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WorksheetsShakespeare Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is the meaning of the word "star-crossed"?
kind and generous
ill-fated and doomed
confused and lost
lazy and uninterested
Why should you read Shakespeare out loud?
It will help you stay awake
It will help you focus
It is the way Shakespeare wanted his plays to be read
It is funnier to do it that way
Which one of these movies was NOT inspired by a Shakespeare play?
The Lion King
10 Things I Hate About You
West Side Story
Mean Girls
What are the years of Shakespeare's birth and death?
1564-1616
1515-1592
1739-1801
1392-1441
Where was Shakespeare born?
Spain
France
Ireland
England
What famous theatre were many of Shakespeare's plays performed?
Majestic Theatre
The Palais Garnier
The Globe Theatre
Town & Country
Where does the story of Romeo and Juliet take place?
London, England
Paris, France
Oxford, England
Verona, Italy
What did Shakespeare write?
plays and novels
poems and novels
the English dictionary
plays and poems
What level of education did Shakespeare reach?
grammar
university
boarding school
high school
What name is also given to the Elizabethan Era?
the Restoration
the Revolution
the Renaissance
the Rising
When was Shakespeare born? ________ Where? ________
1616, Aston Villa
1582, Manchester
1564, Stratford-upon-Avon
1599, Birmingham
How many plays did Shakespeare write? ________ Sonnets? ________
154 plays, 36 sonnets
36 plays, 154 sonnets
15 plays, 34 sonnets
12 plays, 118 sonnets
What is the primary theme of Shakespeare's play 'Macbeth'?
A) Love and Romance
B) Ambition and Power
C) Friendship and Loyalty
D) War and Peace
Which character in 'Hamlet' says the famous line 'To be, or not to be: that is the question'?
A) Hamlet
B) Ophelia
C) Polonius
D) Claudius
In which play does the character Puck appear?
A) The Tempest
B) A Midsummer Night's Dream
C) Othello
D) King Lear
