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WorksheetsShakespeare IQ quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
When was Shakespeare born?
July 4, 1776
April 23, 1564
September 2, 1490
April 15, 1861
In what town did Shakespeare grow up?
London
Dublin
Stratford-Upon(on)-Avon
Canterbury
Who were the two reigning monarchs during Shakespeare's life?
Henry VI and Richard III
Elizabeth I and James I
William and Mary
Mary Queen of Scots and Henry VIII
Who was one of Shakespeare's most well-known contemporaries?
Arthur Miller
Christopher Marlowe
Dante Alighieri
George Orwell
In what outdoor theater did Shakespeare present most of his plays?
The Rose
The Globe
The Theather
The Bear Garden
Who was Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Shakespeare
Anne Hathaway
Mary Arden
Queen Elizabeth I
How many children did Shakespeare and his wife have?
One
Two
Three
None
Who helped publish Shakespeare's First Folio after his death?
His wife
Two actors from his company
His lawyer
His mistress
What three genres were Shakespeare's plays divided into in the First Folio?
Comedy, History, and Tragedy
Action, Drama, and Romance
Slapstick, Western, and Tragedy
History, Drama, and Comedy
Which are the longest and shortest plays written by Shakespeare?
Hamlet and Comedy of Errors
Macbeth and Taming of the Shrew
Romeo and Juliet and All's Well that Ends Well
Julius Caesar and A Midsummer Night's Dream
Who did not portray Hamlet on film?
Mel Gibson
Tom Hanks
Ethan Hawke
Kenneth Branagh
In what poetic meter did Shakespeare compose the majority of his plays and verse?
terza rima
anapestic trimeter
iambic pentameter
Petrarchan sonnet
Which college did Shakespeare attend?
Trinity
Oxford
Cambridge
He didn't attend
Shakespeare was a founding member of which acting guild that later became The King's Men.
Lord Byron's Men
Lord Farquaad's Men
Lord Chamberlain's Men
Lord James's Men
Lord Henry's Men
There is no controversy regarding Shakespeare's life in and out of the theater? (think authenticity, education, etc.)
True
False
