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When was William Shakespeare born?
a. 1498
b. 1564
c. 1895
b. 1564
In which period of English history was Shakespeare alive?
a. Elizabethan
b. Georgian
c. Victorian
a. Elizabethan
Which of these plays was not written by Shakespeare?
a. Hamlet
b. Romeo and Juliet
c. The Taming of the Rat
c. The Taming of the Rat
Where was Shakespeare born?
a. Stratford-upon-Avon
b. Cambridge
c. Oxford
a. Stratford-upon-Avon
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
a. 8
b. 38
c. 108
b. 38
6. Which type of play did Shakespeare not write?
a. Tragedies
b. Comedies
c. Musicals
c. Musicals
What’s the name of the ‘Shakespeare theatre’ in London?
a. The World Theatre
b. The Globe Theatre
c. The Old Shakespeare Theatre
b. The Globe Theatre
8. Who played Romeo in the 1996 film version of Romeo and Juliet?
a. Leonardo DiCaprio
b. Johnny Depp
c. Brad Pitt
a. Leonardo DiCaprio
How many words do experts think Shakespeare invented that are still used today?
a. 900
b. 1,700
c. 3,000
b. 1,700
5. Shakespeare used some words that no longer exist in modern English. What do these words refer to - thou/thee/thine?
a. the pronoun "they"
b. the pronoun "he/she"
c. the pronoun "you"
c. the pronoun "you"
When did Shakespeare live?
a. 15th - 16th centuries
b. 16th - 17th centuries
c. 17th - 18th centuries
b. 16th - 17th centuries
How many Sonnets did Shakespeare write?
a. 154
b. 101
c. 222
a. 154