Shakespeare Quiz - Year 10

Question 1

Which of the following is a character from a Shakespearean play and not a Real Housewife of Sydney?

Accepted Answer

Ophelia

Question 2

Medicine and healing was founded on which principle?

Accepted Answer

superstition

Question 3

The "Rota Fortunae" means "Wheel of Fortune" in which language?

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 4

Which of the following is a Shakespeare quote and not hip hop lyrics?

Accepted Answer

“I was not born under a rhyming planet”

Question 5

Where do women feature in The Great Chain of Being?

Accepted Answer

They do not feature at all

Question 6

Shakespeare was accused of being a what because of the themes, ideas and settings in his plays?

Accepted Answer

Catholic

Question 7

Which of the following is a character from Shakespeare's plays and not a Pokemon?

Accepted Answer

Desdemona

Question 8

If a woman's husband died, a woman would then live under the authority of whom?

Accepted Answer

Her Eldest Son

Question 9

During the reign of Queen Elizabeth, women remained politically

Accepted Answer

oppressed

Question 10

The French term "Renaissance" means

Accepted Answer

Rebirth

Question 11

According to The Great Chain of Being, which list shows a descending order of importance?

Accepted Answer

Demons, men, precious stones

Question 12

A man's duty was primarily to ...

Accepted Answer

The King

Question 13

As part of the Renaissance, people become interested in the writing of philosophers such as

Accepted Answer

Aristotle, Plato and Socrates

Question 14

Disobeying the King was seen as the same as disobeying who?

Accepted Answer

God

Question 15

What are the four humours?

Accepted Answer

choleric, bile, phlegmatic and sanguine

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