WorksheetsIntro to Shakespeare: His Life, Times, and Works
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 12mins
What illness killed millions in Europe and Asia and closed many theaters?
Influenza
Black Death
Chicken Pox
Mumps
What was the name of the acting company Shakespeare joined?
Blue Man Group
Broadway
Lord Chamberlain's Men
London Men's Group
What is the name of the people who stood below the stage during performances?
groundhogs
orchestra
groundlings
actors
In which play by Shakespeare can you read this quote: "to be or not to be, that is the question"
Romeo and Juliet
The King Lear
Macbeth
Hamlet
Shakespeare was also known as...
"The Queen's playwright"
"The London Poet"
"The best playwright"
"The Bard of Avon"
Shakespeare's plays fall into three genres:
comedies, tragedies, and romances
romances, tragedies, histories
histories, mysteries, romances
comedies, tragedies, histories
The main religious conflict during Shakespeare's life was between
Puritans and Protestants
Catholics and Puritans
Catholics and Protestants
The Pop and Puritans
All of the movies below were adapted from Shakespeare plays except
Iron Man
Lion King
Ten Things I Hate About You
She's the Man
Macbeth was believed to have been written to please which monarch?
King Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth I
King James I
Mary Queen of Scots
A long dramatic speech delivered by a single character in a play. It is a vocalization of the character’s thoughts.
Soliloquy
Monologue
Prologue
Sonnet
A device often used in drama when a character speaks to him- or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections.
Monologue
Dramatic Irony
Verse
Soliloquy
A remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.
Verse
Protagonist
Aside
Vocal Delivery
When an audience watching a play understands what's going on in a situation while the characters are unaware of what is happening.
Prologue
Protagonist
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
