Shakespeare trivia

Question 1

The following is from which play: "All that glisters [glitters] is not gold"?

Accepted Answer

The Merchant of Venice

Question 2

What does Opehlia return to Hamlet?

Accepted Answer

Love letters

Question 3

Hamlet is set in

Accepted Answer

Denmark

Question 4

Hamlet is what type of play?

Accepted Answer

Tragedy

Question 5

Who said the following: "To thine own self be true"?

Accepted Answer

Polonius

Question 6

The following is from which play: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Question 7

The name of William Shakespeare's theater is called

Accepted Answer

The Globe Theater

Question 8

What is William Shakespeare's longest play with over 4,000 lines?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Question 9

The following quotation is from which play: "...it was Greek to me"?

Accepted Answer

Julius Caesar

Question 10

In addition to writing at least 37 plays, Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Who does not fall victim to Hamlet's delay?

Accepted Answer

Horatio

Question 12

The following is from which play: "Beware the Ides of March."

Accepted Answer

Julius Casear

Question 13

Who said the following: "Frailty, thy name is woman"?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Question 14

The musical West Side Story is based on which of the following plays?

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet

Question 15

The following is from which play: "Lord, what fools these mortals be"?

Accepted Answer

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Question 16

Who said the following: "What light through yonder window breaks?"

Accepted Answer

Romeo

Question 17

Who said, "Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind"?

Accepted Answer

Opehlia

Question 18

A Midsummer Night's Dream is what type of play?

Accepted Answer

Comedy

Question 19

The following is from which play: "Is this a dagger which I see before me, the handle toward my hand?"

Accepted Answer

Macbeth

Question 20

Shakespeare was born in

Accepted Answer

1564

Question 21

The following is from which play: "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears"?

Accepted Answer

Julius Caesar

Question 22

Who said, "The lady doth protest too much"?

Accepted Answer

Gertrude

Question 23

King Richard was in power when Shakespeare was writing his plays.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

The movie 10 Things I Hate About You is based on which of the following plays?

Accepted Answer

The Taming of the Shrew

Question 25

Shakespeare was both born and buried in Stratford-upon-Avon, England.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

The following is from which play: "‘I cannot tell what the dickens his name is"?

Accepted Answer

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Question 27

Who said, "To be or not to be: that is the question"?

Accepted Answer

Hamlet

Question 28

The following is from which play: "We are such stuff as dreams are made on, and our little life is rounded with a sleep"

Accepted Answer

The Tempest

Question 29

Who said the following quotation: "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark"?

Accepted Answer

Marcellus

Question 30

Shakespeare's son's name was

Accepted Answer

Hamnet

Question 31

What is thought to be Shakespeare's first play?

Accepted Answer

King Henry VI

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