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WorksheetsShakespeare - the Bard of Avon
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
When was Shakespeare born?
1564
1574
1554
Where was Shakespeare born?
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Oxford
Who did Shakespeare marry to?
Anne Hathaway
Mary Wollstenecraft
Elisabeth Nashe
How many children did Shakespeare have?
3
5
2
What was the name of Shakespeare's acting company?
The King's Men
The King's Nights
The King's Troops
What was the name of Shakespeare's theatre?
The Circle
The Earth
The Globe
When did Shakespeare die?
23rd April 1616
23rd April 1600
20th April 1615
How many plays did W. Shakespeare write?
40
37
35
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154
145
135
It is believed that Shakespeare invented 1700 words. Is this true? Why?
No, because some of these words were already used in spoken English and he just produced the first preserved record of some of them.
No, because these are too many words.
Yes, because OED (Oxford English Dictionary) identifies the first time a word appears into the language.
What did Shakespeare's plays revolve around?
Tragedies, comedies, tragicomedies, love stories
Histories, tragedies, commedies, tragicomedies
Commedies, tragedies, histories, war stories
How many words were in fact invented by W. Shakespeare?
422
432
442
How did Shakespeare create words?
By inverting words meaning and attributing different signifiers.
By conjoining the words, changing verbs into adjectives, changing nouns into verbs, adding prefixes.
By mixing syllables, changing adjectives into verbs, adding suffixes.
Why did Shakespeare need to make up hundreds of new words?
He wanted to be remembered as the biggest writer of all times.
He wanted to show his audience that he could invent new words.
English was smaller in his time and the words were not enough for a literary genius like his.
How many words did Shakespeare use in his collected writings?
31524
31534
31544
Why were words introduced in Shakespeare's plays easier to understand by audiences?
His prose was similar to everyday conversation in Elizabethean England, making it natural to understand.
His prose was similar to written texts read by priests in churches during the mass.
When on stage actors showed the meaning of each new word by gesturing when acting.
Which of the following words were created by Shakespeare?
elderflower, ping, wayback, ginger
auspicious, belongings, fixture, invitation
pareidolia, microaggression, mumblecore, bokeh
In what play can you read "to be or not to be, that is the question"?
King Lear
Macbeth
Hamlet
