WorksheetsDon't fear Shakespeare
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
Shakespeare was...
A playwright
A poet
An actor
A shareholder of playhouses
TRUE OR FALSE ?
Shakespeare was born in 1564
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE ?
Shakespeare died in 1616.
False
True
How many plays did Shakespeare officially write ?
38
39
40
41
Which play was NOT written by Shakespeare ?
The Taming of the Shrew
Waiting for Godot
The Comedy of Errors
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. A sonnet is...
a long poem celebrating the feat of legendary heroes.
a tragic poetical piece.
a fourteen lines poem often dealing with love.
a form of unrhymed song.
Now about Elizabeth I...
She reigned over Great Britain for...
48 years (1558-1606)
47 years (1558-1605)
46 years (1558-1604)
45 years (1558-1603)
TRUE OR FALSE ?
Elizabeth I was a Catholic queen.
True
False
TRUE OR FALSE ?
The Elizabethan era corresponds to the English Renaissance period.
True
False
Which was a period of...
epidemic
travels and expeditions
cultural and artistic rebirth
scientific discoveries
TRUE or FALSE ?
The Great Chain of Being is a Medieval belief of a hierarchical structure of all matter and life.
True
False
This is NOT one of the four humours :
Melancholic
Phlegmatic
Ecstatic
Choleric
The First Globe was built in...
1598
1599
1600
1601
In Shakespeare time, 'You are / You have / You do' would have been conjugated...
Thou be / Thou have / Thou do
Thou ast / Thou hast / Thou dost
Thou art / Thou havst / Thou dorst
Thou art / Thou hast / Thou dost
TRUE or FALSE ?
In Shakespeare's plays, 'Thou' is used to express familiarity and intimacy.
True
False
