| 1) Shakespeare's birthday shares the same day as what other celebration? |
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Queen's Birthday
St George's Day
St Piran's Day
St Andrew's Day
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| 2) In what genre were most of Shakespeare's plays written? |
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Comedy
Tragedy
Historical
Mystery
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| 3) On which real person was the character of Sir John Falstaff based? |
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Sir John Nugent
Sir John Oldcastle
Sir John Perrot
Sir John Suckling
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| 4) In Romeo and Juliet, how old is Juliet when she dies? |
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13
14
15
16
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| 5) In Sonnet 116, what does Shakespeare say is 'an ever-fixed mark, that looks on tempests and is never shaken'? |
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Love
Death
Marriage
Friendship
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| 6) Which Shakespeare play features a misanthropic hermit who has twelve visitors come to his cave in the woods? |
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Taming of the Shrew
Titus Andronicus
Two Noble Kinsmen
Timon of Athens
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| 7) Which of these Shakespeare comedies does not involve cross-dressing? |
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Comedy of Errors
The Merchant of Venice
Twelfth Night
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| 8) In the Tempest, what was the ship's original destination before it gets shipwrecked on the island? |
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Milan
Naples
Florence
Venice
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| 9) What are the names of Shakespeare's children? |
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Anne, Hamlet, and Mary
Susanna, Hamnet, and Judith
Mary, Hamnet, and Rosaline
Catherine, Hamlet, and Anne
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| 10) Which one of these is not the title of a Shakespeare play? |
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Cymbeline
Coriolanus
Troilus and Cressida
Venus and Adonis
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