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WorksheetsShakespeare
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 17mins
Who were the groundlings
People who lay on the ground
People who pay a penny
Rich people
God
What time of day did the play presentations take place
Night time
Afternoon
Daylight
Midnight
Two tricks that actors did to make their performance fighting appear more real
Jumping off stage to backflip
Retractable knives
Dancing frequently
Wearing bladders of sheep‘s blood
Why were men actors and women weren’t
Because it would be shameless if woman did
Because women were too busy
Because they were better actors
Because Shakespeare told them to
Who played young girls
Men
Older woman
Young boys
Smaller children
Why did Shakespeare need to entertain the groundlings
So that more people can come
Because they would go to bed on the floor
Just for fun
So they wouldn’t disrupt the show
How much money did the groundlings pay
A dime
A penny
1 cent
A quarter
What was Shakespeare’s wife’s name
Anne
Johanna
Julius
Elizabeth
What year was Shakespeare born
1564
1918
1641
100
What country was Shakespeare born in
Australia
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
What town was Shakespeare born in
Stratford upon acorn
Stratford upon app
Stratford Avon upon
Stratford upon avon
What did Shakespeare’s father do for a living
Leather worker
Glove maker
High bailiff
Mayor
How many kids did Shakespeare have
2
1
3
9
Who was the oldest out of Shakespeare’s children
What tragedy happened to one of Shakespeare’s kids and at what age
Died because they hit their head
11 years old
Died of unknown cause
5 years old
How many plays did Shakespeare produce before his retirement
38
40
68
29
What famous theater burnt down
The globe theater
County theater
The national museum
Shakespearean theater
How did the globe theater burn down
By the Puritans
Someone accidentally broke the light
By the actors
By a spark from a canon
When did Shakespeare die
December 30, 1501
April 23, 1616
April 25, 1941
January 1, 1594
During which play did the globe theater burn down
Julius XVI
Cesar
Henry VIII
Hamlet III
What do we call the type of poems that Shakespeare wrote
Calligraphers
Sonnets
Poems
What skills did the actors need to perform in Shakespeare’s plays
Sword fighting
Dancing
Good memory
Clear voice/singing
Who was the queen when Shakespeare started writing and performing his plays
Queen Elizabeth I
Mary Tudor
Anne Boleyn
Jane Seymour
