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Shakespeare’s Plays
1.
One of Shakespeare’s plays is about two sets of
twins in the same town and the confusion this
causes. Is it:
a) The Comedy of Errors
b) All’s Well That Ends Well
c) The Trouble With Twins
2.
How many words are used for the first
time in Shakespeare plays?
a) 5,043
b) 2,035
c) 1,209
3.
4.
Which of the words below was first used in a
play by Shakespeare?
a) excellent
b) lonely
c) horrid
In Titus Andronicus Titus kills the two sons of
Tamora, Queen of the Goths. Does he:
a) bury them in his garden
b) bake them in a pie
c) hang them over the city walls
5.
Complete the follow title of a Shakespeare play.
The Merchant of …:
a) Paris
b) Venice
c) London
6.
In Macbeth, which country does Macbeth
become king of?
a) England
b) Scotland
c) Ireland
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7. What happens to the Earl of Kent, onstage, in King
Lear?
a) he is forced to one of Lear’s daughters
b) he is rejected by one of Lear’s daughters
c) he is blinded by one of Lear’s daughters
8.
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titania (Queen of
the Fairies) falls in love with:
a) Peter Quince, a carpenter
b) Snug, a joiner
c) Nick Bottom, a weaver
9.
In which Shakespeare play does Viola (disguised
as a boy) fall in love with Orsino, who loves
Olivia, who falls in love with Viola (while she is
disguised)?
a) Twelfth Night
b) Much Ado About Nothing
c) The Merry Wives of Windsor
10.
Where did Shakespeare take the stories for his
plays from?
a) He made them up
b) Other books and plays
c) He was told what to write about
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