A Shakespeare Quiz
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC
Departamento de Letras e Artes - DLA
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Coordenação: Prof. Isaias Francisco de Carvalho # Profa. Elaine Cristina Medeiros Frossard #
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A Shakespeare Quiz
Note: if you want to have the answert to this quiz, please send Dr. Isaias Carvalho a request to isaiasfcarvalho@gmail.com
1. In what year was Shakespeare born?
1564
1616
1558
1592
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2. Shakespeare was born in what town or city?
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Snitterfield
Oxford
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3. Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar School, also known as the King's New School:
From 1569 to 1579
He did not attend school.
There are no records of his school attendance, but it is highly likely he attended that school.
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4. Who did Shakespeare marry?
Judith Sadler
Susanna Hall
Anne Hathaway
Mary Queen of Scots
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5. Shakespeare was the father of how many children?
3
2
10
1
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6. Shakespeare left his home town of Stratford because:
1. He was caught poaching on the lands of Sir Thomas Lucy and fled to avoid prosecution.
2. He was apprenticed to his father who was a butcher. He hated the work and ran away to London.
3. He took a job as a school teacher in the country, and left to pursue this career.
4. It is not known for sure how or why he left.
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7. The London theaters were closed on account of a virulent outbreak of the plague in 1593 and part of 1594. Specifically, what disease was this?
Tuberculosis
The Plague of Frogs
Bubonic Plague
The pox
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8. Is it possible to say in exactly what order Shakespeare's plays were written?
Yes
No.
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9. In 1594 Shakespeare became one of the founding members of what acting company?
The Lord Chamberlain's Men
The King's Men
The Royal Shakespeare Company
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10. In what year was the Globe Theater built?
1594
1599
1608
1613
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11. Some time after 1599-1600 Shakespeare turned from writing predominantly romantic comedies and history plays to tragedies. Which five plays are known as his "great tragedies"?
Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, Antony and Cleopatra
The Merchant of Venice, Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V, Twelfth Night
King John, Henry VI Part 1, Richard II, Richard III, Henry VIII
Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Timon of Athens, Cymbeline.
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12. In 1603 Shakespeare's acting company, The Lord Chamberlain's Men, became the King's Men. Which king was their patron?
George III
James I
Edward III
Henry VIII
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13. Beginning around 1608 Shakespeare wrote 4 plays, Pericles Prince of Tyre, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale, and The Tempest, often categorized as:
Masques
Romances
Melodramas
Dark Tragedies
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14. In what year was the first collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, called the First Folio, published?
1599
1616
1623
1685
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15. Is it reasonable to think that someone other than William Shakespeare (1564-1616) of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him?
Yes
No
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16. Which of these was not one of Shakespeare's plays
1. Titus Andronicus
2. The Tempest
3. Cymbeline
4. Shakespeare in love
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17. When did Sakespeare write his plays?
1. 15th and 16th century
2. 14th and 15th Century
3. 16th and 17th Century
4. 17th and 18th Century
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18. What was the theatre in London that Shakespeare was associated with?
1. The World
2. The Britain
3. The Circle
4. The Globe
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19. How many words did Shakespeare actually 'invent'?
1. About 3,000
2. None!
3. About 1,000
4. About 13,000
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20. How old was Shakespeare when he died?
1. 49
2. 50
3. 51
4. 52
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21. The line "To be or not to be" comes from which play?
1. King Lear.
2. Richard II.
3. Julius Caesar.
4. Hamlet.
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22. What happened to the Globe Theatre in 1613?
1. It leaked
2. It fell down
3. It was opened
4. It burnt down
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23. Which of these conventional statements is most accurate?
1. Shakespeare wrote over 10 plays
2. Shakespeare wrote over 70 plays
3. Shakespeare wrote over 50 plays
4. Shakespeare wrote over 30 plays
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24. What is William Shakespeare most famous for?
1. Writing Music
2. Writing Plays
3. Making Films
4. Defeating the Spanish Armada
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25. Which river is associated with Shakespeare's birth place?
1. The Thames
2. The Avon
3. The Tyburn
4. The Seven
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26. Who is Hamlet?
1. Thane of Cawdor
2. Duke of Sussex
3. Prince of Denmark
4. Pagan god
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27. Prospero, magician and ruler of a remote island, is found in which play?
1. "Love's Labours Lost"
2. "The Tempest"
3. "The Winter's Tale"
4. "Cymbeline"
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28. Iago is responsible for the downfall of which great character?
1. Macbeth
2. Pericles
3. Othello
4. Brutus
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29. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
1. 10
2. 320
3. 154
4. 200
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30. Shylock is the villain in which play?
1. "Timon of Athens"
2. "Measure for Measure"
3. "Coriolanus"
4. "The Merchant of Venice"