quiz 1500 – shakespeare

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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