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1
When was Shakespeare's first play written?
Around 1570
Around 1580
Around 1560
Around 1590
2
Into how many categories (or types) can Shakespeare's plays be divided?
Four
Six
Three
Two
3
This also begs the question of where he was born, which was in ...
Somerset
Thornton
Spaxton
Stratford-upon-Avon
4
What university did Shakespeare attend?
None
Regent's University
Stanford University
Cambridge University
5
Shortly after ascending the throne, King James I. joined Shakespeare's theatrical company. What was its name?
Kingsmen
Lord Chamberlain's Men
King's Men
Lord James's Royal Lackies
6
What is the location of Shakespeare's grave?
St. Paul's Cathedral in London
Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon
Holy Trinity Church in Somerset
St. Paul's Cathedral in Liverpool
7
Shakespeare ensured that people would forever leave his grave untouched. How so?
He put a final curse on it.
His ashes were cast into the sea, his grave was and is empty.
The crypt with his remains was flooded and destroyed.
His remains were scattered all over the church.
8
Shakespeare is known as the author of the plays most performed to today. How many dramas did he write?
20
17
48
38
9
Shakespeare's famous theatre, the Globe Theatre, opened in 1599.
False
True
10
Everything that has a beginning has an end. Shakespeare died on ...
23 April 1614
23 April 1615
23 April 1613
23 April 1616
11
Shakespeare also lived to see the shift from the Elizabethan to the Jacobean era under King James I.
False
True
12
It ranged from ...
17 November 1558 - 24 March 1603
17 November 1558 - 24 March 1613
17 November 1568 - 24 March 1613
7 November 1558 - 24 March 1603
13
"Macbeth" is one of his most famous histories.
False
True
14
In which country is the tragedy
Hamlet
set in?
Germany
Denmark
Italy
England
15
Which of the following statements are correct?
Shakespeare was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Stratford.
"Cleopatra" is one of his so called Roman plays.
Shakespeare never published any of his own plays.
"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day…" is an extract from Sonnet 18.
16
When was Bill Shakespeare born?
1565
1564
1563
1568
17
What was Shakespeare's wife's name?
Rosario Dawson
Kirsten Dunst
Gwyneth Paltrow
Anne Hathaway
18
The three categories are known as:
comedies, histories, poems
comedies, histories, tragedies
comedies, histories, travels
comedies, historys, tragedies
19
This collage shows the following two plays:
Romeo + Juliet & A Midsummer Night's Dream
Hamlet & Much Ado About Nothing
Macbeth + The Tempest
Hamlet & King Lear
20
During Shakespeare's lifetime, what major disaster forced the closure of London theatres twice?
The typhus fever
The Spanish flu
The plague
Measles (Masern)
21
The film "Shakespeare in Love" is based on a true story.
True
False
22
Bill married Anne Hathaway (not Anne, the actress) in 1582. How many children did they have?
none
three
two
one
23
Two of Shakespeare's plays have been translated into Klingon, one of the Star Trek languages.
False
True
24
It was destroyed in 1639, the cause being ...
mould.
the structure collapsing.
torrential rain falls.
fire.
25
Which of the following words was invented by good, ol' Bill?
extortion
assassination
regicide
sacrifice
