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- 1. Multiple Choice
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
74
112
154
2,897
- 2. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare was born in…
York
Liverpool
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stone-on-Trent
- 3. Multiple Choice
How many siblings did Shakespeare have?
He was an only child
2
5
7
- 4. Multiple Choice
How old was William when he married Anne Hathaway?
(She was 26.)
16
18
22
48
- 5. Multiple Choice
How many children did Anne and William Have?
None
1
2
3
- 6. Multiple Choice
How many plays did Shakespeare write?
10
29
37
58
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Comedy of Errors, his shortest play, is how many lines?
1,770
2,150
3,578
12,634
- 8. Multiple Choice
Hamlet, his longest play, is how many lines?
2,563
4,042
8,232
12,634
- 9. Multiple Choice
About how long does it take to perform Hamlet?
2 hours
3 hours
4 hours
A whole day
- 10. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare invented all of the following words except…
Assassination
Invulnerable
Majestic
Disgusting
- 11. Multiple Choice
It’s said that Shakespeare invented over how many words?
225
550
1200
1700
- 12. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare died…
in poverty and squalor.
from being poisoned.
after a tragic acting accident.
a wealthy man.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare left which of the following to his dearly loved wife?
All of his money
Copies of his most famous plays
Nothing
His second best bed
- 14. Multiple Choice
What were William’s daughter’s names?
Susanna and Judith
Betty and Greta
Bernice and Ethel
Lilith and Patricia
- 15. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare left which of the following to his daughter, Susanna?
His property
Nothing at all
The keys to the Globe Theatre
Advice
- 16. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare named his only son…
Billy
Godwin
Frederick
Hamnet
- 17. Multiple Choice
Tragically, Hamnet…
died when he was just 11.
ran away from the home at 16.
was lost at sea at 23.
was abducted by alien life forms (allegedly).
- 18. Multiple Choice
Upon searching Google, how many webpages refer to William Shakespeare?
86 million
217 million
843 million
3.07 billion
- 19. Multiple Choice
How many times do characters commit suicide in Shakespeare’s plays?
3
7
13
25
- 20. Multiple Choice
What event caused Shakespeare to begin writing his first batch of sonnets?
The Norman Invasion
The Black Death (plague)
The London Monsoon of 1592
He was fired from the Globe Theatre.
- 21. Multiple Choice
Hamlet has been translated into which of the following languages?
Elvish
Klingon
Dothraki
Parseltongue
- 22. Multiple Choice
On average, Shakespearean comedies require how many actors?
18
27
35
- 23. Multiple Choice
What was the name given to Shakespeare’s first published collection of plays?
The Essential William Shakespeare
Shakespeare!
First Folio
The Collection
- 24. Multiple Choice
When was the First Folio published?
1410
1592
1623
1995
- 25. Multiple Choice
During Shakespeare’s time, how much did a copy of the First Folio cost?
sixpence ($10 today)
two shillings ($40 today)
half-a-crown ($50 today)
£1 ($200 today)
- 26. Multiple Choice
In total, Shakespeare’s surviving works add up to how many words?
8,495
57,117
884,647
1,573,192
- 27. Multiple Choice
884,647 words is how many lines?
89,411
118,406
397,120
884,647
- 28. Multiple Choice
“Et tu, Brute?” Name the play!
Macbeth
Julius Caesar
Titus Andronicus
Twelfth Night
- 29. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare belonged to a playing company named…
William Shake and the Spears
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The Men of Lord Burbage
The Troupe
- 30. Multiple Choice
Lord Chamberlain’s Men were eventually renamed…
The King's Men
The Queen's Men
The Men of Lord Burbage
William Shake and the Spears
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