Shakespeare - brief quiz Flashcards

1

Which of these are plays by Shakespear? (two)

The Importance of Being Earnest
Macbeth
Saint John's rebirth
A Midsummer Night's Dream

2

What do you call plays that end happily?

sonnet
comedy
history play
alexandrine

3

"Is this a dagger (kniv) I see before me?" In which play?

Macbeth
Hamlet
Love's Labour Lost
Romeo and Juliet

4

When did Shakespeare live?

16th c
12th c
11th century
19th c

5

How do you finish this quote? To be...

or not to be
and to love
and love every second of it
or not to exist

6

The play Hamlet takes place in....

Denmark
Scotland
England
Norway

7

Ophelia is

a witch in Macbeth
a queen
Hamlet's fiancee
Juliet's mother

8

What is the Globe?

a theatre
a pub
a prison
a river

9

Leonardo di Caprio starred in one film based on a Shakespere play. Which one?

Romeo and Juliet
Twelfth Night
Hamlet
Macbeth

10

From which play is the quote you just read taken?

Othello
Macbeth
Hamlet
Rome and Juliet

11

What happened to Ophelia? She....

she killed her father
she committed suicide
killed all her rivals
she killed Hamlet

12

What do you call plays that end unhappily?

sonnet
comedy
history
tragedy

13

Where did the young Shakespeare live ?

Reading
Cambridge
Leicester
Stratford-upon-Avon

14

What is the Avon?

a river
a prison
a pub
a theatre

15

What are Shakespeare's poems called?

sonett
monet
bonett
closett

Shakespeare - brief quiz

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Shakespeare - brief quiz

Questions 15