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Shakespeare Quiz

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are the names of theaters associated with Shakespeare?

a)

Globe and Blackfriars

b)

Rose and Swan

c)

Apollo and Lyceum

d)

Royal and National

2.

Who is the poet referred to in the lines: "Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclose here; Bleste be the man that spares those stones And curst be he that moves my bones"?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Ben Jonson

c)

John Milton

d)

Christopher Marlowe

3.

Shakespeare probably worked with someone in the two last parts of Henry VI and in Richard III. Who is he?

a)

Marlowe

b)

Ben Jonson

c)

John Webster

d)

Thomas Kyd

4.

The Queen commanded Shakespeare to show Falstaff in love. Then Shakespeare wrote a play. Which one?

a)

Merry Wives of Windsor

b)

Much Ado About Nothing

c)

Twelfth Night

d)

Hamlet

5.

Who was Shakespeare's contemporary who wrote four books—The Wheel of Fire, The Imperial Theme, The Shakespearean Tempest, and The Crown of Life—on Shakespearean Criticism?

a)

Ben Jonson

b)

Wilson Knight

c)

Christopher Marlowe

d)

John Webster

6.

About whom did Mathew Arnold write: "Others abide our question, thou art free"?

a)

Shakespeare

b)

Ben Jonson

c)

John Milton

d)

Christopher Marlowe

7.

Who is referred to in the following description: "Helen's cheek, but not her heart Cleopatra's majesty Atlanta's better part Sad Lucretia's modesty"?

a)

Rosalind in As You Like It

b)

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet

c)

Ophelia in Hamlet

d)

Portia in The Merchant of Venice

8.

Whose personality is being referred to in the lines: "Diana's lip Is not more smooth and rubious, thy small pipe Is as the maiden's organ shrill, and sound"?

a)

Viola in Twelfth Night

b)

Rosalind in As You Like It

c)

Juliet in Romeo and Juliet

d)

Ophelia in Hamlet

9.

Who is the speaker in the line: "I will do my best To woo your lady"?

a)

Viola in the disguise of Cesario

b)

Rosalind in As You Like It

c)

Hamlet in Hamlet

d)

Othello in Othello