Starter quiz

  • True or false? Shakespeare's works often have recurring ideas or concepts.
    • True ✓
    • False
  • What abstract noun would best fit the blank in the following sentence? 'Macbeth’s overwhelming desire for __________ leads him to commit terrible acts.'
    • love
    • community
    • power  ✓
    • belonging
  • What is the year of William Shakespeare's birth?
    • 1564  ✓
    • 1589
    • 1606
    • 1623
  • Where did William Shakespeare spend most of his professional career?
    • Edinburgh
    • London  ✓
    • Oxford
    • Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Which monarch was ruling England during most of Shakespeare's lifetime?
    • King Charles I
    • King James I
    • Queen Elizabeth I  ✓
    • Queen Elizabeth II
  • What was the Globe Theatre mainly used for?
    • staging the performances of young children's plays
    • staging the performances of William Shakespeare's plays  ✓
    • staging the performances of tragedies only
    • staging the performances of orchestras
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