Quiz How Well Do You Know Shakespeare?

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Question 2 / 25

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.

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Question 3 / 25

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.

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Question 4 / 25

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.

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Question 5 / 25

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

Lucentio

Petruchio

Hortensio

No one

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Question 6 / 25

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.

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Question 7 / 25

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.

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Question 8 / 25

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.

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Question 9 / 25

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.

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Question 10 / 25

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.

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Question 11 / 25

Who finally kills Richard?

Lord Stanley

Richmond

Lady Margaret

Himself

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Question 12 / 25

Who does Richmond marry after he ascends to the throne?

Lady Anne

Princess Elizabeth

Lady Margaret (yikes)

Queen Elizabeth

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Question 13 / 25

Whom does Richard blame his birth deformity on?

Lord Stanley and Hastings

Richmond

Clarence

Queen Elizabeth and Hastings' mistress

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Question 14 / 25

How is Clarence murdered?

Stabbed and drowned

Arrow through the heart

Strangulation

Impalement

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Question 15 / 25

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.

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Question 16 / 25

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.

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Question 17 / 25

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.

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Question 18 / 25

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.

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Question 19 / 25

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.

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Question 20 / 25

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.

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Question 21 / 25

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.

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Question 22 / 25

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.

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Question 23 / 25

Who escorts Hamlet on his trip to England?

Polonius

Laertes

Rosencrantz and Gildenstern

An assassin hired by Claudius

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Question 24 / 25

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

A prophecy given to him by a witch

His 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.

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Question 25 / 25

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

The Taming of the Shrew

Richard III

Hamlet

Richard III and Hamlet contain the same number

	1^st	Marten	32% (238s)
	2^nd	SPK619	28% (133s)

Quiz How Well Do You Know Shakespeare?

Lucentio comes to Padua with the intention to...

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

Why is Katherine upset at her wedding?

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

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

Why does Petruchio want to marry Katherine?

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

How does Lucentio attempt to woo Bianca?

Why does Richard have his brother, Clarence, assassinated?

Why does Lady Margaret curse all the other characters?

Who finally kills Richard?

Who does Richmond marry after he ascends to the throne?

Whom does Richard blame his birth deformity on?

How is Clarence murdered?

What does Clarence dream of before his death?

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

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

How does Hamlet plan to uncover Claudius' guilt?

How is Polonius murdered and by whom?

How does Hamlet die?

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

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

Who escorts Hamlet on his trip to England?

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

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

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