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Shakespeare

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which town was William Shakespeare born?

a)

London

b)

Stratford-upon-Avon

c)

Bristol

d)

Oxford

2.

William Shakespeare was born and died on April 26.

True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

In which play do we meet Rosencrantz and Guildenstern?

a)

Othello

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Macbeth

d)

Hamlet

4.

Which monarch ruled England at the start of Shakespeare’s

career as a playwright?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Henry VII

c)

Elizabeth I

d)

Edward VI

5.

How many plays were published in Shakespeare’s first folio: 10, 34, 36, 50?

a)

10

b)

34

c)

36

d)

50

6.

Complete the title of this play: Much Ado About…

a)

Anything

b)

Something

c)

Many Things

d)

Nothing

7.

Which Shakespearean theater was reconstructed on London’s South Bank in 1997?

a)

The Rose

b)

The Swan

c)

The Globe

d)

The Odeon

8.

Which tragic play features the characters Iago and Desdemona?

a)

Othello

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Mark Antony

d)

Hamlet

9.

Shakespeare wrote three different types of plays: comedies, tragedies, and what else?

(a)  

10.

Which play was set on a remote island?

a)

Cymbeline

b)

The Tempest

c)

Troilus and Cressida

d)

Coriolanus