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Shakespeare Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of the word "star-crossed"?

a)

kind and generous

b)

ill-fated and doomed

c)

confused and lost

d)

lazy and uninterested

2.

Why should you read Shakespeare out loud?

a)

It will help you stay awake

b)

It will help you focus

c)

It is the way Shakespeare wanted his plays to be read

d)

It is funnier to do it that way

3.

Which one of these movies was NOT inspired by a Shakespeare play?

a)

The Lion King

b)

10 Things I Hate About You

c)

West Side Story

d)

Mean Girls

4.

What are the years of Shakespeare's birth and death?

a)

1564-1616

b)

1515-1592

c)

1739-1801

d)

1392-1441

5.

Where was Shakespeare born?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

Ireland

d)

England

6.

What famous theatre were many of Shakespeare's plays performed?

a)

Majestic Theatre

b)

The Palais Garnier

c)

The Globe Theatre

d)

Town & Country

7.

Where does the story of Romeo and Juliet take place?

a)

London, England

b)

Paris, France

c)

Oxford, England

d)

Verona, Italy

8.

What did Shakespeare write?

a)

plays and novels

b)

poems and novels

c)

the English dictionary

d)

plays and poems

9.

What level of education did Shakespeare reach?

a)

grammar

b)

university

c)

boarding school

d)

high school

10.

What name is also given to the Elizabethan Era?

a)

the Restoration

b)

the Revolution

c)

the Renaissance

d)

the Rising

11.

When was Shakespeare born? ________ Where? ________

a)

1616, Aston Villa

b)

1582, Manchester

c)

1564, Stratford-upon-Avon

d)

1599, Birmingham

12.

How many plays did Shakespeare write? ________ Sonnets? ________

a)

154 plays, 36 sonnets

b)

36 plays, 154 sonnets

c)

15 plays, 34 sonnets

d)

12 plays, 118 sonnets

13.

What is the primary theme of Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth'?

a)

A) Love and Romance

b)

B) Ambition and Power

c)

C) Friendship and Loyalty

d)

D) War and Peace

14.

Which character in 'Hamlet' says the famous line 'To be, or not to be: that is the question'?

a)

A) Hamlet

b)

B) Ophelia

c)

C) Polonius

d)

D) Claudius

15.

In which play does the character Puck appear?

a)

A) The Tempest

b)

B) A Midsummer Night's Dream

c)

C) Othello

d)

D) King Lear