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William Shakespeare

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify the picture of famous playwright William Shakespeare.

a)
b)
c)
d)
2.

Where and when was W. Shakespeare born?

a)

London

23, April, 1546

b)

Stratford-upon-Avon

23, April, 1546

c)

Stratford-upon-Avon

23, April, 1564

d)

London

23, April, 1564

3.

Who did he marry?

a)

Anne Hathaway

b)

Queen Elizabeth

c)

Nobody

d)

Mary Arden

4.

How many children did William Shakespeare have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

5.

Which works are NOT written by William Shakespeare?

a)

Hamlet

b)

The Twelfth Night

c)

Othello

d)

Hernani

6.

How many plays did William Shakespeare write?

a)

37

b)

38

c)

39

d)

40

7.

To which age of English literature does William Shakespeare belong?

a)

Classical Age

b)

Elizabethan Age

c)

Romantic Age

d)

Modern Age

8.

How many words is Shakespeare credited as inventing?

a)

Over 1700

b)

Over 1000

c)

Over 2700

d)

Over 2000

9.

When was the play "Romeo and Juliet" written?

a)

1594-1595

b)

1593-1594

c)

1596-1597

d)

1595-1596

10.
Where is the play set?
a)
Bologne
b)
Verona
c)
Rome
d)
Venice
11.

Romeo and Juliet belong to which family respectively?

a)

Montague and Capulet

b)

Capulet and Montague

c)

Montague and Hatfield

d)

Hatfield and Capulet

12.

To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona

a)

Padua

b)

Rome

c)

Venice

d)

Mantua

13.

Which personality does NOT describe Romeo correctly?

a)

Honest

b)

Quite

c)

Courteous

d)

Polite

14.

Which personality describes Juliet correctly?

a)

Quite, obedient

b)

Obedient, ambitious

c)

Quite, cowardice

d)

Ambitious, cowardice

15.

"The three unities" in drama do NOT include:

a)

Unity of time

b)

Unity of place

c)

Unity of plot

d)

Unity of action