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Shakespeare Quiz

Directions: Answer the following questions, and select the best answer. For the matching
portion, match the letter of the description with the term on the left.

________1. What day was William Shakespeare born?

A) Monday B) April 23 C) July 23 D) April 24

_______2. What was the name of William Shakespeares wife?

A) Marie B) Leanne C) Danielle D) Anne

_______3. Why was the Thames River polluted?

A) Raw Sewage B) Wasted Fossil Fuels C) Laziness D) Factories

_______4. Why didnt Theaters have roofs?

A) It was a fire hazard B) Save on electricity C) They didnt have electricity D) Fresh Air

______5. What was the name of the Theater Shakespeare invested in?

A) The Trotter B) The Globe C) The Spear D) Lords Theater

______6. Who played girl roles?

A) Young ladies B) Old men C) Shakespeare D) Young men

_____7. What kind of plays did Shakespeare write?

A) Comedies B) Tragedies C) Histories D) All of the above

_____8. Why did Shakespeare write his own epitaph?

A) He was trying to threaten people who dared to move his bones after death
B) He was a funny guy with a cool sense of humor
C) He enjoyed writing
D) He thought his version was better than everyone else's

_____9. What language did Shakespeare write in?

A) Middle English B) Early Modern English C) Old English D) Slang

_____10. What meter did Shakespeare write in?

A) Kanye B) Blank Verse C) Iambic Pentameter D) Poetry

Match the following terms:

______11. Soliloquy

______12. Aside

______13. Prologue
A. What people used as a toilet
______14. Prose
B. Something actors tell the audience while
______15. Chorus others arent looking

______16. Monologue C. The kind of poems Shakespeare wrote

D. Person who recites prologue and comments

______17. Sonnets
on action
______18. Susanna
E. A speech where the actor reveals their
feelings, and reflects
______19. Groundlings
F. The name of Shakespeares first-born child
______20. Chamber Pot
G. The manner in which we speak

H. The poor people who threw rotten food on

stage

I. Introduction, or preface, used to introduce a

Play

J. A long speech recited by an actor as part of

the show