WorksheetsShakespeare Learning Stations
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 31mins
A device often used in drama when a character speaks to him- or herself, relating thoughts and feelings, thereby also sharing them with the audience, giving off the illusion of being a series of unspoken reflections.
Monologue
Dramatic Irony
Verse
Soliloquy
A remark or passage in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters in the play.
Verse
Protagonist
Aside
Vocal Delivery
When an audience watching a play understands what's going on in a situation while the characters are unaware of what is happening.
Prologue
Protagonist
Dramatic Irony
Situational Irony
The way poetry and lyrics are written. It is broken into stanzas.
Verse
Chorus
Vocal Delivery
Soliloquy
What is the name of the theatre associated with William Shakespeare?
The Royal Theatre
The London Theatre
The Globe Theatre
Shakespeare's Theatre
Where was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-Upon-Avon
London
Oxford
Liverpool
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
37
52
13
48
What was his wife's name?
Mary Hathaway
Anne Hathaway
Susan Hathaway
Elizabeth Hathaway
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154
200
120
75
How many children did Shakespeare have?
1
4
3
2
What group of actors did Shakespeare work with?
The Queen's Men
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The King's Actors
The Queen's Acting Company
When did Shakespeare die?
April 23rd 1816
April 23rd 1616
April 23rd 1716
April 23rd 1516
Shakespeare lived almos entirely during the reign of...
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Mary
Why is the roof of the Globe Theatre open?
to provide light for the plays
to air out the plague
to clean out the theatre after the messy guests
for acoustics
The rhythm of speech Shakespeare used is called
Prosody
Iambic pentameter
Staccato
Free Style
Shakespearean actors were always...
Well prepared
On time
Underpaid
Male
Shakespeare was born in which country?
England
Scotland
America
Ireland
Is this line written in iambic pentameter? For soon enough the woods, the hawk, and he
Yes
No
Is this line written in iambic pentameter?
One must have a mind of winter
Yes
No
Is this line written in iambic pentameter? But if they answered him, we haven't heard
Yes
No
Is this line written in iambic pentameter? I only know that summer sang in me
Yes
No
Which one of these is considered a pun?
It was like taking candy from a baby
This is a piece of cake
Kings worry about receding heir line
What is a pun?
words that are sound the same but spelled different
an idiom
play on words: a joke
pickle and onion mix
What is a hyperbole?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
A statement that gives non-human objects human characteristics.
An exaggerated statement that is not meant to be taken literally.
an expressing whose meaning is different from the literal meaning.
What is a metaphor?
A comparison that uses the words "like" or "as"
A comparison that does not use the words "like" or "as"
An adverbial phrase that compares one thing to another
A type of poem in which two things are compared
How would allusion be defined?
a reference to a famous person, place, or event
words that involve one of the five senses
two lines working as a unit
a form or wordplay with similar sounding sounds
