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Life and Times of William Shakespeare: Quiz Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

William Shakespeare is best known as...

a)

an actor

b)

a doctor

c)

a playwright

d)

a theater owner

2.

Shakespeare works and retires in this place:

a)

London

b)

Verona

c)

Stratford-on-Avon

d)

Venice

3.

Shakespeare spent most of his life working in...

a)

London

b)

Verona

c)

Stratford-on-Avon

d)

Venice

4.

This phrase refers to the undocumented years of Shakespeare's life:

a)

"the long years"

b)

"the London years"

c)

"the lost years"

d)

"the last years"

5.

What was the name of Shakespeare's theater?

a)

the Golden Theater

b)

the Glistening Theater

c)

the Globe Theater

d)

Ye Olde House o' Shakespeare

6.

What university did Shakespeare attend?

a)

London

b)

He was not university educated.

c)

Harvard

d)

Stratford-on-Avon

7.

Queen Elizabeth's rule of England is referred to as the _______ era.

a)

Elizabethan

b)

English

c)

Shakespearean

d)

Golden

8.

As a result of migrating Europeans during the Elizabethan era , ____________ became a culturally diverse city.

a)

London

b)

Venice

c)

New York

d)

Berlin

9.

Renaissance artists were largely inspire by "the __________ ."

a)

Romans

b)

Greeks

c)

religions

d)

classics

10.

In Shakespeare's time, classical literature referred to....

a)

Roman mythology

b)

Greek mythology

c)

the Bible

d)

Greek and Roman mythology

11.

This term refers to a topic that is non-religious or universal in nature.

a)

non-secular

b)

secular

c)

drama

d)

Latin

12.

What did the bubonic plague cause the theaters in London to do?

a)

to be used as hospitals

b)

to be burned to the ground

c)

to be closed

d)

to be very successful

13.

Form Term: a play within a play

a)

inset play

b)

allusion

c)

soliloquy

d)

pun

14.

Form Term: a reference to another work of art or literature

a)

meter

b)

blank verse

c)

allusion

d)

tragdey

15.

Form Term: a measured amount of syllables in a line

a)

meter

b)

bank verse

c)

comedy

d)

pun

16.

Form Term: a 10-syllable line of UNRHYMED verse; follows a stressed/unstressed syllable pattern.

a)

meter

b)

blank verse

c)

iambic pentameter

d)

intertwining plots

17.

Form Term: a 10-syllable line of RHYMED verse; follows a stressed/unstressed syllable pattern

a)

blank verse

b)

iambic pentameter

c)

prose

d)

soliliquy

18.

Form Term: a speech intended to reveal a character's thoughts

a)

pun

b)

allusion

c)

soliloquy

d)

comedy