Classic Classic Quiz How Well Do You Know Shakespeare? by Quitecontrary Quitecontrary 14 played - 10 yrs ago Covers trivia from Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, and Hamlet. QUIZ 25 QUESTIONS hard Shakespeare 1 Lucentio comes to Padua with the intention to... Marry a rich woman.Study at the university.Party it up.Start a business. 2 Bianca is not allowed to marry or have suitors until... She learns how to behave as a respectable wife.Her older sister marries.She finishes her education.Her father dies. 3 Why is Katherine upset at her wedding? She thinks she's been stood up.The cake tastes horrible.Her father insults and embarasses her.Bianca looks prettier than her. 4 On the road to Padua, Petruchio makes Katherine agree that... An old man is a young maid.The sun is actually the moon.Whatever he says is true.All of the above. 5 Who wins the bet at the end of The Taming of the Shrew? LucentioPetruchioHortensioNo one 6 Why does Petruchio want to marry Katherine? Because she's beautiful.Because she's intelligent and witty.For her dowry and massive inheritance.He's bored. 7 What convinces Christopher Sly to embrace his identity as the "Lord"? The servants waiting on him calling him 'Lord'.Being told he has a beautiful wife that's missed him in her bed.The alcohol he's being served.The lavish wealth he's surrounded by. 8 How does Lucentio attempt to woo Bianca? He poses as her teacher.He poses as her servant.He sneaks into her bedroom at night.He saves her life. 9 Why does Richard have his brother, Clarence, assassinated? He's in line for the throne.He's annoying.He murdered Richard's wife.He betrayed Richard. 10 Why does Lady Margaret curse all the other characters? She's a witch.They murdered her family and usurped the throne.She's angry she never became queen.She just really hates people. 11 Who finally kills Richard? Lord StanleyRichmondLady MargaretHimself 12 Who does Richmond marry after he ascends to the throne? Lady AnnePrincess ElizabethLady Margaret (yikes)Queen Elizabeth 13 Whom does Richard blame his birth deformity on? Lord Stanley and HastingsRichmondClarenceQueen Elizabeth and Hastings' mistress 14 How is Clarence murdered? Stabbed and drownedArrow through the heartStrangulationImpalement 15 What does Clarence dream of before his death? Ascending to the throne.His brother pushing him off a ship and drowning him.His father disowning him.Riding into battle against his brother. 16 Why does King Edward IV imprison his son, Clarence, in the Tower of London? His name starts with a 'G'.Clarence was plotting to usurp the throne.Clarence is a brat.He is insane. 17 How does Claudius murder the king, his brother and Hamlet's father? Stabs him while he sleeps.Pours poison in his ear.Has an assassin strangle him in his sleep.Kills him and stages it to look like suicide. 18 How does Hamlet plan to uncover Claudius' guilt? By killing him.Force him to confess while holding a knife to his throat.Trick him into thinking his father's ghost is haunting the castle till he goes mad.Stage a play depicting his father's murder and watch his reaction. 19 How is Polonius murdered and by whom? By Hamlet, who stabs him through a tapestry.By Ophelia, who Polonius drives mad with the thought Hamlet doesn't love her.By Queen Gertrude who believes him to have murdered her late husband.By Hamlet, because he forbids him from marrying Ophelia. 20 How does Hamlet die? Claudius stabs him.Laertes injures him with a poisoned sword.Gertrude, mad over Claudius murder by Hamlet, kills her own son.Ophelia goes mad and stabs him for his bad treatment of her. 21 How does Claudius attempt to console Hamlet over his Father's death? He takes him fishing.He tells him all sons lose their fathers and life must go on.He tells him he needs to support his mother and not give into his own grief.He tells him to grow the f@! % up. 22 What reason does Polonius give Ophelia to not fall in love with Hamlet? She's below his station and he'll never marry her, only use her.Hamlet's gone mad with grief for his father.Hamlet is a brat.Hamlet and Polonius are feuding. 23 Who escorts Hamlet on his trip to England? PoloniusLaertesRosencrantz and GildensternAn assassin hired by Claudius 24 How does Hamlet discover the nature of his Father's death? A prophecy given to him by a witchHis father's ghost appears and asks for vengeance on Claudius.Claudius confesses while drunk.Queen Gertrude tells him after she hears Claudius confess in his sleep. 25 Between all three plays, which contains the highest number of deaths, both on and off screen. The Taming of the ShrewRichard IIIHamletRichard III and Hamlet contain the same number A mistake in this Quiz ? Contact the author Commentaires