Can You Answer These Shakespeare Questions?

Thou claimest to be an expert on the Bard. Now put thy knowledge to the test with these 12 questions.
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Question 1/12

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Although more plays have been found, how many plays is Shakespeare canonically known to have written?
10
23
36

Question 2/12

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Caliban is a character from which Shakespeare play?
Titus Andronicus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Tempest

Question 3/12

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What was the name of the London theater where Shakespeare did most of his work?
The Rialto
The Palladium
The Globe

Question 4/12

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Iago was a character from which Shakespeare play?
Henry V
Othello
Coriolanus

Question 5/12

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What monarch sat on the British throne during Shakespeare's life?
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Charles I

Question 6/12

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How many lines are in a Shakespearean sonnet?
12
14
18

Question 7/12

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Polonius is a character in which Shakespeare play?
Hamlet
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra

Question 8/12

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Which of these three plays was written the earliest?
The Comedy of Errors
King Lear
The Tempest

Question 9/12

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The line "Friends, Romans, Countrymen..." comes from which play?
Julius Caesar
Antony and Cleopatra
Three Gentlemen of Verona

Question 10/12

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Puck is a character in which Shakespeare play?
Twelfth Night
As You Like It
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Question 11/12

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The line "Now is the winter of our discontent," comes from which Shakespeare play?
Richard III
Henry IV, part 1
Henry VIII

Question 12/12

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What year did Shakespeare die?
1557
1616
1703
Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall And by the doom of death end woes and all.

Comedy of Errors

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Think not on him till to-morrow: I'll devise thee brave punishments for him. Strike up, pipers. Dance Exeunt

Much Ado About Nothing

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The king's a beggar, now the play is done: All is well ended, if this suit be won

All's Well That Ends Well

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1
Although more plays have been found, how many plays is Shakespeare canonically known to have written?
10
23
36
2
Caliban is a character from which Shakespeare play?
Titus Andronicus
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Tempest
3
What was the name of the London theater where Shakespeare did most of his work?
The Rialto
The Palladium
The Globe
4
Iago was a character from which Shakespeare play?
Henry V
Othello
Coriolanus
5
What monarch sat on the British throne during Shakespeare's life?
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Charles I
6
How many lines are in a Shakespearean sonnet?
12
14
18
7
Polonius is a character in which Shakespeare play?
Hamlet
Macbeth
Antony and Cleopatra
8
Which of these three plays was written the earliest?
The Comedy of Errors
King Lear
The Tempest
9
The line "Friends, Romans, Countrymen..." comes from which play?
Julius Caesar
Antony and Cleopatra
Three Gentlemen of Verona
10
Puck is a character in which Shakespeare play?
Twelfth Night
As You Like It
A Midsummer Night's Dream
11
The line "Now is the winter of our discontent," comes from which Shakespeare play?
Richard III
Henry IV, part 1
Henry VIII
12
What year did Shakespeare die?
1557
1616
1703