Worksheetsshakespeare
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
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
An important cosmic hierarchy in the Elizabethan Era:
The Great Chain of Being
The Cosmic Order of Things
The Ring of Creatures
The Tiny Chain of Existence
What are the „stage directions“ in a play?
The necessary setting of the play concerning the stage and the materials.
info by the playwright about how a play is to be performed (f.e. the style of speaking)
The signs that show the actors where to exit the stage
It‘s a person who helps the actors when they forget lines
In contrast to a monologue, an actor is alone on stage during a soliloquy
True.
False.
When are „asides“ used in a play?
When the stage is very full.
When a character‘s thoughts should be revealed
when an extended speech should be delivered
Which of these statements about Elizabethan Theatre is false?
Many people from all classes liked going to the theater.
Performances took place in the daylight.
Theatre was rather expensive.
Stages were hardly decorated, much left to the audience‘s imagination
A sonnet contains ______ lines.
10
12
14
16
Which of the following is true about Shakespearean sonnet?
It consists of five stanzas and a couplet.
It consists of four stanzas and a couplet.
It consists of three stanzas and a couplet.
It consists of two stanzas and a couplet.
How many syllables does a line of an iambic pentameter have?
10
5
12
14
A quatrain is a
2 line stanza
3 line stanza
4 line stanza
5 line stanza
What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
aa bb cc dd ee ff gg
abab cdcd efef gg
abcd efgh ijkl mm
aabb ccdd eeff gg
A term meaning two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.
Quatrain
Couplet
Sestet
Sonnet
Where does this Drama take place?
In Venice, Italy
In Milan, Italy
In Verona, Italy
In Paterson, NJ
Who are
Romeo's good friends?
Tybalt and Paris
Benvolio and Mercuito
Carlos and Charles
Prince and Friar Laurance
Juliet is closest to...
Her mother
Her father
Her nurse
Her teacher
How old is Juliet ?
11
13
12
14
When do Romeo and Juliet get married?
a day after they meet
a week after they meet
a year after they meet
an hour after they meet
Who is killed by Tybalt?
Mercutio
the Prince of Verona
Juliet
Romeo
Who kills Tybalt?
Mercutio
the Prince of Verona
Juliet
Romeo
Who marries Romeo and Juliet?
Friar Lawrence.
Friar Jacques.
Friar James.
Friar Edward.
Romeo meets Juliet at a Montague party...
TRUE
FALSE
