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Shakespeare's Life

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Shakespeare born?​

a)

Liverpool

b)

Dublin

c)

Stratford-upon-Avon

d)

London

2.

His father John was a...

a)

farmer

b)

glovemaker

c)

fishmonger

d)

carpenter

3.

How many sisters did he have?

a)

none

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

Which of these subjects he did NOT study?

a)

English

b)

Latin

c)

Greek

d)

History

5.

How old was Shakespeare when he married Anne Hathaway?

a)

16

b)

18

c)

20

d)

21

6.

What was the name of his only son?

a)

Harry

b)

Hamlet

c)

Hamnet

d)

Hamster

7.

When Shakespeare moved to London, he started to work in...

a)

a theatre

b)

a bakery

c)

a museum

d)

a music shop

8.

What was the terrible disease that hit London and killed thousands of people in 1593?

a)

Cholera

b)

Flu

c)

Cancer

d)

Plague

9.

What are Shakespeare's short poems called?

a)

Carols

b)

Sonnets

c)

Songs

d)

Ballads

10.

Shakespeare helped build a new theatre called...

a)

the Swan

b)

the Earth

c)

the Globe

d)

the Rose

11.

Who did normally play women's roles in Shakespeare's time?

a)

Women

b)

Shakespeare

c)

Young girls

d)

Young boys

12.

Which of these plays was NOT written by Shakespeare?

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Beowulf

c)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

d)

Henry V

13.

William became...

a)

a wealthy man

b)

a rascal

c)

a glovemaker

d)

a poor man

14.

How old was Shakespeare when he died?

a)

50

b)

52

c)

54

d)

62

15.

Where is Shakespeare's tombstone located?

a)

At Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon

b)

At The Globe Theatre in London

c)

At Westminster Abbey in London

d)

No-one knows

16.

What's inscribed as an epitaph on his funerary monument?

a)

His poem

b)

His sonnet

c)

His curse

d)

His biography

17.

Who's this chap on the picture?

a)

Shakespeare himself.

b)

It can't be Shakespeare.

c)

It must be Edward de Vere.

d)

It's teacher Pero for sure!