WorksheetsHow well do you know Shakespeare?
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of these works by Shakespeare is NOT a comedy?
a)
The Taming of the Shrew
b)
Measure for Measure
c)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
d)
Troilus and Cressida
2.
Which of these works by Shakespeare is NOT a history play?
a)
Henry IV, Part 1
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
King John
d)
Richard II
3.
Which of these works by Shakespeare is NOT a tragegy?
a)
The Merchant of Venice
b)
Antony and Cleopatra
c)
Hamlet
d)
Othello
4.
Which of these works by Shakespeare is NOT a romance?
a)
The Tempest
b)
Romeo and Juliet
c)
The Winter's Tale
d)
The Two Noble Kinsmen
5.
Honorificabilitudinitatibus, the longest word mentioned in any of Shakespeare’s plays, is spoken in which play?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
As You Like It
c)
King Lear
d)
Love's Labor's Lost
6.
Which iconic character, thought to be modeled after English political leader John Oldcastle, appears onstage in three of Shakespeare’s plays?
a)
Falstaff
b)
Dogberry
c)
Hamlet
d)
Iago
7.
Of these four Shakespeare plays, which was the earliest?
a)
Much Ado About Nothing
b)
The Taming of the Shrew
c)
The Tempest
d)
Hamlet
8.
Which of these plays features the female character with the most lines in all of Shakespeare’s plays?
a)
Antony and Cleopatra
b)
Romeo and Juliet
c)
As You Like It
d)
All's Well That Ends Well
9.
Which of Shakespeare’s title roles has the fewest lines?
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Henry V
c)
King Lear
d)
Pericles
10.
What is Shakespeare's shortest play?
a)
Othello
b)
The Comedy of Errors
c)
Measure for Measure
d)
Henry VI, Part 3
11.
Which Shakespeare play features the line "To be, or not to be ..."
a)
Hamlet
b)
Romeo and Juliet
c)
Julius Caesar
d)
Macbeth
12.
In the Oscar-winning film Shakespeare in Love, who played Shakespeare?
a)
Jude Law
b)
Daniel Day-Lewis
c)
Colin Firth
d)
Joseph Fiennes
13.
Which of these phrases was NOT coined by Shakespeare?
a)
Mum's the word
b)
All's well that ends well
c)
Devil-may-care
d)
Dead as a doornail
14.
Who was the British monarch when Shakespeare died?
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Elisabeth I
c)
James I
d)
Henri VII
15.
What did Shakespeare bequeath his wife, Anne Hathaway?
a)
His best bench
b)
His favourite fireside chair
c)
His second best bed
d)
His worst wardrobe
16.
"Double, double, toil and trouble ..." Which of these ingredients does NOT feature in the Witches' creepy brew in Macbeth?
a)
Eye of newt
b)
Tongue of dog
c)
Hair of cat
d)
Tooth of wolf
17.
Which film director founded the effort to rebuild Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London?
a)
Sam Mendes
b)
Sam Wanamaker
c)
Sam Peckinpah
d)
Sam Raimi
18.
Which of these writers died in the same year as Shakespeare?
a)
Miguel de Cervantes
b)
Rene Descartes
c)
Niccolò Machiavelli
d)
Christopher Marlowe
19.
Which of these is an excerpt from Shakespeare's grave in Stratford-upon-Avon?
a)
"For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn."
b)
"Reader, if you seek his monument -- look around you."
c)
"Bleste be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones."
d)
"Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horseman, pass by."
20.
"In fair ------ where we lay our scene..." Where is Romeo and Juliet set?
a)
Venice
b)
Verona
c)
Valencia
d)
Vienna
21.
Which Hollywood star has NOT played Hamlet?
a)
Marlon Brando
b)
Christopher Walken
c)
Mel Gibson
d)
Benedict Cumberbatch
22.
"Shall I compare thee to a ..." Complete the first line of one of Shakespeare's best known and most loved sonnets.
a)
Winter's evening?
b)
Summer's day?
c)
Scented rose?
d)
Distant star?
23.
Which of these characters is NOT a member of Titania's band of fairy attendants in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
a)
Peaseblossom
b)
Mustardseed
c)
Iris
d)
Cobweb
24.
Which of Shakespeare's leading men describes himself, mournfully, as "one that loved not wisely, but too well"?
a)
Othello
b)
Macbeth
c)
Romeo
d)
Prospero
25.
Which of these groups/singers did NOT use Shakespeare's work in one of their songs?
a)
Taylor Swift
b)
Miley Cyrus
c)
The Eagles
d)
Dire Straits
26.
Who is the Queen of Fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
a)
Mustardseed
b)
Titania
c)
Juliet
d)
Helener
27.
What happens to Macbeth at the end of the play?
a)
He drinks mead with the witches
b)
He is killed by Macduff
c)
He is haunted by Duncan
d)
His is scolded by Lady Macbeth
28.
From which play does a ghost chillingly call out to the main character: "Remember me"?
a)
Hamlet
b)
Romeo and Juliet
c)
Much Ado About Nothing
d)
Merry Wives of Windsor
29.
Who was Anne Hathaway?
a)
Shakespeare's wife
b)
Shakespeare's mother
c)
Shakespeare's cat
d)
Shakespeare's sister
30.
Who is the main female character in As You Like It?
a)
Celia
b)
Rosalind
c)
Phoebe
d)
Audrey
31.
What is Costard from Love's Labour's Lost known as?
a)
A schoolmaster
b)
A moth
c)
A shoemaker
d)
A clown
32.
During his life, Shakespeare’s plays were originally played by…
a)
A male-only cast
b)
A women-only cast
c)
Both men and women
d)
Himself only (lonely Shakespeare)
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