Play, Drama And Books Of William Shakespeare
This is a quiz about William Shakespeare. Can you score a perfect?
- 1.Cordelia was named after a character from which Shakespeare play?
- A.
Twelfth Night
- B.
The Taming Of Th Shrew
- C.
Richard III
- D.
King Lear
- 2.What Shakespeare play contains the line, "there's daggers in men's smiles"?
- A.
The Tempest
- B.
Hamlet
- C.
Macbeth
- D.
The Taming Of The Shrew
- 3.Abraham Lincoln thought that the greatest Shakespeare play was...?
- A.
Macbeth
- B.
Hamlet
- C.
Othello
- D.
Richard III
- 4.In "Midsummer Night's Dream", the framing device for the action of the play is the pending marriage of whom?
- A.
Pyramus And Thisbe
- B.
Theseus And Hippolyta
- C.
Hermia And Lysander
- D.
Oberon And Titania
- 5.What other writer is purported to have died on the same day as William Shakespeare?
- A.
Miguel De Cervantes
- B.
Dante Alighieri
- C.
Alexander Pope
- D.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- 6.What are the names of the brothers who rape and maim Lavinia in "Titus Andronicus"?
- A.
Saturninus And Polonius
- B.
Aaron And Tamor
- C.
Chiron And Demetrius
- D.
Ares And Byron
- 7.How did Hamlet get back to Denmark after Claudius sent him to England?
- A.
The Boat Turned Around And Brought Him Back
- B.
Pirate Ship
- C.
English Sailors
- D.
A Merchant Ship
- 8.Why does Henry refuse to ransom Mortimer in Part 1 of "Henry IV"?
- A.
Mortimer Was Glendower's Son-In-Law
- B.
Mortimer Gave Glendower Information
- C.
Mortimer Refused To Fight For Henry
- D.
Mortimer Surrendered To Glendower
- 9.Which character in Shakespeare's "Richard II" says "This blessed plot, this earth, this England"?
- A.
John Of Gaunt
- B.
Richard II
- C.
Henry V
- D.
Hamlet
- 10.Which Shakespearean character advises his son, "To thine own self be true"?
- A.
Montague
- B.
Polonius
- C.
Old Hamlet
- D.
Claudius
- 11.What has really happened to Egeon's wife in "Comedy of Errors"?
- A.
She's Been The Abbess At Ephesus All Those Years
- B.
She Died
- C.
She Was Kidnapped And Sold Into Slavery
- D.
Nothing; She Was With Him The Entire Time
- 12.What does Juliet mean by her line "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo"?
- A.
Who Is Romeo?
- B.
Why Are You Romeo?
- C.
When Will Romeo Return?
- D.
Where Are You, Romeo?
- 13.Which of these is not primarily a romantic play by William Shakespeare?
- A.
Othello
- B.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- C.
Romeo And Juliet
- D.
Much Ado About Nothing
- 14.Who commanded, in William Shakespeare's words, "we happy few, we band of brothers"?
- A.
Charles II
- B.
Henry V
- C.
Richard II
- D.
Richard the Lionheart
- 15.What Chris Deburgh song references William Shakespeare's play "The Tempest"?
- A.
Man On The Line
- B.
High On Emotion
- C.
Flying Colours
- D.
Don't Pay The Ferryman
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