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Shakespeare and His Time Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Shakespeare born?

a)

Cambridge

b)

Oxford

c)

Stratford-upon-Avon

d)

London

2.

What was the name of the school Shakespeare attended?

a)

Harrow School

b)

Eton College

c)

St. Paul's School

d)

King Edward the 6th grammar school

3.

What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ideas of myth and transformation?

a)

Homer

b)

Ovid

c)

Seneca

d)

Virgil

4.

In which area of London was the Globe Theatre located?

a)

Covent Garden

b)

South Bank

c)

West End

d)

Mayfair

5.

What was the entry fee for The Groundlings at the Globe Theatre?

a)

Three pence

b)

One penny

c)

Sixpence

d)

Two pence

6.

Which of Shakespeare's plays is known for its violent and dark themes?

a)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

b)

Macbeth

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

Titus Andronicus

7.

What is the metaphor for life that Shakespeare often presents in his plays?

a)

A mirror

b)

A window

c)

A painting

d)

A door

8.

What was the primary function of the theatre in Elizabethan society?

a)

Religious worship

b)

Entertainment

c)

Political meetings

d)

Educational lectures

9.

What was the status of the English language during Shakespeare's time?

a)

Declining

b)

Stagnant

c)

Disappearing

d)

Expanding

10.

What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ability to dramatize conflicting points of view?

a)

Mathematics

b)

Poetry

c)

Philosophy

d)

Rhetoric

11.

Which play by Shakespeare breaks down the model of Rome as the place of civilization and elsewhere as the place of barbarism?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Othello

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Titus Andronicus

12.

What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ideas of myth and transformation?

a)

Ovid

b)

Virgil

c)

Homer

d)

Seneca

13.

What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ideas of myth and transformation?

a)

Seneca

b)

Ovid

c)

Homer

d)

Virgil

14.

What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ideas of myth and transformation?

a)

Seneca

b)

Ovid

c)

Homer

d)

Virgil

15.

What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ideas of myth and transformation?

a)

Seneca

b)

Virgil

c)

Ovid

d)

Homer