Quiz  /  A Study of William Shakespeare Quiz

  • 1. 
    Which of these appears in a Shakespearean sonnet?

  • quarter
  • quatrain
  • quaternary
  • quart

  • 2. 
    How many sonnets did William Shakespeare publish?

  • 198
  • 214
  • 154
  • 148

  • 3. 
    How many lines does a Shakespearean sonnet contain?

  • 12
  • 14
  • 15
  • 13

  • 4. 
    Which of these is not a play by William Shakespeare?

  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Master Harold...and the Boys
  • The Tempest
  • Hamlet

  • 5. 
    How old is Juliet in Romeo and Juliet?

  • 13
  • 11
  • 16
  • 23

  • 6. 
    What Shakespeare play involves a soothsayer’s warning to "beware the Ides of March"?

  • Twelfth Night
  • Hamlet
  • Julius Caesar
  • Coriolanus

  • 7. 
    What fictional character makes a speech that begins with the words "to be or not to be"?

  • Juliet Capulet
  • David Copperfield
  • Tess Durbeyfield
  • Hamlet

  • 8. 
    In what Shakespeare play does Falstaff appear?

  • Richard III
  • Henry VIII
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor
  • King Lear

  • 9. 
    Which of these is called "the Scottish play"?

  • Macbeth
  • Titus Andronicus
  • King Lear
  • Romeo and Juliet

  • 10. 
    Where is Romeo and Juliet set?

  • Verona
  • Milan
  • Rome
  • London
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