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Shakespeare's Tragedies: the Quiz
Shakespeare by the Numbers: the Quiz
Shakespeare's Histories: the Quiz
The Shakespeare Fanatics Quiz
Shakespeare's Odd Words: the Quiz
Shakespeare's Opening Lines: the Quiz
Famous Last Words: the Quiz
Shakespeare's Life: The Quiz
The Shakespearean Couples Quiz
Who Wants to Be a Shakespeare Expert
The Romeo and Juliet Quiz
The Ultimate Hamlet Quiz
The Ultimate Macbeth Quiz


Objective: answer 7 questions correctly. JavaScript required!
LEVEL 1 - EASY


1. Who is Hamlet?

Thane of Cawdor
Duke of Sussex
Prince of Denmark
Pagan god

2. Which character fervently prays, "Come, you Spirits...unsex me here!"?

Lady Macbeth
Ophelia
King Lear
Puck

3. How many siblings did Shakespeare have?

2
7
4
15

4. Prospero, magician and ruler of a remote island, is found in which play?

"Love's Labours Lost"
"The Tempest"
"The Winter's Tale"
"Cymbeline"

5. King Lear rejects his only honest daughter. Who is she?

Regan
Goneril
Miranda
Cordelia

6. Iago is responsible for the downfall of which great character?

Macbeth
Pericles
Othello
Brutus

7. The feuding lovers Beatrice and Benedick are characters in which play?

"The Comedy of Errors"
"Twelfth Night"
"Much Ado About Nothing"
"As You Like It"

8. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

10
320
154
200

9. Shylock is the villain in which play?

"Timon of Athens"
"Measure for Measure"
"Coriolanus"
"The Merchant of Venice"

10. In which violent play is Lavinia raped and brutally mutilated?

"Titus Andronicus"
"Troilus and Cressida"
"King John"
"Coriolanus"


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