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WorksheetsThat is the Question: Shakespeare Trivia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
How many sonnets in total did Shakespeare write?
126
154
300
366
Shakespeare's influence goes beyond the subject of English, but which did Shakespeare NOT influence?
Psychology
Medicine
Business & Law
Mathematics
Which is NOT a type of pop culture that Shakespeare influenced?
Reality TV
Music
Movies
Musical Drama
Which is NOT one of the three main streams of literature united by Shakespeare?
Verse
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Which is NOT one of the many violent ways characters died in Shakespeare’s plays?
Baked into a pie
Eaten by a bear
Hit by a Comet
Buried to the neck and starved
How many movies give credit to Shakespeare for inspiration?
525
296
355
487
Many rappers today use THIS TYPE OF RHYME SCHEME popularized by Shakespeare. It is used to express emotions and situations and because of how it is written it provides a natural flow to language and is easily adaptable.
Iambic Pentameter
Enclosed Rhyme
Rhyming Couplets
Blank Verse
How many characters throughout all of Shakespeare's Tragedies were killed off?
37
86
75
129
Which of the following Disney movies was inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet?
Frozen
The Little Mermaid
The Lion King
Aladdin
Which was NOT one of the four “humors” in medicine during Shakespeare’s time that physicians believed were the cause of illness?
Phlegm
Black Bile
Green Bile
Yellow Bile
During his time, Shakespeare did not make money on his plays. Instead, how did he make his money?
His part-ownership in The Globe Theater
The publishing of his Poetry
Acting in various plays
Profits from the acting troupe The King's Men
Shakespeare invented or introduced many words that are still used today. But what is one word that he did NOT invent?
Swagger
Eyeball
Manager
Bedazzle
How many words were invented or introduced by Shakespeare?
855
1260
1,700
8800
What caused theaters to be temporarily closed down twice during Shakespeare's time?
War
Plague
Religious Extremism
King's Orders
The Globe Theater, built in 1599, burned down in 1613 during a performance of Henry VIII because...
A lantern exploded
Someone set it on fire
Another fire got out of hand
A prop cannon misfired
Shakespeare is rumored to have performed WHAT ROLE in the original production of Hamlet?
The Priest
First Gravedigger
Hamlet
The Ghost
Which University did Shakespeare attend?
Oxford
Cambridge
Yale
None
Shakespeare's shortest play had only 1,787 lines and 14,369 words. Which play was it?
Macbeth
Romeo & Juliet
The Comedy of Errors
Taming of the Shrew
Which of Shakespeare's plays has the biggest body count - 14 deaths total in many different ways?
Macbeth
Titus Andronicus
Julius Caesar
Othello
One of Shakespeare's plays is thought to be cursed. It is always referred to as "The Scottish Play" because it's believed if the name is said aloud in the theater, disaster will follow. Which play is it?
Hamlet
Henry V
Titus Andronicus
Macbeth
