Shakespeare Pre-Assessment

Shakespeare was born in

• London

• Paris

• Stratford-upon-Avon

Shakespeare lived primarily in the

• 1500s

• 1600s

• 1700s

• 1800s

Shakespeare married

• Mary Arden

• Anne Hathaway

• Catherine Hogarth

The name of the theater with which Shakespeare was closely associated and wrote most of his plays for was called

• The Rose

• The Swan

• The Globe

Shakespeare had ___ children.

• 3

• 5

• 10

Early theaters were in the shape of a/an

• square

• rectangle

• oval

• triangle

The time period in which Shakespeare lived was called the

• Middle Ages

• Victorian Era

• Elizabethan Era

Shakespeare wrote three types of plays:

• Comedy, history, tragedy

• Comedy, drama, love

• Horror, history, love

Which of the following modern movies is NOT based upon a Shakespearean play?

• She's the Man

• 10 Things I Hate About You

• West Side Story

• The Count of Montecristo

In Shakespeare’s theater, the poor people who stood by the stage were called the

• peasants

• groudlings

• paupers

• bums