WorksheetsSearching for Shakespeare ENG1D March 2023
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Besides being a playwright, Shakespeare is also known for:
His skill of portraying parent-child relationships in his works
The lies he is able to tell
Telling fairy-tales
His "day-in-the-life" stories
"Prose" means...
that lines are rhymed
that lines are short and functional
that lines "propose" something to the reader
Approximately how many words did Shakespeare contribute to the English language?
1,100
430
1,700
860
Of these titles, which is Shakespeare most renown for?
The Tempest
As You Like It
All's Well that Ends Well
Hamlet
People who live in Verona are called:
Veronikese
Veronese
veronesises
allahbenese
How many elements are there in a Shakespearean Tragedy?
9
10
5
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Who was known to be Shakespeare's strongest female lead?
Juliet
Ophelia
Lady Macbeth
Portia
What timeframe were Shakespeare's plays written in?
1500-1600s
500-600s
2000-2010s
1800-1900s
In which play did Shakespeare portray women as being weak instead of strong?
Romeo and Juliet
King Lear
Hamlet
MacBeth
Select the rhyme:
both - cloth
cat - dog
bed - thread
love - move
What's a common reason people argue that Shakespeare should NOT be studied in schools anymore?
the texts are too long
difficulty in understanding
too many uninteresting characters
too much repetition
Where does Romeo & Juliet take place?
Verona
Toronto
Berlin
London
What is Shakespeare's wife's name?
Gertrude Anne
Sonya Hathaway
Anna Josephine
Anne Hathaway
What are historians unsure of?
Shakespeare's date of birth
Shakespeare's favourite food
Shakespeare's country of birth
Shakespeare's job
What was the most popular activity to do in 1600s?
Sports
Gambling
Dancing
Card/Board Games
What was Shakespeare's opinion of love?
He didn't believe in it
He thought love was fated
He was mad cause he fumbled the bag so he thought love wasn't real anymore
How long have Shakespearean plays been taught?
~100
~400
~50
~1,000
Which statement about Shakespeare's world is true?
Shakespeare had a great geographic imagination
People have enjoyed making fun of the fact that Shakespeare gave Bohemia a seacoast AND a desert.
Shakespeare's plays and poems raise several geographic issues
All of the above
