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William Shakespeare

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

1. From which of Shakespeare's plays has this quote been taken?

"...To be, or not to be, that is the question."

a)

King Lear

b)

Henry IV

c)

Hamlet

d)

Comedy of Errors

2.

2. From which of Shakespeare's renowned plays, has this quote been taken?

"If music be the food of love, play on."

a)

The Tempest

b)

Macbeth

c)

As You Like It

d)

Twelfth Night

3.

3. From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays, has this quote been taken?

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

a)

Hamlet

b)

Othello

c)

As You Like It

d)

Romeo and Juliet

4.

4. From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays, has this quote been taken?

"Cowards die many times before their deaths."

a)

Merchant of Venice

b)

King Lear

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Antony and Cleopatra

5.

5. From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays, has this quote been taken?

"The course of true love never did run smooth."

a)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

b)

Twelfth Night

c)

As You Like It

d)

Merchant of Venice

6.

6.

From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays, has this quote been taken?

"To thine own self, be true"

a)

King Lear

b)

Merchant of Venice

c)

Twelfth Night

d)

Hamlet

7.

From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays, has this quote been taken?

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

a)

Macbeth

b)

Merchant of Venice

c)

Twelfth Night

d)

Othello

8.

From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays, has this quote been taken?

"‘All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.’

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Much Ado About Nothing

c)

Henry V

d)

As You Like It

9.

From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays has this quote been taken?

What’s in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.’

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

The Winter's Tale

c)

Comedy of Errors

d)

Macbeth

10.

From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays has this line been taken from?

All that glisters is not gold.

a)

The Merchant of Venice

b)

Cymbeline

c)

Henry VIII

d)

All's Well That Ends Well

11.

From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays has this line been taken?

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears: I come to bury ___, not to praise him.’

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Love's Labour's Lost

c)

The Two Gentlemen

d)

King John

12.

‘Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.’ Identify the play.

a)

Twelfth Night

b)

A Midsummer Night's Dream

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

Trolius and Cressida

13.

‘A man can die but once.’ Identify the play

a)

Macbeth

b)

King Lear

c)

Henry IV

d)

Hamlet

14.

‘There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’ Identify the play

a)

King Lear

b)

As You Like It

c)

Merchant of Venice

d)

Hamlet

15.

‘Nothing will come of nothing.’ Identify the play

a)

Othello

b)

King Lear

c)

The Two Noble Kinsmen

d)

Much Ado About Nothing