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1
Shakespeare's plays are categorised into ...
history plays, sonnets and lyrical songs
comedy, tragedy and history plays
tragedy, comedy and monologue
sonnets, history and biographies
2
Romeo and Juliet was one of Shakespeare's ...
ballads
tragedies
comedies
sonnets
3
William Shakespeare was born in ...
The Globe Theatre
Scotland
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
4
His last play was ...
The Globe Theatre
Romeo and Juliet
The Taming of The Shrew
The Tempest
5
A sonnet is ...
a history play.
a comedy play.
a specific type of theatre play.
a lyrical poem of 14 lines.
6
Shakespeare was alive during the late Renaissance,which in England is referred to as ...
The Elizabethan Era
The Victorian Era
Carpe Diem
The Cold War
7
Shakespeare's theatre company The Lord Chamberlain's Men later changed its name to ...
The Queen's Men
The King's Men
The Prince's Men
The Princess' Men
8
Nowadays, Shakespeare is still considered ...
the greatest writer in the English language
the most difficult writer to be understood
the most romantic British writer
the most boring English literature has had
9
Shakespeare was married to ...
The King's Men
Anne Hathaway
Romeo or Juliet
Queen Elizabeth
10
Shakespeare moved to London because ...
He had to go to school there
Anne Hathaway lived there
He didn't like Stratford-upon-Avon
He wanted to be a playwright
11
Shakespeare is often referred to as ...
a playwright
the bard
the poet
a theater actor
12
Shakespeare earned a lot of money and he ...
married another woman.
became a partner in the Globe Theater, London.
bought a second house in London.
retired in 1597.