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Shakespeare Quiz

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This uncle of Hamlet murders Hamlet's father and remarries his mother; he later plots to murder Hamlet

a)

Claudius

b)

Fortinbas

c)

Polonius

d)

Yorick

2.

Hamlet's mother who believes her son has gone crazy because of his "antic disposition"

a)

Gertrude

b)

Ophelia

c)

Ariel

d)

Miranda

3.

This talkative Lord Chamberlain is killed while hiding behind an arras spying on Hamlet. He gives his son Laertes the advice to "neither a borrower nor a lender be."

a)

Polonius

b)

Rosencrantz

c)

Osric

d)

Yorick

4.

This minor prince of Norway arrives and takes up the kingship because almost everyone else is dead in Hamlet

a)

Yorick

b)

Hamlet

c)

Horatio

d)

Fortinbras

5.

"There are more things in heaven and Earth" than are dreamt of in this character's philosophy; he is the right-hand man of Hamlet

a)

Fortinbras

b)

Laertes

c)

Claudius

d)

Horatio

6.

Where is Hamlet set?

a)

Verona

b)

Venice

c)

Denmark

d)

Sicily

7.

This play dramatizes the revenge the prince exacts on his uncle for murdering the king , who is the prince's father, and then succeeding to the throne and taking as his wife the old king's widow: the prince's mother.

a)

Hamlet

b)

Macbeth

c)

Merry Wives of Windsor

d)

Winter's Tale

8.

This is Shakespeares longest play

a)

Macbeth

b)

Hamlet

c)

Othello

d)

All's Well that Ends Well

9.

In a play within a play called The Murder of Gonzago, this character's guilt is proven.

a)

Claudius

b)

Macbeth

c)

Duke Orzino

d)

Fortinbras

10.

This character is mortally wounded when he tries to kill Hamlet, but accidentally switches the fencing blades.

a)

Laertes

b)

Claudius

c)

Duncan

d)

Horatio

11.

This play is known for "To be, or not to be: that is the question ... "

a)

Macbeth

b)

Hamlet

c)

The Merry Wives of Windsor

d)

The Tempest

12.

According to superstition, it is unlucky to say the name of this play in a theater.

a)

Hamlet

b)

Macbeth

c)

The Tempest

d)

All's Well That Ends Well

13.

This ancestor of King James is initially a friend of Macbeth, but he is murdered on Macbeth's orders after Macbeth becomes suspicious of him

a)

Duncan

b)

MacDuff

c)

Malcolm

d)

Banquo

14.

Because Macbeth becomes suspicious of this other general, he has the general's family murdered. This general ultimately beheads Macbeth in single combat.

a)

Banquo

b)

Macduff

c)

Horatio

d)

Malcolm

15.

This son of King Duncan is eventually proclaimed king at the end of "Macbeth".

a)

MacBeth

b)

MacDuff

c)

Malcolm

d)

Banquo

16.

In this play, a man is consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, he murders the King and takes the throne for himself. Wracked by guilt and paranoia, he soon becomes a tyrannical ruler as he is forced to commit more and more murders to protect himself from enmity and suspicion.

a)

Macbeth

b)

King Lear

c)

As You Like It

d)

Measure for Measure

17.

What play is this from - "Is this a dagger which I see before me ... "

a)

Hamlet

b)

Macbeth

c)

Othello

d)

The Tempest

18.

Although King Lear calls her a "thankless child" because she refuses to flatter him, this daughter loves him the most

a)

Goneril

b)

Cordelia

c)

Regan

d)

Ariel

19.

Who is the evil son of the Earl of Gloucester, the adviser to King Lear?

a)

Edgar

b)

Edmund

c)

Edward

d)

Eduardo

20.

What play says, "Nothing will come of nothing"?

a)

King Lear

b)

Measure for Measure

c)

Hamlet

d)

Othello

21.

At the end of King Lear, who is still alive?

a)

Goneril

b)

Regan

c)

Cordelia

d)

Edgar

22.

This villain, jealous that Othello was promoted over him, decides to frame Othello's wife Desdemona

a)

Iago

b)

Lawrence

c)

Roderigo

d)

Cassio

23.

Who kills Desdemona, the wife of Othello?

a)

Othello

b)

Roderigo

c)

Cassio

d)

Iago

24.

