WorksheetsShakespeare and His Time Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Where was Shakespeare born?
Cambridge
Oxford
Stratford-upon-Avon
London
What was the name of the school Shakespeare attended?
Harrow School
Eton College
St. Paul's School
King Edward the 6th grammar school
What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ideas of myth and transformation?
Homer
Ovid
Seneca
Virgil
In which area of London was the Globe Theatre located?
Covent Garden
South Bank
West End
Mayfair
What was the entry fee for The Groundlings at the Globe Theatre?
Three pence
One penny
Sixpence
Two pence
Which of Shakespeare's plays is known for its violent and dark themes?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet
Titus Andronicus
What is the metaphor for life that Shakespeare often presents in his plays?
A mirror
A window
A painting
A door
What was the primary function of the theatre in Elizabethan society?
Religious worship
Entertainment
Political meetings
Educational lectures
What was the status of the English language during Shakespeare's time?
Declining
Stagnant
Disappearing
Expanding
What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ability to dramatize conflicting points of view?
Mathematics
Poetry
Philosophy
Rhetoric
Which play by Shakespeare breaks down the model of Rome as the place of civilization and elsewhere as the place of barbarism?
Hamlet
Othello
Julius Caesar
Titus Andronicus
What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ideas of myth and transformation?
Ovid
Virgil
Homer
Seneca
What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ideas of myth and transformation?
Seneca
Ovid
Homer
Virgil
What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ideas of myth and transformation?
Seneca
Ovid
Homer
Virgil
What was the primary influence on Shakespeare's ideas of myth and transformation?
Seneca
Virgil
Ovid
Homer
