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WorksheetsShakespeare 101
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When was William Shakespeare born?
a)
1564
b)
1534
c)
1536
d)
1546
2.
When did Shakespeare die?
a)
April 23,1616
b)
July 22,1832
c)
September 16,1759
d)
October 31,1737
3.
Who did Shakespeare marry?
a)
Queen Elizabeth
b)
Anne Hathaway
c)
Juliet
d)
Vivian
4.
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
a)
37
b)
17
c)
27
d)
57
5.
Shakespeare's theater was called the
a)
Oval
b)
Globe
c)
Horseshoe
d)
Colosseum
6.
When a character says something short to the audience that the other characters on stage do NOT hear
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Aside
c)
Dialogue
d)
Monologue
7.
Instructions in the text of a play that indicate the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting
a)
Playbill
b)
Italics
c)
Prose
d)
Stage Directions
8.
A long speech in which a character who is onstage ALONE expresses his or her thoughts aloud.
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Aside
c)
Dialogue
d)
Monologue
9.
Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
a)
Double Rainbow
b)
Couplet
c)
Prose
d)
Dialogue
10.
Shakespeare was part of a theatrical group called
a)
The President's Group
b)
The Royal Troupe
c)
The King's Men
d)
The Elite Theater
11.
Plays were performed during the
a)
morning
b)
afternoon
c)
night
d)
anytime
12.
Plays during Shakespeare's time only had
a)
props
b)
furniture
c)
lights
d)
costumes
13.
A play on words
a)
pun
b)
blank verse
c)
couplet
d)
aside
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