Free Printable Shakespeare

1.

Shakespeare helped with the development of what genre?

a)

The history play

b)

The story play

c)

The history genre

d)

The story genre

2.

Born between

a)

April 20 to April 25

b)

April 21 to April 26

c)

April 22 to April 26

d)

April 23 to April 26

3.

Shakespeare was born in

a)

1654

b)

1564

c)

1565

d)

1655

4.

His father's name was

a)

Jim

b)

Jerry

c)

John

d)

Jay

5.

His mother's name was

a)

Mary

b)

Martha

c)

Michelle

d)

May

6.

He got married in

a)

1580

b)

1581

c)

1582

d)

1583

7.

Shakespeare's wife was olde than him

a)

True

b)

False

8.

He went to

a)

England

b)

Spain

c)

London

d)

Italy

9.

He became a famous

a)

Writer

b)

Singer

c)

Dancer

d)

Actor

10.

At what age did one of the twins die?

a)

17

b)

11

c)

15

d)

19

11.

Shakespeare died in

a)

1616

b)

1717

c)

1818

d)

1919

12.

Play writing was prestigious in Elizabethan England

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Shakespeare made his money by being a _____ in the company

a)

worker

b)

writer

c)

shareholder

d)

stakeholder

14.

Booklets made up of pieces of paper printed in eight sides and folded up to become four double-sided pages.

a)

Quintos

b)

Ones

c)

Quartos

d)

Qartos

15.

"To be or not to be, there's the point"

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Hamlet

c)

Macbeth

d)

Otelo

16.

Copyright existed in that period of time

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The one Shakespeare play that's definitely lost

a)

Otelo

b)

Pericles

c)

Kinsmen

d)

Cardenio

18.

First genre Shakespeare wrote

a)

Drama

b)

Comedy

c)

History

d)

Tragedy

19.

Macbeth is a

a)

Tragedy

b)

Drama

c)

Comedy

d)

History

20.

They were design to keep people in line

a)

Tragedy plays

b)

Godly plays

c)

History plays

d)

Drama plays

21.

He portrayed the character as someone charming

a)

True

b)

False

Shakespeare

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 6mins

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