What Play is this from, “O, beware, my lord of jealousy; it is the green-ey’d monster, which doth mock

the meat it feeds on.”

a)

Othello

b)

Much Ado About Nothing

c)

The Merchant of Venice

d)

King Lear

25.

This is the ruler of Athens who initially tells Hermia she must marry Demetrius but who later decides she can marry Lysander, whom she really loves. (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

a)

Duke Orcino

b)

Duke Theseus

c)

Nick Bottom

d)

Pyramus

26.

This conquered queen of the Amazons is set to marry Duke Theseus in "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

a)

Titania

b)

Hippolyta

c)

Thisbe

d)

Miranda

27.

What is the other name of Puck, the mischievous meddling sprite who serves Oberon. He says, "Lord, what fools these mortals be."

a)

Nick Bottom

b)

Robin Goodfellow

c)

Horatio

d)

Hotspur

28.

This weaver plays the part of Pyramus in the rude mechanicals' play "Pyramus and Thisbe." He is given the head of an ass by Puck.

a)

Robin Goodfellow

b)

Nick Bottom

c)

Frederick

d)

Thomas Lodge

29.

In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius, risking execution, because of her love for this man, who she plans to elope with in the woods.

a)

Lysander

b)

Nick Bottom

c)

Theseus

d)

Robin Goodfellow

30.

This forest is largely the setting for Shakespeare's "As You Like It."

a)

Forest of Arden

b)

Teutoburg Forest

c)

Blackforest

d)

Sherwood Forest

31.

A Duke (who's never given a proper name) is unseated from his Duchy, whereupon he moves to the forest for a while until the Duke's traitorous son is saved from a lioness by the Duke's loyal servant, which leads to no fewer than four weddings, and the Duke's return to Dukeness

a)

All's Well That Ends Well

b)

As you Like It

c)

Two Gentlemen of Verona

d)

Measure for Measure

32.

This daughter of Frederick in "As You Like It" falls in love with and marries Orlando.

a)

Rosalind

b)

Ariel

c)

Miranda

d)

Rosaline

33.

This jester in "As You Like It" gives the "Seven Ages of Man" speech beginning, "All the world's a stage."

a)

Jacques

b)

Puck

c)

Charles

d)

Frederick

34.

Elizabeth I supposedly wanted to see "Sir John Falstaff in love," so Shakespeare wrote this play to grant her request.

a)

Merry Wives of Windsor

b)

Winters Tale

c)

As You Like It

d)

Measure for Measure

35.

In his play Angelo condemns young Claudio to death for getting his (Claudio's) fiancée pregnant, but then Angelo, in a stirringly honorable turn, agrees to spare Claudio's life if Angelo can engage in some fornication of his own with Claudio's hot sister.

a)

Measure for Measure

b)

As You Like It

c)

All's Well That Ends Well

d)

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

36.

Three men who've just sworn off girls happen across three attendants to a beautiful princess, and sure enough they forget their swears.

a)

Love's Labour's Lost

b)

Measure For Measure

c)

The Comedy of Errors

d)

As You Like It

37.

Shakespeare's shortest play: Egeon almost loses his life, his wife, and his children—but then doesn't.

a)

Love's Labour's Lost

b)

Measure For Measure

c)

The Comedy of Errors

d)

As You Like It

38.

This is Shakespeare's last play

a)

Love's Labour's Lost

b)

Measure For Measure

c)

The Comedy of Errors

d)

The Tempest

39.

This daughter of Prospero is amazed at all the people on the island, having only seen one other human—her father—up to then. She says, "O brave new world, / That has such people in't."

a)

Miranda

b)

Rosalind

c)

Ariel

d)

Desdemona

40.

This airy spirit is Prospero's magical helper, causing the title tempest that shipwrecks Prospero's rivals.

a)

Miranda

b)

Rosalind

c)

Ariel

d)

Desdemona

41.

The son of the defeated witch Sycorax, this is the monstrous creature forced to serve Prospero.

a)

Caliban

b)

Falstaff

c)

Ferdinand

d)

Cassio

42.

Name the Play "Antonio borrows money for an shipping expedition, the security being "a pound of flesh." A woman, wooed by many, asks each suitor to choose among caskets of gold, silver, and lead for permission to marry her; Bassanio correctly chooses the leaden one."

a)

The Merchant of Venice

b)

Much Ado About Nothing

c)

The Taming of The Shrew

d)

Winter's Tale

43.

