WorksheetsShakespeare's Life
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Where was Shakespeare born?
Liverpool
Dublin
Stratford-upon-Avon
London
His father John was a...
farmer
glovemaker
fishmonger
carpenter
How many sisters did he have?
none
2
3
4
Which of these subjects he did NOT study?
English
Latin
Greek
History
How old was Shakespeare when he married Anne Hathaway?
16
18
20
21
What was the name of his only son?
Harry
Hamlet
Hamnet
Hamster
When Shakespeare moved to London, he started to work in...
a theatre
a bakery
a museum
a music shop
What was the terrible disease that hit London and killed thousands of people in 1593?
Cholera
Flu
Cancer
Plague
What are Shakespeare's short poems called?
Carols
Sonnets
Songs
Ballads
Shakespeare helped build a new theatre called...
the Swan
the Earth
the Globe
the Rose
Who did normally play women's roles in Shakespeare's time?
Women
Shakespeare
Young girls
Young boys
Which of these plays was NOT written by Shakespeare?
Romeo and Juliet
Beowulf
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Henry V
William became...
a wealthy man
a rascal
a glovemaker
a poor man
How old was Shakespeare when he died?
50
52
54
62
Where is Shakespeare's tombstone located?
At Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon
At The Globe Theatre in London
At Westminster Abbey in London
No-one knows
What's inscribed as an epitaph on his funerary monument?
His poem
His sonnet
His curse
His biography
Who's this chap on the picture?
Shakespeare himself.
It can't be Shakespeare.
It must be Edward de Vere.
It's teacher Pero for sure!
