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WorksheetsLife and Times of William Shakespeare: Quiz Review
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
William Shakespeare is best known as...
an actor
a doctor
a playwright
a theater owner
Shakespeare works and retires in this place:
London
Verona
Stratford-on-Avon
Venice
Shakespeare spent most of his life working in...
London
Verona
Stratford-on-Avon
Venice
This phrase refers to the undocumented years of Shakespeare's life:
"the long years"
"the London years"
"the lost years"
"the last years"
What was the name of Shakespeare's theater?
the Golden Theater
the Glistening Theater
the Globe Theater
Ye Olde House o' Shakespeare
What university did Shakespeare attend?
London
He was not university educated.
Harvard
Stratford-on-Avon
Queen Elizabeth's rule of England is referred to as the _______ era.
Elizabethan
English
Shakespearean
Golden
As a result of migrating Europeans during the Elizabethan era , ____________ became a culturally diverse city.
London
Venice
New York
Berlin
Renaissance artists were largely inspire by "the __________ ."
Romans
Greeks
religions
classics
In Shakespeare's time, classical literature referred to....
Roman mythology
Greek mythology
the Bible
Greek and Roman mythology
This term refers to a topic that is non-religious or universal in nature.
non-secular
secular
drama
Latin
What did the bubonic plague cause the theaters in London to do?
to be used as hospitals
to be burned to the ground
to be closed
to be very successful
Form Term: a play within a play
inset play
allusion
soliloquy
pun
Form Term: a reference to another work of art or literature
meter
blank verse
allusion
tragdey
Form Term: a measured amount of syllables in a line
meter
bank verse
comedy
pun
Form Term: a 10-syllable line of UNRHYMED verse; follows a stressed/unstressed syllable pattern.
meter
blank verse
iambic pentameter
intertwining plots
Form Term: a 10-syllable line of RHYMED verse; follows a stressed/unstressed syllable pattern
blank verse
iambic pentameter
prose
soliliquy
Form Term: a speech intended to reveal a character's thoughts
pun
allusion
soliloquy
comedy
