Grade 8 · English language arts
This quiz helps revise “Shakespeare for beginners” in English language arts for grade 8. It has 25 questions in five categories: Life & Theatre, Know the Play, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth, Stage & Verse. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
The house pictured is his birthplace. In which English town was Shakespeare born in 1564?
Whom did Shakespeare marry in 1582, when he was 18?
What London playhouse, opened…
In the gameIn 1603 a new…
In the gameWhat name is given…
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Which comedy follows four young lovers and fairies in the woods outside Athens?
Which tragedy centers on a Danish prince trying to avenge his father's murder?
In which comedy does…
In the gameWhich play begins with…
In the gameThe king shown here…
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The skyline shown is the city where almost all of Romeo and Juliet is set. What city is it?
Which two families carry the feud that traps the young lovers?
Which friend of Romeo…
In the gameWho secretly marries Romeo…
In the gameTo which city is…
In the gameIn which country is Macbeth set primarily?
Which king does Macbeth murder while the ruler is a guest at his castle?
Which friend of Macbeth…
In the gameWhich nobleman kills Macbeth…
In the gameWhich forest seems to…
In the gameWhat 14-line poetic form did Shakespeare famously write?
How many sonnets appeared in the 1609 collection bearing Shakespeare's name?
What is the name…
In the gameWhat do we call…
In the gameWhat meter uses five…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.