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William Shakespeare lived in the ...

• 15th century

• 15th-16th centuries

• 16th-17th centuries

• 17th century

Shakespeare has been called ...

• the chef of all poets

• the chief of all poets

• the chief of all actors

• the ruler of all playwrights

Shakespeare wrote ...

• comedies

• horror stories

• tragedies

• detective stories

• historical plays

Shakespeare is one of the world`s greatest ...

• actors

• directors

• composers

• playwrights

His most famous tragedies include ....

• Hamlet

• Macbeth

• King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

• Romeo and Juliet

• Robin Hood

Sonnets are ...

• poems about love

• humorous short stories

• short novels of 14 lines

• short poems of 14 lines, 10 syllables in each line

Shakespeare`s plays are no longer performed in the world because his texts are too difficult.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in ...

• Ireland

• England

• Scotland

• America

Before he became a playwright, Shakespeare worked as ...

• an actor

• a builder

• the Queen`s servant

• a truck driver

Shakespeare spent his last years in ...

• the streets as a beggar

• London

• his home town in Stratford

• Paris