quiz 1607 – shakespeare

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1	Who is Viola's twin in Twelfth Night? Olivia, Malvolio, Orsino, Sebastian
2	Who killed Macbeth? Macduff, Duncan, Birnman, Macbrute
3	Who stabbed Caesar for the final time in the Shakespeare play? Casca, Brutus, Valentino, Antonio
4	Who was Caesar stabbed first by in the Shakespeare play? Brutus, Antonio, Valentino, Casca
5	With whom is Sebastian a couple in Twelfth Night? Isabella, Malvolio, Olivia, Viola
6	"Shall I compare thee to a summers day" is the first line of which Shakespeare Sonnet? 38, 8, 28, 18
7	"Two households, both alike in dignity in fair Verona" is the first line of which play? Richard II, Measure for Measure, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet
8	How many "Ages of Man" are mentioned in As You Like It? 15, 3, 7, 12
9	How many children did Shakespeare have? 3, 1, 5, 7
10	Which of these was NOT one of Shakespeare's children? Hamnet, Juliet, Isabella, Susanna
11	How old was Shakespeare when he died? 42, 32, 62, 52
12	What was the first name of Shakespeare's father? John, Harold, Henry, William
13	Which was the first play written by Shakespeare? A Midsummers Nights Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Henry VI
14	In what month does the events in Rome and Juliet occur? June, May, July, April
15	Which character has the most spoken lines of any of Shakespeare's plays? Macbeth, Iago, Henry IV, Hamlet
16	In terms of number of lines, which is the longest of Shakespeare's plays? Othello, Macbeth, Hamlet, Measure for Measure
17	What was the first name of Shakespeare's mother? Mary, Victoria, Elizabeth, Ann
18	At what age did Shakespeare marry Anne Hathaway? 30, 16, 21, 18
19	In terms of number of lines, which is the shortest of Shakespeare's plays? As You Like It, The Comedy of Errors, Othello, A Midsummers Nights Dream
20	"In delivering my son from me I bury a second husband" is the opening line in which Shakespeare play? The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummers Nights Dream, All's Well That Ends Well, King Lear