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How Shakexperienced Are You?

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  • Q1

    Where was Shakespeare born?

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    Oxford

    London

    Stratford-upon-Avon

    Brighton

    45s
  • Q2

    What was Shakespeare’s father?

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    a writer

    a glover

    a postman

    a banker

    45s
  • Q3

    What was the name of Shakespeare’s wife?

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    Anne Hathaway

    Emily Blunt

    Emma Watson

    Katy Perry

    45s
  • Q4

    How do people call Shakespeare?

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    the Master of Poetry

    the Brilliant of Stratford

    the Bard of Avon

    the Conqueror of London

    60s
  • Q5

    What theatre did Shakespeare found?

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    the Victoria Theatre

    the Apollo Theatre

    the London Theatre

    the Globe Theatre

    45s
  • Q6

    Which genre didn’t Shakespeare write in?

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    tragedy

    science fiction

    history

    comedy

    45s
  • Q7

    Continue the phrase from Shakespeare’s play “As You Like It”: “All the world’s …”

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    a fuss

    a game

    a miracle

    a stage

    60s
  • Q8

    Which heroine from a Shakespeare’s play is portrayed in this picture?

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    Ophelia

    Dezdemone

    Katherina

    Juliet

    60s
  • Q9

    The name of what Shakespeare’s play isn’t pronounced by actors?

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    Tempest

    King Lear

    Othello

    Macbeth

    45s
  • Q10

    What Russian composer wrote the music for the ballet “Romeo and Juliet”?

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    N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov

    M.I. Glinka

    P.I. Tchaikovsky

    S.S. Prokofiev

    60s
  • Q11

    Which fact in NOT true about Shakespeare?

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    He never attended a university.

    He was also an actor.

    He put a curse on his grave so that nobody could move his body.

    He had seven children.

    120s
  • Q12

    How many words did Shakespeare introduce to the English language?

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    10000

    6000

    1000

    3000

    45s
  • Q13

    The 23rd of April, known as Shakespeare Day, is the day when he died.

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    true
    false
    True or False
    45s
  • Q14

    A military commander believes his servant that his wife is cheating him and kills her. What play is it?

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    King Lear

    the Taming of the Shrew

    Hamlet

    Othello

    60s
  • Q15

    What actor played the role of Hamlet in a London theatre performance broadcast by the National Theatre Company in 2015?

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    Benedict Cumberbatch

    Tom Hardy

    Cillian Murphy

    Colin Firth

    60s

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