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RAINBOW ENGLISH FORM 8 UNIT 2

Choose the right variant to complete the sentences.

1) In June ___, ___ opened the International Shakespeare Globe Centre.

a) 1998; Queen Elizabeth II

b) 1997; Queen Elizabeth II

2) The traditions of entertainment began in ancient Greece about ___ years ago.

a) 2000 b) 2,500 c) 1,500

3) There were ___ forms of classical Greek drama.

a) two b) three c) four

4) William Shakespeare married at the age of ___.

a) seventeen b) eighteen c) twenty

5) The first pantomime appeared in England in the ___ century.

a) 18th b) 16th c) 17th

6) William Shakespeare was born in ___ on ___ .

a) 1566; 21 April b) 1564; 23 April

c) 1565; 21 April

7) William Shakespeare’s father was a ___ .

a) cook b) shop-assistant c) glove maker

8) William Shakespeare left school at the age of about ___ .

a) thirteen b) fifteen c) fourteen

9) A pantomime first appeared in ___ .

a) ancient countries b) the Middle Ages

c) in the 16th century

10) William Shakespeare ___ to university.

a) didn’t go b) went

11) William Shakespeare made up about ___ new words himself.

a) 3,000 b) 4,000 c) 2,000

12) We ___ why William Shakespeare left Stratford-upon-Avon for London.

a) know b) don’t know for sure

13) “Playhouses” mean “___” .

a) cinemas b) theatres c) circuses

14) A “dramatist” means “___” .

a) poet b) writer c) playwright

15) In ___ during a performance The Globe caught a fire.

a) 1613 b) 1614 c) 1612

16) William Shakespeare’s sonnets are ___ love poems.

a) 12-line b) 13-line c) 14-line

17) William Shakespeare used ___ different words.

a) 18,000 b) 17,000 c) 16,000

18) In ___, an American actor Sam Wanamaker came to ___ where he wanted to visit ___ .

a) 1948; Stratford-upon-Avon; William Shakespeare’s house b) 1949; London; The Globe

19) Today, ___ at the new Globe are very much like they were ___ years before.

a) films; 100 b) performances; 300

c) performances; 400

20) ___ now play on the stage of The Globe.

a) men b) women

21) There were ___ characters in a pantomime in the 16th century.

a) two b) three c) four

22) The beginnings of the ___ are connected with gladiators fighting in public arenas.

a) theatre b) cinema c) circus

23) William Shakespeare was born in ___ .

a) Stratford-upon-Avon b) London c) Liverpool

24) Theatres in the 16^th century were ___ buildings open to the sky in the middle.

a) round b) square c) triangular

25) William Shakespeare wrote ___ plays, several longer poems and ___ sonnets.

a) 36; 154 b) 37; 155 c) 37; 154

26) William Shakespeare died in ___ on ___ .

a) 1615; 21 April b) 1616; 23 April

c) 1617; 21 April

27) William Shakespeare and his wife had ___ children.

a) three b) four c) two

28) Shakespeare’s company built The Globe in ___ days.

a) 26 b) 27 c) 28

29) William Shakespeare lived out the last years of his life in ___ .

a) Stratford-upon-Avon b) London c) Liverpool

30) Sam Wanamaker decided to ___ The Globe.

a) rebuild b) paint c) photo