Two young nobles find love, although in this case it's after a discomforting, pathos-ridden scene in which one of the purported "noblemen" attempts to rape the character Silvia.

a)

Coriolanus

b)

Winter's Tale

c)

Two Gentlemen of Verona

d)

The Two Noble Kinsmen

44.

This play is an interpretation of The Knight's Tale, including the fight between Arcite and Palamon.

a)

Two Noble Kinsmen

b)

Two Gentlemen of Verona

c)

Winter's Tale

d)

All's Well That Ends Well

45.

Comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.

a)

Twelfth Night

b)

Titus Andronicus

c)

Winter's Tale

d)

All's Well That Ends Well

46.

Which play features Helena, the woman who wins Bertram as her husband, obtaining his ring through a trick?

a)

All's Well That Ends Well

b)

Much Ado About Nothing

c)

Winter's Tale

d)

As You Like It

47.

This play revolves among the mistaken identities between the two sets of twins and their servants.

a)

Two Gentlemen of Verona

b)

The Comedy Of Errors

c)

Winter's Tale

d)

All's Well That Ends Well

48.

In this play, one character calls himself “Tom O’Bedlam” after being robbed of his birthright. The King of France marries a character in this play despite her being disinherited. Another character in this play tries to commit suicide, but his son Edgar saves him by leading him off an imaginary cliff.

a)

King Lear

b)

Macbeth

c)

Much Ado About Nothing

d)

Coriolanus

49.

At the end of this play, the title character starts a speech with the line “Fie, fie, unknit that threatening unkind brow”, and calls her husband “thy lord, thy life, thy keeper.” Gremio and Lucentio are suitors in this play, and its plot is spurred by Baptista.

a)

The Taming of the Shrew

b)

Comedy of Errors

c)

Much Ado About Nothing

d)

Coriolanus

50.

One character in this play commands "Out, vile jelly," in reference to a character that says, “As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods.”

a)

King Lear

b)

Macbeth

c)

Much Ado About Nothing

d)

Coriolanus

51.

I’m this play, the protagonist were born at Epidamnum, and were raised separately by Aemilia and Aegeon following a storm. The centerpiece of this play's plot was Solinus' extension regarding a thousand-mark fine or execution.

a)

The Taming of the Shrew

b)

Comedy of Errors

c)

Much Ado About Nothing

d)

Winter's Tale

52.

A character in this play mourns how his mother had “followed my poor father’s body Like Niobe” before remarking, “frailty, thy name is woman.” The central character swaps execution letters before entering England, leading to the deaths of two friends from Wittenberg.

a)

Macbeth

b)

Hamlet

c)

Othello

d)

The Tempest

53.

Benedick, Claudio and Don Pedro arrive at Leonato's house in Messina. Beatrice and Benedick bicker with each other and Claudio, a soldier, falls in love with Leonato's daughter, Hero. Don John, who is Don Pedro's evil half-brother, tricks Claudio into believing that he has seen Hero being unfaithful. Hero turns out to be Antonio’s Daughter.

a)

Measure for Measure

b)

Comedy of Errors

c)

Much Ado About Nothing

d)

Winter's Tale

54.

Who is the Shrew to be tamed in The Taming of the Shrew?

a)

Bianca

b)

Katherina

c)

Rosalind

d)

Viola

55.

Who is the ruler of Illyria in the Twelfth Night?

a)

Duke Orsino

b)

Duke Frederick

c)

Lysander

d)

The Earl of Gloucester

56.

Which Shakespearean play's main characters include the Duke, Isabella, Claudio, Angelo, and Mariana?

a)

Measure for Measure

b)

Comedy of Errors

c)

Much Ado About Nothing

d)

Winter's Tale

57.

Mistress Page and Mistress _________ tease Sir Falstaff in Merry Wives of Windsor.

a)

Plant

b)

Ford

c)

Emilia

d)

Nym

58.

In what play will you find Don John and Balthasar?

a)

Coriolanus

b)

Comedy of Errors

c)

Much Ado About Nothing

d)

Winter's Tale

59.

Which Shakespearean play's main characters include Leontes, Hermione, Perdita, Polixenes, and Florizel?

a)

Coriolanus

b)

Measure for Measure

c)

Much Ado About Nothing

d)

Winter's Tale

60.

What is Viola's brother's name in The Twelfth Night?

a)

Orsino

b)

Sebastian

c)

Malvolio

d)

Toby