SHAKESPEARE TRIVIA

1) What university did William Shakespeare attend?

Choose Your Answer: A: Oxford, B: Cambridge, C: Glasgow, D: None

2) What is Shakespeare's shortest play?

Choose Your Answer: A: The Comedy of Errors, B: A Midsummer Night's Dream, C: Macbeth, D: Timon of Athens

3) What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?

Choose Your Answer: A: Helena, B: Mary, C: Anne, D: Rosaline

4) What actor first created the roles of Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Richard III?

Choose Your Answer: A: James Burbage, B: Richard Burbage, C: Cuthbert Burbage, D: Edward Alleyn

5) Which role is Shakespeare said to have played in the original production of Hamlet?

Choose Your Answer: A: Hamlet, B: Laertes, C: The Gravedigger, D: The Ghost

6) How many of Shakespeare's original manuscripts have survived?

Choose Your Answer: A: One, B: Nine, C: Thirty-Six, D: None

7) Who dies first -- Romeo or Juliet?

Choose Your Answer: A: Romeo, B: Juliet, C: They both live, D: They die at the same time

8) What was the name of Shakespeare's only son?

Choose Your Answer: A: Hubert, B: Hamnet, C: Humphrey, D: Horatio

9) In what play did Shakespeare coin the term "the beast with two backs"?

Choose Your Answer: A: Hamlet, B: Othello, C: Romeo and Juliet, D: Richard III

10) How many of Shakespeare's plays were published during his lifetime?

Choose Your Answer: A: Two, B: Fifteen, C: Thirty-Six, D: None

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