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1
What is an accurate term to describe Shakespeare's wedding?
watershed wedding
shotgun wedding
snowball wedding
wealthy wedding
2
Which play is not by Shakespeare?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Julius Caesar
The Tempest
Henry III
3
What is the nickname of the lady in Shakespeare's sonnets?
The stout lady
The dark lady
The exquisite lady
The lady in red
4
Which of these people was not a contemporary of Shakespeare?
Queen Elizabeth I
Richard Burbage
Chistopher Marlowe
Charles Dickens
5
How many lines does a sonnet have?
16
12
18
14
6
Which of these titles does Macbeth obtain?
Thane of Oban
Thane of Cawdor
Thane of Balmoral
Thane of Inverness
7
Complete the line: "Shall I compare ... to a summer's day?"
thou
thee
thy
you
8
Which birds were released in Central Park, NY by Shakespeare fan Eugene Schieffelin?
pigeons
nightingales
starlings
sparrows
9
In which country does (most of) Hamlet take place?
England
Scotland
Denmark
Ireland
10
For which reason were playhouses closed in 1593?
Lack of interest
The Queen disapproved of theatres
The Great Fire
The plague
11
Which of these words did Shakespeare not introduce into the English language
cannonball
gossip
fashionable
eyeball
12
How old is Juliet in the play Romeo and Juliet?
11
17
13
15
13
Which of these was not a child of Shakespeare?
Suzanna
Hamnet
Elizabeth
Judith
14
Who does not die in Romeo and Juliet?
Tybalt
Lord Capulet
Paris
Mercutio
15
Which play features the character Polonius?
Macbeth
Othello
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
16
In which year did Shakespeare die?
1516
1416
1616
1716
17
Which of these places is not mentioned in Macbeth?
Birnam Wood
Dublin
Inverness
Dunsinane Castle
18
Which Belgian author has made an adaptation of 8 Shakespeare plays called 'Ten Oorlog'?
Hugo claus
Tom Lanoye
Herman Brusselmans
Dimitri Verhulst
19
Which of these is not an Elizabethan playhouse?
The Globe
The Rose
The Horse
The Swan
20
In which city was Shakespeare born?
Bedford
Henryford
Stratford
Bradford
