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Shakespeare – The Complete Works

To celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday on April 23rd, an extra long quiz: in alphabetical order there is one question on each of the plays and poems in the canon.

  • Question of

    Does the phrase ‘all’s well that ends well’ actually appear in the play?

    • Yes
    • No
  • Question of

    What snake does Cleopatra use to kill herself?

    • Asp
    • Cobra
  • Question of

    Phoebe loves Ganymede (who is Rosalind in disguise as a boy), Rosalind/Ganymede loves Orlando (who doesn’t know!) but who loves Phoebe?

    • Silvius
    • William
  • Question of

    Which European country is the setting for the play?

    • Greece
    • Italy
  • Question of

    Finish the quote: ‘— is eloquence.’

    • Action
    • Silence
  • Question of

    Which ‘god’ appears in the play?

    • Jupiter
    • Zeus
  • Question of

    Hamlet is Shakespeare’s longest play, but where does it come in the body count table?

    • 3rd
    • 2nd
  • Question of

    What is the name of the tavern run by Mistress Quickly?

    • The Boar’s Head
    • The White Hart
  • Question of

    Who speaks this famous line: ‘Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.’

    • King Henry
    • Archbishop of York
  • Question of

    Which London theatre was the ‘wooden O’ mentioned in the Prologue?

    • The Globe
    • The Curtain
  • Question of

    Which colour rose does Henry choose, not knowing the consequences?

    • Red
    • White
  • Question of

    This play has the largest amount of something in all of Shakespeare’s works. What is that something?

    • Largest cast
    • Largest amount of speeches
  • Question of

    What does Henry sit on lamenting his problems?

    • A molehill
    • A wall
  • Question of

    The play focuses on Henry moving from which old wife to which new wife?

    • Katherine of Aragon to Anne Boleyn
    • Anne Boleyn to Jane Seymour
  • Question of

    Finish the famous line: ‘Et tu, Brute! — — —.’

    • Then fall, Caesar
    • So Caesar dies
  • Question of

    Finish the line: ‘Grief fills the room up of my — child/Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me…’

    • Absent
    • Dead
  • Question of

    How do Regan and Cornwall mutilate Gloucester?

    • Gouge out his eyes
    • Cut out his tongue
  • Question of

    The play contains the longest word in all of Shakespeare’s plays. What is it?

    • Honorificabilitudinitatibus
    • Consang-uineous
  • Question of

    How many ‘witches’ appear in Macbeth?

    • 4
    • 3
  • Question of

    Who says: ‘But man, proud man/Drest in a little brief authority/Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d’?

    • Isabella
    • Claudio
  • Question of

    Who is the Merchant of Venice?

    • Antonio
    • Shylock
  • Question of

    What do the merry wives put Sir John into to hide him from Mistress Ford’s husband?

    • A laundry basket
    • A wardrobe
  • Question of

    ‘And though she be but little, she is fierce.’ Which H says this about the other H?

    • Helena about Hermia
    • Hermia about Helena
  • Question of

    Finish the quote: ‘but then there was a star —, and under that was I born.’

    • Danced
    • Blazed
  • Question of

    Does the phrase ‘green-eyed jealousy’ come from Othello?

    • No
    • Yes
  • Question of

    Where is Marina, Pericles’ daughter, born?

    • At sea
    • In prison
  • Question of

    Where does Richard die?

    • In prison
    • In his bed
  • Question of

    Who is king at the beginning of the play?

    • Edward IV
    • Richard III
  • Question of

    Who is the first character to die in this high body count tragedy?

    • Mercutio (killed by Tybalt)
    • Tybalt (killed by Romeo)
  • Question of

    Who is Shakespeare’ feisty, oppressed ‘shrew’?

    • Katherina
    • Bianca
  • Question of

    Who is described as having ‘a very ancient and fish-like smell’?

    • Caliban
    • Stephano
  • Question of

    What title does the misanthrope Timon have?

    • Lord
    • Captain
  • Question of

    This tragedy tops the list of Shakespeare plays by body count. How many characters die in the play?

    • 14
    • 9
  • Question of

    The play charts the final years of the Trojan wars. Is Cressida a Trojan or a Greek?

    • Trojan
    • Greek
  • Question of

    Who speaks the famous first line: ‘If music be the food of love, play on’?

    • Duke Orsino
    • Viola
  • Question of

    This play is the only one with a real animal in it, a dog. What is his name?

    • Crab
    • Speed
  • Question of

    Which contemporary writer collaborated with Shakespeare on this, his last play?

    • John Fletcher
    • Thomas Middleton
  • Question of

    What is the name of the noblewoman, the only one to tell Leontes the truth about his behaviour?

    • Paulina
    • Emilia
  • Question of

    Is the eponymous lover of the poem male or female?

    • Female
    • Male
  • Question of

    This collection contains poems used in which of Shakespeare’s early comedies?

    • Love’s Labour’s Lost
    • As You Like It
  • Question of

    What animal is the ‘turtle’ in this allegorical poem?

    • Turtledove
    • Tortoise
  • Question of

    Who rapes the innocent Lucrece in this narrative poem?

    • Tarquin
    • Lucius
  • Question of

    Who is the unknown person Shakespeare dedicated the Sonnets to?

    • ‘Mr. W.H.’
    • ‘Mr. H.W.’
  • Question of

    This narrative poem is one of Shakespeare’s earliest or latest works?

    • Earliest
    • Latest

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