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Quiz on Shakespeare
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1
His actual date of birth is unknown, but is traditionally celebrated on 23 April.
TRUE
FALSE
2
Which play was adapted in this movie?
Othello
King Lear
Hamlet
3
How many sonnets did he write?
204
154
84
115
4
Shakespeare died on 23 April 1616.
TRUE
FALSE
5
Which play was adapted in this movie?
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
The Tempest
6
How old was Shakespeare when he died?
74
80
52
65
7
Elizabethan sonnet had 12 lines (4+4+4+2).
TRUE
FALSE
8
Julius Caesar
is a famous
comedy
tragedy
history play
9
King Lear
is a famous
comedy
tragedy
history play
10
He was born in
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Peterlee
York
11
How many plays did he write?
38
42
50
20
12
Bubonic plague raged in London in 1609.
FALSE
TRUE
13
He wrote tragedies, comedies and
romances
histories
musicals
14
Which play was adapted in this movie?
The Merchant of Venice
Othello
Much Ado About Nothing
15
Hamlet
is a famous
history play
tragedy
comedy
16
His theatre was called
New Place
the Globe
the Blackfriars
the Rose
17
In the Elizabethan theatre female roles were played by
men
women
girls
18
How old was he when he married 26-year-old Anne Hathaway?
25
47
18
35
19
A Midsummer Night's Dream
is a famous
comedy
tragedy
history play
20
He lived in the time of Queen
Victoria
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II
Mary
21
Shakespeare's name was also written like
Shakspeare
Shakespear
Shakspere
all of the above
22
Romeo and Juliet
is a famous
history play
tragedy
comedy
23
William Shakespeare is considered the greatest writer in English language.
TRUE
FALSE
24
Titus Andronicus
is a famous
history play
tragedy
comedy
25
Which play was adapted in this movie?
Romeo and Juliet
The Tempest
Hamlet
26
Macbeth
is a famous
tragedy
history play
comedy
27
Much Ado About Nothing
is a famous
comedy
tragedy
history play
28
After 1594, Shakespeare's plays were performed only by
John Fletcher's Men
the Blackfriars Theatre
the Lord Chamberlain's Men
29
They had 3 children,
Ophelia, Viola and Lear
Lear, John and William
Susanna, Hamnet and Judith
30
He dedicated some of the sonnets to a Dark Lady.
FALSE
TRUE