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trivia about Shakespeare and his work
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From which play? "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, rounded with a little sleep."
As You Like It
Hamlet
Romeo & Juliet
The Tempest
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From which play? "Thisabove all: to thine own self be true."
As You Like It
The Tempest
Hamlet
Romeo & Juliet
3
William Shakespeare died on which date?
April 23, 1616
January 1, 1616
October 31, 1616
June 10, 1616
4
At which theater were most of Shakespeare's plays performed?
The King George Theatre
The Rose Theatre
The Glasgow Theatre
The Globe Theatre
5
This line comes from which Shakespeare play? "To be, or not to be:that is the question."
Romeo & Juliet
The Tempest
Hamlet
Macbeth
6
Which character from Shakespeare's plays is modeled after Queen Elizabeth I?
The Faerie Queen (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Cordelia (from King Lear)
Katherina (from The Taming of the Shrew)
Desdemona (from Othello)
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From which Shakespeare play? "Friends,Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears!"
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
The Tempest
Midsummer Night's Dream
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Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway was ___ years older than him.
2
5
8
15
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From which Shakespeare play? "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and caldron bubble."
The Tempest
Julius Caesar
Midsummer Night's Dream
Macbeth
10
In addition to plays, this was a form of entertainment during Shakespeare's time.
gladiator fights
karaoke
public executions
throwing rotten eggs at the palace
11
From which play? "All the world ‘s a stage, and all the men andwomen merely players."
The Tempest
Hamlet
Romeo & Juliet
As You Like It
12
How many plays did Shakespeare write in his lifetime?
56
14
37
23
13
"Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow."
Hamlet
The Tempest
Romeo & Juliet
Macbeth
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While the theaters were shut down, Shakespeare passed the time . . .
making more children.
learning Italian.
writing sonnets.
sewing costumes.
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At what age did William Shakespeare stop going to school?
18
15
17
26
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During Shakespeare's lifetime, the theaters were often temporarily shut down due to . . .
hailstorms.
the Queen's bad hair day.
street riots.
disease.