quiz 1500 – shakespeare (QA) print friendly version Click on question to reveal answer 1 Falstaff is the central character in which Shakespeare play? Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Merchant of Venice, The Comedy or Errors 2 Hector, Paris and Agamemnon are characters in which play? Coriolanus, Troilus and Cressida, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar 3 How many plays did Shakespeare write? 58, 38, 8, 108 4 How many Sonnets did Shakespeare write? 14, 1000, 267, 154 5 In A Winter's Tale, Leontes is the King of....? Rome, Sicilia, Bohemia, Milan 6 In A Winter's Tale, Polixenes is the King of....? Sicilia, Vienna, Bohemia, Verona 7 In Measure for Measure what relation are Claudio and Isabllea? Cousins, Husband/Wife, Father/Daughter, Brother/Sister 8 In The Comedy of Errors what is the name of the Merchant of Sycracuse? Aegeon, Shylock, Antonio, Dromio 9 In the Shakespeare play, Julius Caesar was stabbed on the Ides of....? April, May, March, December 10 In The Taming of the Shrew, what relation is Petruchio to Katherine? Brother, Son, Husband, Father 11 In the Taming of the Shrew, who is the Shrew? Katherine, Puck, Ariel, Isabella 12 In The Tempest, Prospero is the Duke of...? Rome, Venice, Milan, Vienna 13 In The Tempest, what relation is Miranda to Prospero? Auntie, Sister, Wife, Daughter 14 In Troilus and Cressida, Priam is the King of....? Sparta, Rome, Troy, Greece 15 In what century was Shakespeare born? 16th, 14th, 17th, 15th 16 In what play does the clown character Touchstone appear? All's Well That Ends Well, Othello, As You Like It, Hamlet 17 In what year did Shakespeare die? 1666, 1606, 1626, 1616 18 In what year was William Shakespeare born? 1564, 1594, 1674, 1664 19 In which century is All's Well That Ends Well set? 15th, 13th, 14th, 16th 20 In which century is Antony and Cleopatra set? 1st, 4th, 14th, 15th