SHAKESPEARE : Life and contributions

1. Shakespeare was considered the greatest ______ of his time.

• Poet

• Actor

• Singer

• Writer

2. What were his ocupations?

• Actor, singer, poet.

• Poet, playwright, actor.

• Actor, songwriter, poet.

• Player, poet, actor.

3. He was educated in a famous university.

• True

• False

4. It was one of his famous plays

• Doctor Faustus

• Othello

• Edward the second

• The first and the last

5. His early plays were mainly ________

• Tragedies

• Poems

• Comedies

• Dramas

6. This play doesn´t belong to Shakespeare

• The Massacre at Paris

• Hamlet

• King Lear

• Macbeth

7. Shakespeare had a ___________ effect on the expansion of English vocabulary.

• Certain

• Useful

• Wonderful

• Significant

8. Shakespeare has influenced a number of English poets, especially __________ poets

• Dramatic

• Tragic

• Romantic

9. Shakespeare expanded the scope of English literature by introducing new words and phrases, experimenting with blank verse, and also introducing new poetic and grammatical structures.

• True

• False

10. Shakespeare is cited as an influence on a large number of writers in the following centuries, including major novelists such as Herman Melville, Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy and William Faulkner.

• True

• False