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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Henry IV part 1 was Shakespeare’s best-selling printed play in his lifetime: true or false?
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True
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False
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What is the name of Mistress Quickly’s tavern in Henry IV part 1, frequented by the young Prince and his drinking buddies?
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The Boar’s Head
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The Garter
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In Henry IV part 2 what is Falstaff arrested for?
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Debt
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Disorder
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In Henry IV part 2 who says: ‘He hath eaten me out of house and home.’
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Mistress Quickly
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Doll Tearsheet
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Question of
Finish the opening line of Henry V: ‘O, for a muse of —.’
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fire
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words
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What is the name of the French princess wooed by Henry V?
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Catherine
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Isabel
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In Henry VI part 1 which colour rose represents the House of York?
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White
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Red
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Question of
In Henry VI part 1 how does Joan la Pucelle claim to know how to beat the English?
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She has visions
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She’s a spy
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Henry VI part 2 has the largest amount of something in Shakespeare’s works: speeches or cast?
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Cast
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Speeches
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Finish the line from Henry VI part 2: ‘The first thing we do, let’s kill all the —.’
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Lawyers
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Politicians
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Question of
In Henry VI part 3 who is NOT one of the Plantagenet brothers: Richard or Edgar?
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Edgar
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Richard
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Henry VI part 3 contains the longest what in the canon: soliloquy or scene?
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Soliloquy
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Scene
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Question of
What ‘special effect’, in Henry VIII, resulted in the original Globe Theatre burning down?
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Cannon Fire
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Fireworks
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Question of
What is Henry VIII disguised as when he meets Anne Bullen (Boleyn)?
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A shepherd
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A sailor
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Question of
King John is one of only two Shakespeare plays written how: prose or verse?
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Verse
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Prose
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In King John what is the name of the Queen-Mother?
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Elinor
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Blanche
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Richard II is accused of wasting money waging a war where?
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Ireland
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France
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Question of
In Richard II which character speaks the famous ‘This sceptr’d Isle speech?
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John of Gaunt
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King Richard
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In Richard III what relationship are ‘the princes in the tower’ to Richard?
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Nephews
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Cousins
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Question of
Finish the opening line of Richard III: ‘Now is the winter of our discontent/Made glorious summer by this — of York.’
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Sun
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Son
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