1) Where was he born? a) In Cardiff, Wales. b) In Edinburgh, Scotland c) In Stratford-upon-Avon, England. 2) When was he born? a) In 1564 b) In 1654 c) In 1754 3) What did his father John do? a) He was a butcher b) His father John was a firefighter c) He was a glove maker 4) What about his mother Mary? a) His mother Mary was a nurse b) She was a pilot c) Mary was a farmer's daughter 5) What did he probably study?  a) Latin, Greek, History b) French, German and History c) Latin, Greek and Portuguese 6) When did he go to London? a) Before 1590 b) After 1590 c) After 1600 7) When did he marry Anne Hathaway? a) Three years after leaving school b) Before leaving school c) When he was 16 8) Shakespeare worked in London as... a) He looked after horses. b) He worked as an actor c) He couldn' t work because he was very ill. 9) When did London's first theatre open?  a) The first one opened in 1756 b) In 1576 c) After 1600 10) Why were many theatres closed when Shakespeare lived in London?  a) Because of the plague that killed thousands of people b) Because the Great Fire destroyed one third of London c) Because the actors were badly paid and so stopped working 11) When the London' s theatres were closed, what did Shakespeare start to write?  a) Novels b) Pamphlets c) Poems 12) After the plague, what did Shakespeare help build? a) He did nothing b) He helped build a new theatre, the Globe. 13) What was the Globe like? a) Rectangular and had space for 300 people b) It was round and had space for 30,000 people c) Round and had space for 3,000 people 14) Do you think that theatres were quiet places? a) Not really, they were noisy places. The audience shouted, clapped, booed and laughed a lot b) Yes, the audience had to stay very quiet c) The audience could stand in front of the stage but couldn' t speak or make any noise 15) Were there any special effects to make the plays more exciting? a) Yes, musicians created special effects to make them more exciting b) No, there weren' t. Actors needed to perform their plays in quiet places c) The audience didn' t like special effects 16) How many plays did Shakespeare write? a) Maybe he wrote more than 38 plays b) 37 c) 38 17) He loved his language very much and... a) he invented a few words b) he invented new expressions c) he invented new words and expressions 18) When did he die? a) He died in 1716 b) In 1616 c) After the plague 19) Shakespeare wrote comedies, tragedies and poems. After 400 years, why are they still so popular? a) Because he wrote wonderful novels b) Because he wrote wonderful stories about boring people c) Because he wrote wonderful stories about very interesting people

William Shakespeare - What can you remember?

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