24.quiz on William Shakespeare

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1.Williams father was ?

A.A teacher

B.A baker

C.A glovemaker

D.A priest
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c

2. William Shakespeare was probably born on May 23 in the year 1564 in ?


A. London-upon-Thames

B.Stratford-upon-Avon

C.Salisbury

D.Cambridge-upon-Cam
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B

3. Shakespeare wrote tragedies from the beginning of his career. Which are his four major tragedies ?

A.Hamlet, Troillus & Cressida, Titus Andronichus, MacBeth

B.Hamlet, A Winter's Tale, Love's Labour's Lost, Othello

C.Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, Corolianus

D.Hamlet, Othello, MacBeth, King Lear

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D

4. Full Fathom Five thy father lies' - the quote is from which play and which caracter spoke the line ?


A.King Lear - Edmund to Edgar

B.Twelfth Night - Viola to Sebastian

C.The Tempest - Ariel to Ferdinand

D.Henry V - Bardolph to Nym
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C

5. Where is the play 'As you like it' set ?


A.In the Ardennes

B.In the Sherwood Forest

C.In the magic forrest

D.In the woods outside Athens
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A

6.In the movie Shakespeare in Love, there is a scene in which a priest shouts out 'A Plague a ' both your houses!' which play is this taken from ?


A.Hamlet

B.Romeo & Juliet

C.Othello

D.King Lear
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B

7. What can Puck do in only 40 minutes?


A.Seduce the fairy queen

B.Write a whole play

C.Travel around the world

D.He won't do any thing
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C

8. Who is in fact the author of Olivia's loveletter to Malvolio in the play Twelfth Night ?


A.Sir Andrew Aguecheek

B.Viola

C.Maria

D.Fabian
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C

9. Who is Queen Mab ?

A.Puck's sister

B.Macbeth's wife

C.Juliet's mother

D.Queen of the Fairies
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D

10. West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics). Which work of William's is it based on ?


A.Troilus and Cressida

B.Twelfth Night

C.Othello

D.Romeo and Juliet
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D

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