menu The Book Day Quiz What do you know about William Shakespeare? by Natasa Stanojlovic

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menu A What is the date of both his birth and his death? A:January 21st B:April 23rd C: August 29th B:April 23rd QuestionAnswer 100

A Where was he born? A: London B: Southampton C: Stratford C: Stratford QuestionAnswer 200

A Which river runs through Stratford? A: Avon B: Thames C: Severn A: Avon QuestionAnswer 300

A What were his parents’ names? A: Tom and May B: George and Elisabeth C: John and Mary C: John and Mary QuestionAnswer 400

A His father was: A: a merchant B: a teacher C: a priest C: a merchant QuestionAnswer 500

B What was his wife’s name? A: Anne Hathaway B: Anne Boleyn C: Mary Hathaway A: Anne Hathaway QuestionAnswer 100

B How many children did he have? A: 1 B: 2 C: 3 C: 3 QuestionAnswer 200

B What were the names of his twins? A: Hamlet and Juliet B: Hamnet and Judith C: Henry and Judith B: Hamnet and Judith QuestionAnswer 300

B His first born daughter’s name was: A: Joan B: Susanne C: Jane B: Susanne QuestionAnswer 400

B He died at the age of: A: 45 B: 52 C: 64 B: 52 QuestionAnswer 500

C Shakespeare became famous as: A: a playwright B: a poet C: a novelist A: a playwright QuestionAnswer 100

C The name of the famous round theatre was? A: Sphere B: Circle C: Globe C: Globe QuestionAnswer 200

C The actors at the Globe used to be: A: only men B: only women C: both men and women A: only men QuestionAnswer 300

C How many plays did he write? A: 25 B: 16 C: 37 C: 37 QuestionAnswer 400

C His acting troup was famous as? A: King’s men B: Queen’s men C: Royal men A: King’s men QuestionAnswer 500

D His tragedy about Romeo and Juliet takes place in: A: Venice B: Rome C: Verona C: Verona QuestionAnswer 100

D ‘’To be or not to be,that is the question’’ are the lines from: A: King Lear B: Hamlet C: Macbeth B: Hamlet QuestionAnswer 200

D Shylock is a character from: A: Romeo and Juliet B: The Merchant of Venice C: The Tempest B: The Merchant of Venice QuestionAnswer 300

D Which tragedy begins with the three witches’ scene? A: Macbeth B: Othello C: Henry V A: Macbeth QuestionAnswer 400

D Macbeth loses everything because of his: A: selfishness B: jealousy C: ambition C: ambition QuestionAnswer 500