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William Shakespeare

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

William Shakespeare was born in

a)

London

b)

Stratford - upon - Avon

c)

Liverpool

d)

New Place

2.

Shakespeare lived in the ... century:

a)

13th and 14th

b)

14th and 15th

c)

15th and 16th

d)

16th and 17th

3.

Which year was he born in?

a)

1523

b)

1564

c)

1582

d)

1592

4.

What is the name of Shakespeare´s parents?

a)

Mary and John

b)

Anne and William

c)

Judith and Hamnet

d)

Romeo and Juliet

5.

In 1582 he married an 8-years older woman ....

a)

Susanna Hathaway

b)

Judith Hathaway

c)

Mary Queen of Scots

d)

Anne Hathaway

6.

How many children did they have?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

1

7.

In what year was the Globe theatre opened?

a)

1594

b)

1599

c)

1613

d)

1642

8.

The parts in the plays in the Globe theatre were performed by:

a)

men and women

b)

only women

c)

men and young boys

d)

only by adult men

9.

He bought for his family a house called:

a)

Globe

b)

Chamberlain

c)

Stratford

d)

New Place

10.

Which of these titles is not a Shakespeare´s play?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Waiting for Godot

c)

The Comedy of Errors

d)

Macbeth

11.

The Globe theatre can be found in:

a)

Stratford

b)

Paris

c)

New York

d)

London

12.

Which of these plays was written by Shakespeare?

a)

Hamlet

b)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

c)

Othello

d)

all of them

13.

In which play by Shakespeare can you read this quote: "to be or not to be, that is the question"

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Hamlet

c)

Othello

d)

Macbeth

14.

How many plays did he write?

a)

38

b)

52

c)

14

d)

48

15.

He wrote poems called ....

a)

stanza

b)

poetry

c)

sonnet

d)

rhyme

16.

His poems had ..... lines.

a)

10

b)

12

c)

14

d)

16

17.

Shakespeare was ...

a)

an actor

b)

a poet

c)

a playwright

d)

all of the above

18.

Shakespeare lived almost entirely under the reign of:

a)

Queen Victoria

b)

Queen Elizabeth I.

c)

Queen Elizabeth II.

d)

Queen Mary

19.

Some of his comedies are:

a)

The Merry Wives of Windsor

b)

The Taming of the Shrew

c)

Much Do About Nothing

d)

King John

20.

Some of his tragedies are:

a)

Hamlet

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Othello

d)

Richard II.

21.

Some of his histories are:

a)

King Lear

b)

Henry V.

c)

Richard III.

d)

Queen Elizabeth

22.

Juliet comes from a family named:

a)

Capulet

b)

Montague

c)

Benvolio

d)

Mercutio

23.

The tragedy Romeo and Juliet is set in:

a)

Venice

b)

Milan

c)

Rome

d)

Verona

24.

When did Shakespeare die?

a)

On Christmas Day 1616

b)

On Valentine's Day 1616

c)

On New Year's Day 1616

d)

On his birthday 1616

25.

Shakespeare had a huge influence on the English language.

a)

True

b)

False