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Shakespeare Multiple Choice Quiz
Shakespeare Multiple Choice Quiz
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Shakespeare's parents were named...
James and Martha
Noah and Alice
We don't know
John and Mary
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In what year was Shakespeare born?
1664
1492
1564
1642
3
Shakespeare's lost years (years in which there was little to no documentation of anything that he did) were...
1585-1592
1612-1615
1601-1609
1565-1583
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What method(s) did Shakespeare used to invent words?
Adding one short word to another short word to make a compound word
Borrowing words from Scandavian languages and inserting them into English
All of the above
Mixing up letters and putting them back together in a different way
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About how many word did Shakespeare ACTUALLY invent (by himself?
850
200
150
400
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In what year did Shakespeare die?
1633
1616
1642
1602
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What method(s) did Shakespeare NOT use to invent words?
Adding prefixes and suffixes to words
None of the above
Anglicizing foreign words
Changing the part of speech
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Why did Shakespeare marry so young?
His wife was pregnant at the time of their marriage.
We don't know
He had met his true love
It was customary at that time
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Which was NOT a Shakespeare play?
Cymbeline
Oedipus Rex
Coriolanus
Titus Andronicus
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When did Shakespeare get married?
1597
We don't know
1582
1593
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Shakespeare wrote in all (at least)...
36 plays, 133 sonnets, 425 poems, and 12 longer narratives
38 plays, 53 sonnets, 169 poems, and 12 longer narratives
49 plays, 229 sonnets, 571 poems, and 7 longer narratives
38 plays, 154 sonnets, 375 poems, and 2 longer narratives
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What day did Shakespeare die?
We don't know for sure
January 25, 1616
April 27, 1616
March 9, 1616
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What day was Shakespeare born?
We don't know for sure
April 28, 1564
May 3, 1564
March 14, 1564
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Which word was NOT invented by Shakespeare?
Dauntless
Manager
Inaudible
Swagger
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When did Shakespeare write his last play?
1617
1614
1613
1615
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Shakespeare is BEST remembered for his...
Comedies
Trajedies
Sonnets
Histories
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How many plays did Shakespeare write about Kings? (Including Individual Parts)
3
8
4
10
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Which was NOT a Shakespeare play?
Measure For Measure
The Tempest
Pericles
Laetronius; Ruler of Pisa
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Which word was invented by Shakespeare?
Assassination
Premeditated
Slaughtered
Arch-villain
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Which was a Shakespeare play?
Tamburlaine
Patient Grissel
Timon of Athens
Doctor Faustus
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About how many words first appeared in Shakespearean literature?
1700
1300
1600
800
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Which word was invented by Shakespeare?
Coupon
Crater
Crochet
Clumsy
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Which word was invented by Shakespeare?
Impartial
Expectancy
Omit
Realign
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Which type of play did Shakespeare write more of?
They were all even
Trajedy
Comedy
History
