Keuzemodule Engels - Shakespeare

What is Shakespeare's first name?

• John

• Willem

• William

• Albert

William Shakespeare lived mainly in the ...

• 15th century (1401-1500)

• 16th century (1501-1600)

• 17th century (1601 - 1700)

• 18th century (1701 - 1800)

William Shakespeare was born in ...

• Stratford-upon-Avon

• Newcastle upon Tyne

• London

• Westminster

William Shakespeare is also known as...

• the Player

• the Poet

• the Master

• the Bard

What was his wife's name?

• Alice Court

• Anne Hathaway

• Margery Field

• Mary Atwood

What was Shakespeare's playing company called?

• Queen Elizabeth's Men

• Pembroke's Men

• Lord Chamberlain's Men

• Oxford's Men

Shakespeare and his playing company had a theatre built in London. What was their theatre called?

• the Globe

• the Swan

• the Theatre

• the Rose

1) Early London theatres had no roof.

2) A large part of the audience had to stand in the yard, directly in front of the stage.

• Statement 1 is true, statement 2 is false.

• Statement 1 is false, statement 2 is true.

• Both statements are true.

• Both statements are false.

In Shakespeare's plays female characters were played by

• women

• teenage boys

• men

Which are his 'Four Great Tragedies'?

• Macbeth

• Romeo and Juliet

• Hamlet

• Othello

• King Lear