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Shakespeare: His Life and Times(from class notes)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the dates of Shakespeare's life?

a)

1585-1620

b)

1566-1600

c)

1582-1616

d)

1564-1616

2.

Where was Shakespeare born?

a)

London

b)

England

c)

Scotland

d)

Stratford-upon-Avon

3.

What was the name of Shakespeare's mother, who was the daughter of a wealthy landowner?

a)

Marie

b)

Mary

c)

Megan

d)

Melissa

4.

Shakespeare's father was a glovemaker and a politician. What was his name?

a)

Jackson

b)

Jacob

c)

John

d)

Joshua

5.

What school did Shakespeare attend?

a)

Oxford

b)

King's New School

c)

University of Bologna(yes, its a university-the oldest one)

d)

Stanford

6.

Shakespeare's class subjects. Which one does not belong?

a)

Rhetoric(Speech)

b)

Logic/Mathematics

c)

History

d)

Latin

e)

none of the above

7.

Who did Shakespeare marry?

a)

Ariana Hathaway

b)

Anne Hathaway

c)

Amelia Hathaway

d)

Abigail Hathaway

8.

What did Shakespeare have that made people the most superstitious?

a)

bubonic plague

b)

a traveling troupe(group of actors)

c)

a fire at the theater

d)

twins

9.

Where was Shakespeare's theatre?

a)

London

b)

England

c)

Scotland

d)

Stratford-upon-Avon

10.

He was member and part owner of the King's Men for this lord?

a)

Lord Jonathan

b)

Lord Henry

c)

Lord Chadwick

d)

Lord Chamberlain

11.

What was the name of Shakespeare's theater?

a)

The Globe Theater

b)

Shakespeare's Theater

c)

Anne's Theater

d)

The Theater Globe

12.

How many plays are firmly attributed to Shakespeare?

a)

30

b)

32

c)

38

d)

41

13.

Which type of play had 4 plays?

a)

comedies

b)

histories

c)

tragedies

d)

romances

14.

Which type of play had 14 plays?

a)

comedies

b)

histories

c)

tragedies

d)

romances

15.

Which two plays had 10 plays? This requires 2 answers.

a)

comedies

b)

histories

c)

tragedies

d)

romances

16.

How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

a)

124

b)

134

c)

154

d)

164

17.

Shakespeare wrote in...

a)

Old English-language of Berwulf

b)

Middle English-language of Malory

c)

Early Modern English

d)

Modern English

18.

Shakespeare's plays used different types of speech to makes it understandable to...

a)

peasants

b)

nobility

c)

middle class

d)

children

e)

all of the above

19.

Who were not allowed to act on stage? It was against the law!

a)

Men

b)

Women

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c)
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