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In which play did Shakespeare introduce the phrase "break the ice"?
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Tempest
The Merchant of Venice
The Taming of the Shrew
2
In which play does Shakespeare introduce the famous line "To be, or not to be, that is the question?
Romeo and Juliet
Othello
Hamlet
Julius Caesar
3
In
King Lear
, Shakespeare coined which phrase to describe something in its most natural state or pure form?
C) "Hard as nails"
A) "In the buff"
B) "Naked truth"
D) "On the dot"
4
Which famous Shakespearean phrase means "to suffer in silence" and was first used in
Othello
?
D) "Grin and bear it"
B) "Keep your chin up"
C) "Suffer fools gladly"
A) "Put up with it"
5
In which play did Shakespeare first use the term “eyeball” in reference to the human eye?
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Romeo and Juliet
The Tempest
Othello
6
Which of the following phrases was first written by Shakespeare?
Mind over matter
Big fish in a small pond
Catch 22
Green-eyed monster
7
Which of these phrases was first used by Shakespeare in Julius Caesar?
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war"
Et tu, Brute
A friend in need is a friend indeed
The apple of my eye
8
Which of Shakespeare's plays is known for introducing the phrase "wild-goose chase
Romeo and Juliet
Much Ado About Nothing
The Taming of the Shrew
Love’s Labour’s Lost
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What word did Shakespeare invent?
Overlook
Permission
Admission
Assinaantion
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How many sonnets has Shakespeare created?
426
634
264
154