes

d)

Puns

8.

How do we call a form of literature usually consisting of dialogues between characters?

a)

Musical

b)

Comedy

c)

Play

d)

Novel

9.

Where can be found most Hamlet fragments?

a)

Second Folio

b)

First Folio

c)

Fourth Folio

d)

Third Folio

10.

It is a synonym for take revenge

a)

Get back at

b)

Get back in

c)

Get back

d)

Get back up

11.

It is known as a literary form in which people suffer or die.

a)

Catharsis

b)

Drama

c)

Tragedy

d)

Calamity

12.

Which of those phrasal verbs means to base on?

a)

Draw from

b)

Draw of

c)

Draw for

d)

Draw through

13.

It is considered a synonym of vow.

a)

Votes

b)

Promise

c)

Desire

d)

Fear

14.

In your handouts, there are some Passive voice structures. Which definition is the correct one?

a)

The passive voice in English is formed by combining a form of the verb to be with the past participle of a transitive verb.

b)

The passive voice in English is formed by combining a form of the verb to have with the gerund of a transitive verb.

c)

The passive voice in English is formed by combination a form of the verb to be with a gerund of a transitive verb.

d)

The passive voice in English is formed by combination of the verb to have with the past participle of a transitive verb.

15.

The Hamlet story begins with an assessination. What happened?

a)

His father is killed by his uncle

b)

His uncle is killed by his mother

c)

His girlfriend is killed by his father

d)

His mother is killed by his father