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WorksheetsIntro to Shakespeare
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
Where was Shakespeare born?
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Oxford
Birmingham
When did Shakespeare live?
1764-1816
1664-1716
1564-1616
In the 15th century
What is the time of Shakespeare in England called?
Shakespearean Century
Queen Mary‘s Time
Elizabethan Era
The ugly 17th century
Shakespeare was part of a professional theatre company.
True.
False
What were his parents' name?
John and Mary
Romeo and Juliet
Fransisco and Ophelia
Paris and Beatrice
What was his father's job?
glove maker
basketball player
soldier
male nurse
What was his wife's name?
Anne Hathaway
Katherine Parr
Brigitte Macron
Alexandrina Victoria
What was his son's name?
Hamnet
Hamlet
Omelette
Harley
What is the name of Shakespeare's theater in London?
The Globe
The Agora
The Parthenon
The Cineplex
Who would NOT have been part of an acting company?
8-12 shareholders
3-4 boys
some musicians
a director and assistant director
The boys in an acting company would play the women's roles.
True
False
This type of play ends UNHAPPILY and is NOT about a recent king:
Tragedy
Comedy
History
Drama
Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear belong to Shakespeare's third life period, and they have in common that they are
Comedies
Sonnets
Tragedies
In which period of English history was Shakespeare alive?
Elizabethan
Georgian
Victorian
This group of people wanted to limit or stop the performances of plays in Elizabethan England
the Tudors
the Puritans
the Catholic Church
the Screen Actors Guild
The shape of the Globe theater was:
round
square
triangular
octagonal
