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Intro to Shakespeare

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Shakespeare born?

a)

London

b)

Stratford-upon-Avon

c)

Oxford

d)

Birmingham

2.

When did Shakespeare live?

a)

1764-1816

b)

1664-1716

c)

1564-1616

d)

In the 15th century

3.

What is the time of Shakespeare in England called?

a)

Shakespearean Century

b)

Queen Mary‘s Time

c)

Elizabethan Era

d)

The ugly 17th century

4.

Shakespeare was part of a professional theatre company.

a)

True.

b)

False

5.

What were his parents' name?

a)

John and Mary

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Fransisco and Ophelia

d)

Paris and Beatrice

6.

What was his father's job?

a)

glove maker

b)

basketball player

c)

soldier

d)

male nurse

7.

What was his wife's name?

a)

Anne Hathaway

b)

Katherine Parr

c)

Brigitte Macron

d)

Alexandrina Victoria

8.

What was his son's name?

a)

Hamnet

b)

Hamlet

c)

Omelette

d)

Harley

9.

What is the name of Shakespeare's theater in London?

a)

The Globe

b)

The Agora

c)

The Parthenon

d)

The Cineplex

10.

Who would NOT have been part of an acting company?

a)

8-12 shareholders

b)

3-4 boys

c)

some musicians

d)

a director and assistant director

11.

The boys in an acting company would play the women's roles.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

This type of play ends UNHAPPILY and is NOT about a recent king:

a)

Tragedy

b)

Comedy

c)

History

d)

Drama

13.

Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear belong to Shakespeare's third life period, and they have in common that they are

a)

Comedies

b)

Sonnets

c)

Tragedies

14.

In which period of English history was Shakespeare alive?

a)

Elizabethan

b)

Georgian

c)

Victorian

15.
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.
16.
Shakespeare was part of a theatrical group called
a)
The President's Group
b)
The Royal Troupe
c)
The King's Men
d)
The Elite Theater
17.

This group of people wanted to limit or stop the performances of plays in Elizabethan England

a)

the Tudors

b)

the Puritans

c)

the Catholic Church

d)

the Screen Actors Guild

18.

The shape of the Globe theater was:

a)

round

b)

square

c)

triangular

d)

octagonal