WorksheetsLife & Works of Shakespeare
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
How many children Shakespeare have?
1
2
3
4
What is the Globe?
A play
A theatre
A sonnet
A nobleman
Which category of play is Macbeth?
Tragedy
Comedy
Historical
How many witches did Macbeth meet?
2
3
4
5
Where was Shakespeare born?
London
Bracknell Forest
Stratford upon Avon
Birmingham
Whom did Shakespeare marry?
Mary Shakespeare
Susanna Shakespeare
Anne Hathaway
Judith Hathaway
All of Shakespeare's plays are set in England.
True
False
In addition to plays, Shakespeare was a well known writer of
Sonnets
Ballads
News articles
Short stories
Shakespeare is credited with creating approximately how many new words:
Fewer than 500
500 - 1000
1000-1500
More than 1500
Who was the leader of England in Shakespeare's time?
King Henry VIII
Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth I
King James VI & I
Identify the true statements about religion in Elizabethan England.
Queen Elizabeth I was a devout Catholic and ordered non-Catholics to be executed at the stake.
Queen Elizabeth's father, King Henry VIII separated from the Catholic Church.
People were generally not religious at the time, and religious freedom was the norm.
To whom did Shakespeare leave the majority of his fortune and possessions?
His wife
His son
His daughter
His granddaughter
King Henry VIII was married ________ times.
2
3
6
9
Who was the mother of King James VI & I?
Mary, Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth I
Anne Boleyn
Lady Macbeth
King James VI & I believed that he was related to which characters in the play Macbeth?
Banquo
Fleance
Macbeth
Duncan
Shakespeare wrote in what is classified as...
Old English
Middle English
Early Modern English
Modern English
Where is the setting of the play Macbeth?
(a)
In Europe in the 1500s and 1600s, accused witches were (check all that apply).
Mainly identified as men
Often single and older individuals
Suffered ordeals and torture to extract confessions
Blamed for social problems, natural disasters, pandemics, and civil unrest.
Due to the widespread belief that the play Macbeth was cursed, what term do people use to also refer to the play?
(a)
What is Macbeth's wife's name?
(a)
