WorksheetsShakespeare's life and works
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
How many children did Shakespeare have?
0
1
3
8
Shakespeare moved to London to be a...
Set-builder
Playwright
Welder
Tailor
Who played women's parts in plays?
Men
Women
Only royalty.
There were no women's roles.
What was the name of the main theater?
The Strand
The Dome
The Planetarium
The Globe
What were the three most common genres performed?
Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Comedy, Romance, Existential
Comedy, Action, Romance
Comedy, Tragedy, History
What made Queen Elizabeth so interesting?
She never married.
She was highly educated.
She loved the theater
All of the above.
A long speech that reveals a character's private thoughts.
Monologue
Soliloquy
Debate
Rant
A long speech that everybody onstage can here.
Monologue
Soliloquy
Aside
Sonnet
What is her name?
Miss Capulet
Juliet
Princess Juliet
What is his name?
Mercutio
Prince of Verona
Romeo
There were two families...
The Capulets and the Montagues
The Capulets and the Monteros
The Capulets and the Morgans
These families are always...
happy
fighting
drinking tea
Romeo and Juliet fall in love and...
they escaped
they get married
At the end, Romeo drinks...
a poison
a juice
What is his name?
King Hamlet
Hamlet
Claudius
What is her name?
Anne
Julia
Gertrude
The ghost of .... appears in the castle
Horatio
Claudius
King Hamlet
Ophelia is Hamlet's...
friend
girlfriend
sister
Hamlet is...
happy
confused
.... and Hamlet fight.
Horatio
Laertes
Claudius
... is the new king.
Laertes
Hamlet
Horatio
The 1609 edition contains
154 sonnets
158 sonnets
152 sonnets
157 sonnets
Sonnets consist of
12 lines
14 lines
4 stanzas
15 lines
Metre in a Shakespearean sonnet:
trochee
iamb
lamb
alternating rhyme
How many syllables does a sonnet line normally have?
10
12
8
5
