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Quiz How Well Do You Know Shakespeare?

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Covers trivia from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, and Hamlet.

 

Hard QUIZ 25 QUESTIONS
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1

Lucentio comes to Padua with the intention to...

2

Bianca is not allowed to marry or have suitors until...

3

Why is Katherine upset at her wedding?

4

On the road to Padua, Petruchio makes Katherine agree that...

5

Who wins the bet at the end of The Taming of the Shrew?

6

Why does Petruchio want to marry Katherine?

7

What convinces Christopher Sly to embrace his identity as the "Lord"?

8

How does Lucentio attempt to woo Bianca?

9

Why does Richard have his brother, Clarence, assassinated?

10

Why does Lady Margaret curse all the other characters?

11

Who finally kills Richard?

12

Who does Richmond marry after he ascends to the throne?

13

Whom does Richard blame his birth deformity on?

14

How is Clarence murdered?

15

What does Clarence dream of before his death?

16

Why does King Edward IV imprison his son, Clarence, in the Tower of London?

17

How does Claudius murder the king, his brother and Hamlet's father?

18

How does Hamlet plan to uncover Claudius' guilt?

19

How is Polonius murdered and by whom?

20

How does Hamlet die?

21

How does Claudius attempt to console Hamlet over his Father's death?

22

What reason does Polonius give Ophelia to not fall in love with Hamlet?

23

Who escorts Hamlet on his trip to England?

24

How does Hamlet discover the nature of his Father's death?

25

Between all three plays, which contains the highest number of deaths, both on and off screen.