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Shakespeare

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was Shakespeare thought to be born?

a)

1532

b)

1564

c)

1602

d)

1643

2.

Where was Shakespeare born?

a)

Stratford-Upon-Avon

b)

London

c)

Oxford

d)

Liverpool

3.

What is the name of Shakespeare's father and mother?

a)

Abraham and Sara

b)

William and Anne

c)

John and Mary

d)

Fred and Betty

4.

Who did Shakespeare marry?

a)

Judith Sadler

b)

Susanna Hall

c)

Anne Hathaway

d)

Mary Queen of Scots

5.

How many children did they have?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

10

d)

1

6.

Who of his children died during childhood?

a)

Judith

b)

Hamnet

c)

Susan

d)

Mary

7.

When is it believed that Shakespeare died?

a)

April 23,1616

b)

July 22,1620

c)

September 16, 1680

d)

October 31,1614

8.

What is ironic about the accepted date of Shakespeare's death?

a)

It was Christmas day.

b)

It was the same day King James I died.

c)

It was his birthday.

d)

It was the same day his son died.

9.

What did Shakespeare leave to his wife in his will?

a)

second best bed

b)

second best house

c)

second best watch

d)

second best play

10.

Shakespeare was also known as...

a)

"The Queen's playwright"

b)

"The London Poet"

c)

"The best playwright"

d)

"The Bard of Avon"

11.

Shakespeare was ...

a)

a playwright

b)

a poet

c)

an actor

d)

all of the above

12.

What is the name of the theatre associated with William Shakespeare?

a)

The Royal Theatre

b)

The London Theatre

c)

The Globe Theatre

d)

Shakespeare's Theatre

13.

The Globe Theater is in what city?

a)

Madrid

b)

London

c)

Rome

d)

Paris

14.

In what year was the Globe theater built?

a)

1594

b)

1599

c)

1608

d)

1613

15.

In 1603 Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, became the King's Men. Which king was their patron?

a)

George III

b)

James I

c)

Edward III

d)

Henry VIII

16.

Which of these titles are not a Shakespeare play?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Twelfth Night

d)

Charlotte's Web

17.

How many sonnets did the poet write?

a)

130

b)

154

c)

200

18.
What happened to his popularity in 400 years after his death?
a)
he became less popular
b)
people forgot him
c)
he became more popular
19.

The theaters in Shakespeare's time had elaborate sets and props.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

What is one thing Shakespeare DID NOT do for the English language?

a)

He created feminine and masculine verbs.

b)

He took advantage of the flexibility of English to change words.

c)

He created many words.

d)

He created many expressions we still use today.

21.

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

a)

37

b)

52

c)

13

d)

48

22.
How many words did Shakespeare introduce into the English language?
a)
1000
b)
3000
c)
2000
23.

In Shakespeare's time all of the actors were men.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What is the name of the people who stood below the stage during performances?

a)

groundhogs

b)

orchestra

c)

groundlings

d)

actors

25.

Which of these is NOT a genre of Shakespeare's plays?

a)

Comedy

b)

History

c)

Horror

d)

Tragedy

26.

What was the name of the acting company Shakespeare joined?

a)

Blue Man Group

b)

Broadway

c)

Lord Chamberlain's Men

d)

London Men's Group

27.

Shakespeare lived almost entirely during the reign of...

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Queen Elizabeth II

c)

Queen Elizabeth I

d)

Queen Mary

28.

What was going on in the year of Shakespeare's birth that had tragic effects throughout Europe?

a)

Spanish Flu

b)

Swine Flu

c)

Zika Virus

d)

the Bubonic Plague

29.

What was the religion of the country when Shakespeare was writing?

a)

Catholic

b)

Church of England

c)

Baptist

d)

Muslim

30.

What illness killed millions in Europe and Asia and closed many theaters?

a)

Influenza

b)

Black Death

c)

Chicken Pox

d)

Mumps

31.

a brief remark in which a character expresses private thoughts to the audience

a)

aside

b)

soliliquy

c)

chorus

d)

tragic remark

32.

Lysander explains his feeling for Hermia and Helena in the following way..."Not Hermia but Helena I love, Who would not change a raven for a dove?" What form of figurative language does Shakespeare use?

a)

simile

b)

personification

c)

malapropism

d)

metaphor

33.
The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with amusing effect.
a)
Parable
b)
Malapropism
c)
Euphemism
d)
Motif
34.
Unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter
a)
Euphemism
b)
Malapropism
c)
Rhyme
d)
Blank Verse
35.

When reading a Shakespearan verse, you should always pause at the end of each line.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

When a character speaks their thoughts out loud

a)

Aside

b)

Soliloquy

c)

Sanguine

d)

Malapropism

37.
a two-line poem with both lines rhyming
a)
bi-poem
b)
couplet
c)
narrative
d)
ballac
38.

Which of these is a double entendre?

a)
b)
c)
d)
39.
Placing side by side two contradictory words that make logical sense when explained.
a)
paradox
b)
hyperbole
c)
personification 
d)
oxymoron 
40.
What is a Pun?
a)
Words that sound the same but are spelled different 
b)
Play on words: a joke 
c)
An idiom 
d)
Pickle and onion mix