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William Shakespeare

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

William Shakespeare was born born when many people died because of...

a)

the coronavirus

b)

the leprosy

c)

the plague

d)

cancer

2.

Shakespeare lived in... with his family.

a)

Frankfurt-upon-Main

b)

Stratfort-upon-Avon

c)

Staratfort-upon-Don

d)

London

3.

William Shakespeare married in 1582 at the age of...

a)

16

b)

18

c)

20

d)

28

4.

William's wife was... years older that he was.

a)

3

b)

5

c)

8

d)

10

5.

William Shakespeare had... children.

a)

3

b)

2

c)

1

d)

0

6.

Shakespeare visited his family... a year.

a)

once

b)

twice

c)

three times

d)

many times

7.

William Shakespeare wrote... plays.

a)

many

b)

3

c)

37

d)

no

8.

William Shakespeare wrote...

a)

songs and plays

b)

poems and plays

c)

poems and songs

d)

only plays

9.

Shakespeare worked and acted in the... theatre.

a)

Globe

b)

London

c)

Big

d)

Covent Garden

10.

William Shakespeare died at the age of...

a)

49

b)

52

c)

62

d)

69

11.

Shakespeare worked

a)

in Stratfort-upon-Avon.

b)

in London.

c)

near his family.

d)

at home.

12.

When the theatres closed, Shakespeare

a)

wrote plays

b)

wrote songs

c)

wrote poems

d)

started a theatre group

13.

Shakespeare made his money from his

a)

acting

b)

poems

c)

plays

d)

relatives

14.

Where did Shakespeare go when he retired?

a)

Stratfort-upon-Avon

b)

London

c)

Staratfort-upon-Don

d)

Frankfurt-upon-Main

15.

Who did he live his money to?

a)

his daughter

b)

his brother

c)

his actors

d)

poor people

16.

The name of Shakespeare's play where a young man and a girl love each other but cannot be together because of their families, is...

a)

Hamlet

b)

Macbeth

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

The King of Lear

17.

Shakespeare's play about a king and his three daughters is called

a)

Macbeth

b)

The King of Lear

c)

Henry V

d)

Hamlet

18.

"To be or not to be, that is the question". These lines are from

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Macbeth

c)

Hamlet

d)

The King of Lear

19.

The name of Shakespeare's play where a very jealous husband kills his wife is...

a)

Hamlet

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Macbeth

d)

Othello

20.

Shakespeare's play about one of the English kings is called...

a)

Hamlet

b)

The King of Lear

c)

Henry V

d)

Macbeth