History Of William Shakespeare
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- 1.Which city is the birthplace of William Shakespeare?
- A.
Dumfries
- B.
Stratford
- C.
St Helier
- D.
Londonderry
- 2.In which Shakespearean play is Falstaff's death reported?
- A.
Merry Wives Of Windsor
- B.
Romeo And Juliet
- C.
Othello
- D.
Henry V
- 3.Why does Richard II voluntarily give up his crown to Henry Bollingbroke?
- A.
He Knows That Henry Shouldn't Have Been Banished In The First Place
- B.
He Knows That Henry Should Have Kept His Father's Goods
- C.
He Knows Henry Is The Rightful Heir To The Throne
- D.
He Knows He Lacks The Military Power To Force Henry To Leave The Country
- 4.I was a rival of William Shakespeare who was born on the same day he was, who am I?
- A.
Robert Greene
- B.
William Wycherly
- C.
Ben Johnson
- D.
Christopher Marlowe
- 5.Which Shakespeare clown is the most musical?
- A.
Touchstone
- B.
Feste
- C.
Lear's Fool
- D.
Elbow
- 6.In Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing", the comic style used most by Dogberry is known as what?
- A.
Pratfall
- B.
Double Entendre
- C.
Slapstick
- D.
Malaprop
- 7.In Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet", Juliet's parents want her to marry which suitor?
- A.
Paris
- B.
Mercutio
- C.
Tybalt
- D.
Romeo
- 8.The "Merchant of Venice" has a strong resemblance to what work by Christopher Marlowe?
- A.
The Jew Of Malta
- B.
The Merchant Of Malta
- C.
The Venician Jew
- D.
The Jew Of Venice
- 9.What was the famous playwright Shakespeare's first name?
- A.
William
- B.
Sandy
- C.
Sebastian
- D.
Van
- 10.In what town was William Shakespeare born?
- A.
Stratford-Upon-Leeds
- B.
Stratford-Upon-Avon
- C.
London
- D.
Leeds
- 11.Which couple is not the title of a Shakespeare play?
- A.
Caesar And Cleopatra
- B.
Romeo And Juliet
- C.
Troilus And Cressida
- D.
Anthony And Cleopatra
- 12.Which one of these plays by William Shakespeare does not fall in the tragedy category?
- A.
King Lear
- B.
Hamlet
- C.
Macbeth
- D.
King John
- 13.Shakespeare wrote that what flower "by any other name would smell as sweet"?
- A.
The Flower With A Black Dot In The Middle
- B.
The Flower With A Thorny Stem
- C.
The Flower Associated With Holland
- D.
The Flower Used In Hawaiian Leis
- 14.Which 1948 Cole Porter musical is based on Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew"?
- A.
Anything Goes
- B.
Fifty Million Frenchmen
- C.
The Gay Divorcee
- D.
Kiss Me, Kate
- 15.Shakespeare uses what figure of speech in the title "All the World's a Stage"?
- A.
Alliteration
- B.
Simile
- C.
Metaphor
- D.
Personification
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