Shakespeare Quiz

Research these before you check the answers below.
  1. When was Shakespeare born?

  2. How many plays and sonnets did Shakespeare write?

  3. Was Shakespeare ever in "love"?

  4. Who said "O, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo"?

  5. The line "To be or not to be" comes from which play?
    1. King Lear
    2. Richard II
    3. Julius Caesar
    4. Hamlet

  6. Was Shakespeare born in
    1. Stratford-upon-Avon
    2. London
    3. Venice
    4. New York

  7. The Globe was
    1. A Roman Amphitheater
    2. An Elizabethan Theatre
    3. An Elizabethan sports stadium
    4. A famous map of the world

  8. True or False: Was Shakespeare an actor as well as a poet and playwright?

  9. True or false: Was the movie "Shakespeare in Love", a true story?

  10. True or False: Is there is a monument of Shakespeare in Stratford today?

  11. Did Shakespeare invent words?


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