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WorksheetsShakespeare
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 25mins
The time Shakespeare wrote plays is called the Elizabethan era because...
his wife was Elizabeth and she was extremely famous
the Queen of England was called Elizabeth and she was a huge Shakespeare fan
Shakespeare's daughter was named Elizabeth and she grew up to become Queen
Shakespeare always named his female characters Elizabeth
The name of Shakespeare's theatre is...
The Square Theatre
The World Theatre
The Globe Theatre
The River Theatre
Who was Shakespeare's wife?
Juliet Capulet
Anne Hathaway
Annie Oakley
Mary Toadsky
How many children did Shakespeare have?
One
Two
Three
Four
What happened to Shakespeare's son?
He left home to become an actor
He helped his dad write his plays
He died from the black plague
He died at birth
Where did Shakespeare live while writing and performing his plays?
New York City
Rome
Stratford-Upon-Avon
London
What was unique about the actors during Shakespeare's time?
They were woodland creatures
They were all younger than twenty
They were all women
They were all men
10 -12
16-20
21-30
37- 42
What year did Shakespeare die?
1616
1716
1617
1564
What city was Shakespeare born in?
Stratford-upon-Avon
London
Oxford
Manchester
When was Shakespeare's born? (month/day/year)
April, 20 2018
April 23, 1564
April 23, 1616
April 20, 1564
What happened to the very first globe theatre?
Burned in the London fires
Destroyed in a storm
Vandalized by the public
Condemned because it was unclean
Shakespeare's acting company was called ...
The Mechanicals
Lord Chamberlain's Men
Shakespeare Company
The Theater Troop
What is unique about Shakespeare's grave?
(a)
Which is the most accurate description of Shakespeare's vocabulary
He had a vocabulary of over 20,000 words; all of which are used in his plays
He used over 30,000 words in his plays and then invented another 14,000
He knew nearly a million words, and we see 100,000 in his plays
Having limited education, his working (active) vocabulary was roughly that of a high school student today: 12-15,000
