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A Different Romeo and Juliet: a WebQuest on Shakespeare and Elizabethan Theatre

QUIZ. A Different Romeo and Juliet: a WebQuest on Shakespeare and Elizabethan Theatre

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Question #1

When was William Shakespeare born?

a) April 25, 1654.

b) April 23, 1616.

c) April 23, 1564.

d) April 23, 1654.

e) April 13, 1616.

Question #2

When did William Shakespeare die?

a) April 25, 1654.

b) April 23, 1616.

c) April 25, 1564.

d) April 13, 1616.

e) April 3, 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) died in Stratford-upon-Avon

d) both b and c are correct

e) 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 song.

c) a pair of twins.

d) two pairs of twins.

e) no children.

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.

d) two plays.

e) Both a and d.

Question #6

Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet are . . .

a) two comedies.

b) a tragedy and a comedy.

c) two tragedies.

d) a history and a tragedy.

e) a comedy and a tragedy.

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Question #8

These are Elizabethan inventions:

a) The pencil and the Gregorian calendar.

b) The telescope.

c) The wallpaper.

d) The knitting machine.

e) All the above.

Question #9

Which is not an invention by Leonardo da Vinci?

a) The airplane.

b) The printing press.

c) The helicopter.

d) The anemometer.

e) The parachute.

Question #10

Who defeated the Spanish Armada?

a) William Shakespeare.

b) Queen Elizabeth I.

c) Leonardo da Vinci.

d) Both a and b.

e) Nobody.

Question #11

Which was not an achievement by Queen Elizabeth I?

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

b) She passed the Poor Laws.

c) She invented the pencil.

d) She defeated the Spanish Armada.

e) She ruled over England and Ireland.

Question #12

Which were the two main religions in Elizabethan England?

a) Catholicism and Protestantism.

b) Christianism and Islamism.

c) Catholicism and Judaism.

d) Protestantism and Islamism.

e) Protestantism 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.

d) They had twins.

e) Nothing.

Question #14

The Globe is . . .

a) a theatre in London.

b) a theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

c) an invention of the Renaissance.

d) no longer in England.

e) the house where Shakespeare lived.

Question #15

The Swan Theatre is in . . .

a) London.

b) Stratford-upon-Avon.

c) England.

d) Ireland.

e) Both a and c.

Question #16

Who played female roles in Shakespeare's time?

a) Women.

b) Old men.

c) Young boys.

d) Young girls.

e) Both a and d.

Question #17

Apart from a playwright, William Shakespeare was . . .

a) a carpenter.

b) a glove maker.

c) an actor.

d) Both a and b.

e) Both b and c.

Question #18

Elizabethan playhouses . . .

a) were made of wood.

b) had an open pit and a stage.

c) were made of steel.

d) Both a and c.

e) Both a and b.

Question #19

Sir Francis Bacon was . . .

a) a king.

b) a poet.

c) a statesman.

d) a scientist.

e) Both c and d.

Question #20

Plays were . . .

a) a punishment for Elizabethans.

b) a form of entertainment for Elizabethans.

c) hated by Elizabethans.

d) Both a and b.

e) Neither a nor b.

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A Different Romeo and Juliet: a WebQuest on Shakespeare and Elizabethan Theatre

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