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ROMEO AND JULIET: A WEBQUEST ON SHAKESPEARE AND ELIZABETHAN THEATRE

Quiz on Shakespeare and his time

What have you learnt about Shakespeare, his life and works and the period when he lived? Would you like to put yourself to the test? Answer this quiz and see how many points you get! (Total points: 20)Please, submit your answers.

Question #1

When was William Shakespeare born?

a) April 25, 1654.

b) April 23, 1616.

c) April 23, 1564.

Question #2

When did William Shakespeare die?

a) April 23, 1616.

b) April 23, 1564.

c) April 30, 1616.

Question #3

William Shakespeare . . .

a) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and died in London.

b) was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and lived in London.

c) both a and b are correct.

Question #4

William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway and had . . .

a) two sons and one daughter.

b) two daughters and one son.

c) a pair of twins.

Question #5

Richard II and Much Ado About Nothing are . . .

a) a history and a comedy respectively.

b) a comedy and a history respectively.

c) two tragedies.

Question #6

Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet are . . .

a) two comedies.

b) a tragedy and a comedy.

c) two tragedies.

Question #7

Question #8

These are Elizabethan inventions:

a) Both b and c.

b) The pencil and the Gregorian calendar.

c) The telescope.

Question #9

Which is not and invention by Leornardo da Vinci?

a) The airplane.

b) The printing press.

c) The helicopter.

Question #10

Who defeated the Spanish Armada?

a) William Shakespeare.

b) Queen Elizabeth I.

c) Leonardo da Vinci.

Question #11

Which was not an achievement by Queen Elizabeth I?

a) She established Protestantism as the country's religion.

b) The passed the Poor Laws.

c) She invented the pencil.

Question #12

Which were the two main religions in Elizabethan England?

a) Catholicism and Protestantism.

b) Christianism and Islamism.

c) Catholicism and Judaism.

Question #13

What did William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe have in common?

a) They were from Stratford-upon-Avon.

b) They wrote plays.

c) They were born on the same day.

Question #14

The Globe is . . .

a) a theatre in London.

b) a theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

c) an invention of the Renaissance.

Question #15

The Swan Theatre is in . . .

a) London.

b) Stratford-upon-Avon.

c) Neither a nor b.

Question #16

Who played female roles in Shakespare's time?

a) Women.

b) Old men.

c) Young boys.

Question #17

Apart from a playwright, William Shakespeare was . . .

a) a carpenter.

b) a glove maker.

c) an actor.

Question #18

Elizabethan playhouses . . .

a) were made of wood.

b) had an open pit and a stage.

c) both a and b.

Question #19

Sir Francis Bacon was . . .

a) a king.

b) a poet.

c) a statesman and scientist.

Question #20

Plays were . . .

a) a punishment for Elizabethans.

b) a form of entertainment for Elizabethans.

c) neither a nor b.

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