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Shakespeare

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the last vision that the witches show Macbeth?

a)

a stain on his hand

b)

A procession of eight kings

c)

A procession of bloody corpses

d)

Macduff's head

2.
Who performs Romeo and Juliet's marriage? 
a)
Friar John
b)
Mercutio
c)
Friar Lawrence
d)
Nurse
3.

How does Iago get Cassio to quarrel with Roderigo? (Othello)

a)

He convinces Cassio that Roderigo wants to steal Bianca.

b)

He tells Cassio of Roderigo's insults.

c)

He gets Cassio drunk.

d)

He makes Roderigo, Cassio's rival

4.

The ship lands on an island originally inhabited by which characters in Act 1? (The Tempest)

a)

Prospero and Miranda

b)

Prospero, Miranda and Alonso

c)

Alonso and Ferdinand

d)

Miranda and Ferdinand

5.

Why is Romeo exiled?

a)

For killing Tybalt

b)

For killing Mercutio

c)

For marrying Juliet against her father's will

d)

For publicly accepting his atheism

6.

What is Lady Macbeth’s plan for killing Duncan?

a)

Drug the guards and go in the room and stab him

b)

Overpower the guards and kill Duncan in hand to hand combat

c)

Poison Duncan at the banquet

d)

Turn Malcolm against him and get him to do it

7.

Who does Antonio convince Sebastian to kill? (The Tempest)

a)

Gonzalo

b)

Prospero

c)

Alonso

d)

Adrian

8.

What is the main idea behind Hamlet's famous speech, "To be or not to be?"

a)

He is thinking about marrying Ophelia.

b)

He is thinking about killing himself.

c)

He is thinking about his mother's marriage.

d)

He figures out what he is going to be for Halloween.

9.

What is it called when a character speaks to him/herself at length with no one else around, in order to convey thoughts and feelings?

a)

Soliloquy

b)

Rhapsody

c)

Monologue

d)

Dissociative Personality Disorder

10.

Whose plan was it to kill Prospero in 'The Tempest'?

a)

Ferdinand

b)

Alonso

c)

Caliban

d)

Ariel

11.
How do Romeo and friends plan to hide their identity at the Capulet's party?
a)
Wearing masks
b)
Painting their faces
c)
Nothing, no one will recognize them
12.

Why does the ghost speak to Hamlet?

a)

He wants Hamlet to kill Polonius.

b)

He wants to warn Hamlet about Gertrude

c)

He wants his murder to be avenged.

d)

He is bored walking on earth as a spirit.

13.
Iago and Roderigo compare Othello to...
a)
a wolf in sheep's clothing
b)
a black ram
c)
a brown bear
d)
a black eagle
14.

What will happen if Juliet refuses to marry Paris?

a)

Everyone will learn about her secret marriage.

b)

The houses of Montague and Capulet will fight again.

c)

Juliet will be scorned by her friends.

d)

Juliet's father will disown her.

15.
Why is Macbeth crowned king after Duncan is murdered and not Duncan’s sons?
a)
Duncan has no children
b)
Duncan had named Macbeth his heir
c)
the witches told them to
d)
Duncan's sons have run away and seem guilty
16.
Who or what did Macbeth see at the banquet table?
a)
Banquo's ghost
b)
the witches
c)
Lady Macbeth's ghost
d)
Duncan's ghost
17.

Juliet's cousin, ___________, discovers Romeo at the ball and is immediately incensed.

a)

Juliet

b)

Mercutio

c)

Romeo

d)

Tybalt

18.
How many witches approach Macbeth with the prophecy?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
2
d)
4
19.
Why does the Duke send Othello to Cyprus?
a)
As punishment for marrying Desdemona
b)
To be the new governor there
c)
As a honeymoon with Desdemona
d)
To defend against the Turkish fleet
20.

Polonius believes that the “very cause of Hamlet's lunacy” is his ................

a)

father's death

b)

mother's overhasty marriage

c)

rejection by Ophelia

d)

obsession with revenge