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Don't fear Shakespeare

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Shakespeare was...

a)

A playwright

b)

A poet

c)

An actor

d)

A shareholder of playhouses

2.

TRUE OR FALSE ?

Shakespeare was born in 1564

a)

True

b)

False

3.

TRUE OR FALSE ?

Shakespeare died in 1616.

a)

False

b)

True

4.

How many plays did Shakespeare officially write ?

a)

38

b)

39

c)

40

d)

41

5.

Which play was NOT written by Shakespeare ?

a)

The Taming of the Shrew

b)

Waiting for Godot

c)

The Comedy of Errors

d)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

6.

Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. A sonnet is...

a)

a long poem celebrating the feat of legendary heroes.

b)

a tragic poetical piece.

c)

a fourteen lines poem often dealing with love.

d)

a form of unrhymed song.

7.

Now about Elizabeth I...

She reigned over Great Britain for...

a)

48 years (1558-1606)

b)

47 years (1558-1605)

c)

46 years (1558-1604)

d)

45 years (1558-1603)

8.

TRUE OR FALSE ?

Elizabeth I was a Catholic queen.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

TRUE OR FALSE ?

The Elizabethan era corresponds to the English Renaissance period.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Which was a period of...

a)

epidemic

b)

travels and expeditions

c)

cultural and artistic rebirth

d)

scientific discoveries

11.

TRUE or FALSE ?

The Great Chain of Being is a Medieval belief of a hierarchical structure of all matter and life.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

This is NOT one of the four humours :

a)

Melancholic

b)

Phlegmatic

c)

Ecstatic

d)

Choleric

13.

The First Globe was built in...

a)

1598

b)

1599

c)

1600

d)

1601

14.

In Shakespeare time, 'You are / You have / You do' would have been conjugated...

a)

Thou be / Thou have / Thou do

b)

Thou ast / Thou hast / Thou dost

c)

Thou art / Thou havst / Thou dorst

d)

Thou art / Thou hast / Thou dost

15.

TRUE or FALSE ?

In Shakespeare's plays, 'Thou' is used to express familiarity and intimacy.

a)

True

b)

False