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Shakespeare

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False? All poems rhyme.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

True or False? Prose is a type of poetry.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

True or False? Shakespeare's plays are always rooted in reality. No supernatural elements here!

a)

True

b)

False

4.

What is the rhyme scheme of the following verse?


I love to hear her speak, yet well I know

That music hath a far more pleasing sound;

I grant I never saw a goddess go;

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.

a)

ABAB

b)

ABBA

c)

AABB

d)

ABCD

5.

How many lines does a sonnet have?

a)

10

b)

12

c)

14

d)

20

6.

How many syllables does iambic pentameter have?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

15

d)

20

7.

What was Shakespeare's theater called?

a)

The Lord Chamberlain's Men

b)

The Globe Theater

c)

Stratford-upon-Avon

d)

Londontown

8.

How many acts did Shakespeare's plays have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

5

9.

What is NOT a category for a Shakespeare plays?

a)

Tragedy

b)

Comedy

c)

History

d)

Mystery

10.

Which of the following plays is NOT considered a tragedy?

a)

The Merchant of Venice

b)

Hamlet

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Macbeth

11.

Which of the following plays is NOT considered a comedy?

a)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

b)

Twelfth Night

c)

Othello

d)

As You Like It

12.

What usually happens at the end of a Shakespearean comedy?

a)

The main character dies.

b)

The army is victorious.

c)

A performance of a play within a play.

d)

A wedding.

13.

Which of the following plays is considered a history?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Macbeth

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Richard III

14.

Finish the line! "To thine own self be ______"

a)

Funny

b)

Kind

c)

Smart

d)

True

15.

Finish the line! "There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your _______"

a)

Philosophy

b)

Morals

c)

Mind

d)

Life

16.

Finish the line! "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks/It is the east and ______ is the sun"

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Hamlet

d)

Emilia

17.

Finish the line! "Something ______ this way comes"

a)

Amazing

b)

Horrible

c)

Evil

d)

Wicked

18.

Finish the line! "Double double toil and _______"

a)

Trouble

b)

Witches

c)

Macbeth

d)

Hardship

19.

Finish the line! "If music be the _______ of love, play on"

a)

Life

b)

Happiness

c)

Drink

d)

Food

20.

Finish the line! "Now is the _____ of our discontent"

a)

Fall

b)

Winter

c)

Spring

d)

Summer

21.

Finish the line! "My mistress's eyes are nothing like _______"

a)

The sky

b)

The stars

c)

The sun

d)

The moon