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1
His surviving works consist of how many
plays?
28
Nearly 40
14
5
2
Shakespeare's life and work were significantly influenced by...
The bubonic plague
Foreign travel
Charles Dickens
King Charles the First
3
Shakespeare's plays were performed at which theatre?
The Globe
The Oval
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The Colosseum
4
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. What is his nickname?
The Bard (of Avon)
Big Wills
Shaky
Billy
5
Where was he born?
Macbeth's Castle, Scotland
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England
London, England
Elsinore Castle, Denmark
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What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Viola Shakespeare
Desdemona Brabantio
Anne Hathaway
Juliet Capulet
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What were Shakespeare's children called?
Beatrice, Henry, and Romeo
Susanna, Hamlet, and Juliet
Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith
Cordelia, Edmund, and Mark Anthony
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What year was he born?
1564
1869
1664
1555
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How many words and phrases did Shakespeare invent or introduce into the English language (that we still use today)?
Around 1700
150
40
5000
10
In Shakespeare's time the parts of female characters were played by men.
True
False
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His surviving works consist of how many
sonnets?
(Sonnets are poems with 14 lines).
54
5
154
1000
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What has Shakespeare not influenced?
Our language today
Modern science
Psychology and how we understand each other
Film and music
