WorksheetsShakespeare quizzards
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who played Romeo in the 1996 film version of Romeo and Juliet?
Which theatre was accidentally set alight by a cannon, fired to mark the king’s entrance onstage during a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII in 1613?
the Globe Theatre
Where was Shakespeare born?
In which play by Shakespeare can you read this quote: "to be or not to be, that is the question"
In which of Shakespeare’s plays does the group of clowns Feste, Malvolio, Sir Toby Belch, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek appear?
Which play by Shakespeare opens with these words: “If music be the food of love, play on”?
Between whom does a “merry war” of words go on in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing?
What is the name of the penniless Venetian who asks his friend for a loan in The Merchant of Venice?
Which historical character created by Shakespeare boasts that he can “set the murtherous Machevil to school”?
Richard, duke of Gloucester
Most of Shakespeare’s plays were written during the reign of which monarch?
Which Shakespeare play is the 2006 comedy movie ‘She’s the Man’ based on?
Which is the only Shakespeare play to be set in Egypt?
What was the name of the 1769 festival, held in Stratford Upon Avon, at which over 1000 people celebrated the life and works of Shakespeare?
Who is Shakespeare widely thought to have collaborated with in writing Timmon of Athens?
Shakespeare was said to have fled London to escape prosecution for what crime?
Which of Shakespeare’s plays is known as ‘The Scottish Play’?
According to Shakespeare's original script, how old was Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet'?
Which of the following plays is said to be cursed due to the number of accidents that've taken place during it's production over the years?
Which actor is believed to have starred in the original productions of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Richard III?
Richard Burbage
Helena, the low-born ward of a French countess, is in love with Bertram in which play?
Which planet in the Solar System has several moons named after Shakespearean characters?
Which character's mother is Lady Capulet?
Shakespeare eventually retired from public life and returned to Stratford in which year?
What was the name of the book that was published after Shakespeare's death and included all of his plays?
During Shakespeare's lifetime, what major disaster forced the closure of London theatres twice?
