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ð Shakespeare's Plays
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Questions
In which English town was William Shakespeare born in 1564?
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwick
Oxford
London
20s
Which play contains the famous line "To be, or not to be: that is the question"?
Othello
Macbeth
Hamlet
King Lear
20s
What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Mary Arden
Susanna Hall
Anne Hathaway
Anne Boleyn
20s
In which play does the mischievous sprite Puck cause chaos with a love potion?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Tempest
As You Like It
Twelfth Night
20s
The moneylender Shylock is a central character in which play?
The Merchant of Venice
Othello
Measure for Measure
The Taming of the Shrew
20s
Henry V is usually classed as which type of Shakespeare play?
Comedy
Tragedy
Romance
History
20s
How many lines does a Shakespearean sonnet have?
12
10
14
16
20s
Which character sleepwalks and cries "Out, damned spot! Out, I say!"?
Juliet
Lady Macbeth
Ophelia
Desdemona
30s
The original Globe Theatre burned down in 1613 when a cannon was fired during which play?
Hamlet
Henry VIII
The Tempest
Macbeth
30s
In The Tempest, the magician Prospero lives on an island with his daughter. What is her name?
Viola
Miranda
Cordelia
Perdita
30s