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Shakespeare quizzards

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who played Romeo in the 1996 film version of Romeo and Juliet?

a)
Brad Pitt
b)
Leonardo DiCaprio
c)
Johnny Depp
d)
Tom Cruise
2.

Which theatre was accidentally set alight by a cannon, fired to mark the king’s entrance onstage during a performance of Shakespeare’s Henry VIII in 1613?

a)
Shakespearean Playhouse
b)

the Globe Theatre

c)
Bard Theatre
d)
Rose Theatre
3.

Where was Shakespeare born?

a)
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
b)
Manchester, England
c)
Liverpool, England
d)
London, England
4.

In which play by Shakespeare can you read this quote: "to be or not to be, that is the question"

a)
Macbeth
b)
Hamlet
c)
Romeo and Juliet
d)
Julius Caesar
5.

In which of Shakespeare’s plays does the group of clowns Feste, Malvolio, Sir Toby Belch, and Sir Andrew Aguecheek appear?

a)
Romeo and Juliet
b)
Twelfth Night
c)
Macbeth
d)
Hamlet
6.

Which play by Shakespeare opens with these words: “If music be the food of love, play on”?

a)
Twelfth Night
b)
Romeo and Juliet
c)
Macbeth
d)
Hamlet
7.

Between whom does a “merry war” of words go on in Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing?

a)
Macbeth and Lady Macbeth
b)
Hamlet and Ophelia
c)
Romeo and Juliet
d)
Beatrice and Benedick
8.

What is the name of the penniless Venetian who asks his friend for a loan in The Merchant of Venice?

a)
Bassanio
b)
Lorenzo
c)
Gratiano
d)
Antonio
9.

Which historical character created by Shakespeare boasts that he can “set the murtherous Machevil to school”?

a)
Othello
b)

Richard, duke of Gloucester

c)
Hamlet
d)
Iago
10.
  1. Most of Shakespeare’s plays were written during the reign of which monarch?

a)
King Henry VIII
b)
Queen Victoria
c)
King George III
d)
Queen Elizabeth I
11.

Which Shakespeare play is the 2006 comedy movie ‘She’s the Man’ based on?

a)
Twelfth Night
b)
Hamlet
c)
Macbeth
d)
Romeo and Juliet
12.
  1. Which is the only Shakespeare play to be set in Egypt?

a)
Romeo and Juliet
b)
Hamlet
c)
Antony and Cleopatra
d)
Macbeth
13.
  1. What was the name of the 1769 festival, held in Stratford Upon Avon, at which over 1000 people celebrated the life and works of Shakespeare?

a)
Shakespeare Jubilee
b)
Bard's Bash
c)
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
d)
Shakespeare Celebration
14.
  1. Who is Shakespeare widely thought to have collaborated with in writing Timmon of Athens?

a)
Christopher Marlowe
b)
Ben Jonson
c)
Thomas Middleton
d)
John Fletcher
15.

Shakespeare was said to have fled London to escape prosecution for what crime?

a)
Counterfeiting money
b)
Trespassing on royal property
c)
Jaywalking
d)
Poaching deer
16.

Which of Shakespeare’s plays is known as ‘The Scottish Play’?

a)
Macbeth
b)
Othello
c)
Hamlet
d)
Romeo and Juliet
17.

According to Shakespeare's original script, how old was Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet'?

a)
15
b)
12
c)
14
d)
13
18.

Which of the following plays is said to be cursed due to the number of accidents that've taken place during it's production over the years?

a)
Hamlet
b)
Romeo and Juliet
c)
Macbeth
d)
Othello
19.

Which actor is believed to have starred in the original productions of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Richard III?

a)
Leonardo DiCaprio
b)
Tom Hanks
c)
Meryl Streep
d)

Richard Burbage

20.
  1. Helena, the low-born ward of a French countess, is in love with Bertram in which play?

a)
Twelfth Night
b)
Romeo and Juliet
c)
Much Ado About Nothing
d)
All's Well That Ends Well
21.
  1. Which planet in the Solar System has several moons named after Shakespearean characters?

a)
Uranus
b)
Mars
c)
Neptune
d)
Saturn
22.
  1. Which character's mother is Lady Capulet?

a)
Romeo
b)
Mercutio
c)
Juliet
d)
Tybalt
23.

Shakespeare eventually retired from public life and returned to Stratford in which year?

a)
1611
b)
1613
c)
1610
d)
1609
24.

What was the name of the book that was published after Shakespeare's death and included all of his plays?

a)
Final Manuscript
b)
Last Compilation
c)
Ultimate Edition
d)
First Folio
25.

During Shakespeare's lifetime, what major disaster forced the closure of London theatres twice?

a)
Spanish flu
b)
Great Fire of London
c)
Black Death
d)
Bubonic plague