Shakespeare Quiz

What is the meaning of the word "star-crossed"?

• kind and generous

• ill-fated and doomed

• confused and lost

• lazy and uninterested

Why should you read Shakespeare out loud?

• It will help you stay awake

• It will help you focus

• It is the way Shakespeare wanted his plays to be read

• It is funnier to do it that way

Which one of these movies was NOT inspired by a Shakespeare play?

• The Lion King

• 10 Things I Hate About You

• West Side Story

• Mean Girls

What are the years of Shakespeare's birth and death?

• 1564-1616

• 1515-1592

• 1739-1801

• 1392-1441

Where was Shakespeare born?

• Spain

• France

• Ireland

• England

What famous theatre were many of Shakespeare's plays performed?

• Majestic Theatre

• The Palais Garnier

• The Globe Theatre

• Town & Country

Where does the story of Romeo and Juliet take place?

• London, England

• Paris, France

• Oxford, England

• Verona, Italy

What did Shakespeare write?

• plays and novels

• poems and novels

• the English dictionary

• plays and poems

What level of education did Shakespeare reach?

• grammar

• university

• boarding school

• high school

What name is also given to the Elizabethan Era?

• the Restoration

• the Revolution

• the Renaissance

• the Rising