In honour of Mr Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23rd, a short series of quizzes on all things Shakespeare.
These questions have been adapted from the For Reading Addicts Big Book of Shakespeare Quizzes which is on sale at:
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In All’s Well That Ends Well, does anyone actually say ‘all’s well that ends well’?
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Yes
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No
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Finish the insult from As You Like It: ‘I do desire we may be better —.’
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strangers
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enemies
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Question of
Which Elvis Presley song paraphrases lines from As You Like It?
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Are you lonesome tonight
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return to sender
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In which European country is The Comedy of Errors set?
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Greece
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Italy
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In Love’s Labour’s Lost what do the men dress up as to woo the women?
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Muscovites
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Knights
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Who is the female protagonist of Measure for Measure?
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Isabella
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Mariana
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Who is the Merchant of Venice?
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Antonio
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Shylock
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Question of
What are the surnames of the Merry Wives of Windsor?
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Ford and Page
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Williams and Evans
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Question of
In A Midsummer Night’s Dream which one of the rude mechanicals reluctantly plays Thisbe in the play within a play?
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Flute
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Snug
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Question of
Which fantasy author wrote Lords and Ladies which parodies A Midsummer Night’s Dream?
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Terry Pratchett
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Philip Pullman
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Question of
Finish the line from Much Ado About Nothing: ‘Wooing, wedding and —.’
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repenting
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loving
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Question of
Where is Pericles’ daughter, Marina, born?
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At sea
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On an Island
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In The Taming of the Shrew how many times does Petruchio say ‘kiss me, Kate’?
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3 times
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Once
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Question of
Who wrote the 2016 novel, Vinegar Girl, a modern-day setting of The Taming of the Shrew?
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Anne Tyler
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Ann Patchett
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In The Tempest who is Trinculo talking about when he says: ‘he smells like a fish; a very ancient and fish-like smell’?
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Caliban
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Stephano
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In Twelfth Night, what colour stockings is Malvolio tricked into wearing?
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Yellow
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Red
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Question of
The Two Gentlemen of Verona has the smallest amount of what in the canon: cast or scenes?
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Cast
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Scenes
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In which European capital city does The Two Noble Kinsmen open?
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Athens
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Rome
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Question of
Finish the famous stage direction in The Winter’s Tale: ‘Exit, pursued by a —.’
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bear
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lion
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Question of
Which modern author wrote a 2015 version of The Winter’s Tale called The Gap of Time?
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Jeanette Winterson
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Maggie O’Farrell
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