WorksheetsWilliam Shakespeare
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
William Shakespeare was born in
London
Stratford - upon - Avon
Liverpool
New Place
Shakespeare lived in the ... century:
13th and 14th
14th and 15th
15th and 16th
16th and 17th
Which year was he born in?
1523
1564
1582
1592
What is the name of Shakespeare´s parents?
Mary and John
Anne and William
Judith and Hamnet
Romeo and Juliet
In 1582 he married an 8-years older woman ....
Susanna Hathaway
Judith Hathaway
Mary Queen of Scots
Anne Hathaway
How many children did they have?
2
3
4
1
In what year was the Globe theatre opened?
1594
1599
1613
1642
The parts in the plays in the Globe theatre were performed by:
men and women
only women
men and young boys
only by adult men
He bought for his family a house called:
Globe
Chamberlain
Stratford
New Place
Which of these titles is not a Shakespeare´s play?
Hamlet
Waiting for Godot
The Comedy of Errors
Macbeth
The Globe theatre can be found in:
Stratford
Paris
New York
London
Which of these plays was written by Shakespeare?
Hamlet
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Othello
all of them
In which play by Shakespeare can you read this quote: "to be or not to be, that is the question"
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Othello
Macbeth
How many plays did he write?
38
52
14
48
He wrote poems called ....
stanza
poetry
sonnet
rhyme
His poems had ..... lines.
10
12
14
16
Shakespeare was ...
an actor
a poet
a playwright
all of the above
Shakespeare lived almost entirely under the reign of:
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth I.
Queen Elizabeth II.
Queen Mary
Some of his comedies are:
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Taming of the Shrew
Much Do About Nothing
King John
Some of his tragedies are:
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Richard II.
Some of his histories are:
King Lear
Henry V.
Richard III.
Queen Elizabeth
Juliet comes from a family named:
Capulet
Montague
Benvolio
Mercutio
The tragedy Romeo and Juliet is set in:
Venice
Milan
Rome
Verona
When did Shakespeare die?
On Christmas Day 1616
On Valentine's Day 1616
On New Year's Day 1616
On his birthday 1616
Shakespeare had a huge influence on the English language.
True
False
