WorksheetsShakespeare Trivia
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
In what year was Shakespeare born?
a)
1564
b)
1616
c)
1558
d)
1592
2.
Shakespeare was born in what town or city?
a)
London
b)
Stratford
c)
Snitterfield
d)
Oxford
3.
What is the name of Shakespeare's father and mother?
a)
Abraham and Sara
b)
William and Anne
c)
John and Mary
4.
Who did Shakespeare marry?
a)
Judith Sadler
b)
Susanna Hall
c)
Anne Hathaway
d)
Mary Queen of Scots
5.
How many children did they have?
a)
3
b)
2
c)
10
d)
1
6.
In what year was the Globe theater built?
a)
1594
b)
1599
c)
1608
d)
1613
7.
In 1603 Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, became the King's Men. Which king was their patron?
a)
George III
b)
James I
c)
Edward III
d)
Henry VIII
8.
What year did Shakespeare die?
a)
1599
b)
1616
c)
1623
d)
1642
9.
The Globe Theater is in what city?
a)
Madrid
b)
London
c)
Rome
d)
Paris
10.
The first 126 sonnets are dedicated to whom?
a)
The Young Man
b)
Mr. W.H.
c)
Thomas Thorpe
d)
The Dark Lady
11.
How did Shakespeare's comedies end?
a)
With a death.
b)
With marriage.
c)
With the birth of a child.
d)
Happily ever after.
12.
Which monarch (king or queen) was on the throne during Shakespeare's time?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Mary
c)
George
d)
Elizabeth
13.
What was the religion of the country when Shakespeare was writing?
a)
Catholic
b)
Church of England
c)
Baptist
d)
Atheist
14.
How many words did Shakespeare create?
a)
1700
b)
200
c)
2500
d)
900
15.
In which play by Shakespeare can you read this quote: "to be or not to be, that is the question"
a)
Romeo and Juliet
b)
The King Lear
c)
Macbeth
d)
Hamlet
16.
Where did Romeo and Juliet live?
a)
Denmark
b)
Stratford-Upon-Avon
c)
London
d)
Verona
17.
His poems had ..... lines.
a)
10
b)
12
c)
14
d)
16
18.
What type of poetry did Shakespeare make popular?
a)
ballad
b)
sonnet
c)
lyric
d)
narrative
19.
What happened to the original Globe Theater?
a)
It burned down.
b)
The Vikings tore it down.
c)
It was taken as part of a treaty with Greece.
d)
It was torn down so that a newer, better theater could be built.
20.
The rhythm of speech Shakespeare used is called
a)
Prosody
b)
Iambic pentameter
c)
Staccato
d)
Free Style
21.
A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character while other characters remain on stage
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Aside
c)
Dialogue
d)
Monologue
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