20. William Shakespeare retired
from the theatre and went back
to his home town Stratford,
where he lived until his
death.Which year did he retire
and when did he die?
23. My Mum's really cross with me because I
broke the vase. I think it's best if I ___ for
a little while!
Night owl
As dead as a doornail
Lie low
Good riddance packing
24.
25. 2. I have an amazing family, a great job and a beautiful
home. I really do lead ___
Night owl
Mum's the word
As dead as a doornail
A charmed life
26. From Shakespeare's Macbeth, 1605.
MACBETH
Thou losest labour:
As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air
With thy keen sword impress as make me
bleed:
Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests;
I bear a charmed life, which must not
yield,
To one of woman born.
27. 3. Don't worry I won't tell a soul,___.
Green-eyed monster
A charmed life
Mum's the word
Lie low
28. Mum’s the word
A form of the phrase was used in John Palsgrave's 1540
translation of the Latin text The Comedye of Acolastus, "I
dare not to do so moche as put my hande to my mouthe,
and saye mum, is counseyle."
But Shakespeare also used the phrase, in a slightly different
form, in Henry VI, Part 2, "Seal up your lips and give no
words but mum."
From there it became a common way of telling someone to
stay silent.
29. 4. He acted like an idiot, I think you
should ___.
A charmed life
Send him packing
As dead as a doornail
Green-eyed monster
32. From Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor,
1600: Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1600:
From
FALSTAFF:
FALSTAFF:
You shall hear. As good luck would have it, comes in one
You shall hear. As good luck would have it, comes in
Mistress Page; gives intelligence of Ford's approach; and, in
one Mistress Page; gives intelligence ofthey conveyed
her invention and Ford's wife's distraction, Ford's
approach; and, in her invention and Ford's wife's
me into a buck-basket.
distraction, they conveyed me into a buck-basket.
The expression is now usually shortened to simply 'as luck
would have it'.
The expression is now usually shortened to simply 'as
luck would have it'.
33. Gemma is a ___! She's jealous of everyone!
As dead as a doornail
Lie low
Night owl
Green-eyed monster
34. Green Eyed Monster
The phrase was used by, and possibly coined by,
Shakespeare to denote jealousy, in The Merchant
of Venice, 1596:
Portia:
How all the other passions fleet to air,
As doubtful thoughts, and rash-embraced despair,
And shuddering fear, and green-eyed jealousy! O
love,
Be moderate; allay thy ecstasy,
35. I've been a real ___ since I started university.
It's normal for me to stay awake until 3 in the
morning.
Send him packing
Good riddance
Green-eyed monster
Night owl
As dead as a doornail
37. 'Are you sure the mouse is dead'?
‘Definitely ___'.
Night owl
A charmed life
Good riddance
Lie low
38. “Good riddance” serves as a phrase of relief after an
unpleasant encounter or revelation. It also served as the title
of a popular song by Green Day, though most commonly refer
to the song as “Time of Your Life.” It has also been used as the
name of a punk rock band and the title of a classic French-
language Canadian film from 1981. All these Pop Culture
representatives can thank Shakespeare for penning the phrase
for the character of Patroclus in his Troilus and Cressida, where
it originally appears as “A good riddance” (II.i).
40. His parents were unhappy that he
had married a girl much older to
him.Does this really mean
that________________________
41. Love is blind
This was coined by Shakespeare and was quite a
favourite line of his. It appears in several of his
plays, including Two Gentlemen of Verona, Henry
V and The Merchant Of Venice; for example, this
piece from The Merchant Of Venice, 1596:
44. She is a Venetian beauty who enrages
and disappoints her father, a Venetian
senator, when she elopes with a man
several years her senior. Her husband is
manipulated into believing she is an
adulteress, and, in the last act, she is
murdered by her estranged spouse.Who
is she?/
46. She is a young woman of aristocratic birth, and
the play's protagonist. Washed up on the shore
of Illyria when her ship is wrecked in a storm,
she decides to make her own way in the world.
She disguises herself as a young man, calling
herself "Cesario," and becomes a page to Duke
Orsino. She ends up falling in love with Orsino
— even as the woman Orsino is courting, falls
in love with Cesario. Which female character
are we talking here??
47. Viola is the leading character in the play,Twelfth
Night.When Viola disguises herself as a male, she
assumes the name “Cesario,” or “LittleCaesar.” This
counterfeit male is reputed to be very handsome.
48. A rich, beautiful, and intelligent heiress, she
is bound by the lottery set forth in her
father's will, which gives potential suitors the
chance to choose between three caskets
composed of gold, silver and lead. If they
choose the right casket – the casket
containing her portrait – they win her hand in
marriage. If they choose the wrong casket,
they must leave and never seek another
woman in marriage. Who is she??
50. She is the wife to the play's
protagonist, a Scottish nobleman. After
goading him into committing regicide,
she becomes Queen of Scotland, but
later suffers pangs of guilt for her part
in the crime. She dies off-stage in the
last act, an apparent suicide.Identify
her.
52. One of the main characters of William
Shakespeare’s The Tempest. She was
banished to the Island along with her father
at the age of three, and in the subsequent
twelve years has lived with her father and
their slave, Caliban, as her only company.
She is openly compassionate and unaware
of the evils of the world that surrounds her,
learning of her father's fate only as the play
begins.
54. She is a young noblewoman of
Denmark, the daughter of Polonius,
sister of Laertes, and potential wife
of Prince Hamlet. As one of the few
female characters in the play, she is
used as a contrasting plot device to
Hamlet's mother, Gertrude.
56. She is the youngest of the three daughters,
and her father’s favorite. After her elderly
father offers her the opportunity to profess
her love to him in return for one third of the
land in his kingdom, she refuses and is
banished for the majority of the play.Name
the female character.
58. She is the daughter of the exiled Duke
Senior and niece to his usurping brother
Duke Frederick. Her father is banished from
the kingdom which breaks her heart. She
then meets Orlando and falls in love with
him. After angering her uncle, she leaves his
court for exile in the Forest of Arden. There,
she lives disguised as a shepherd named
Ganymede with her sweet and devoted
cousin, Celia.
61. She is the queen of the fairies. Due to
Shakespeare's influence, later fiction
has often used her name for fairy queen
characters.Who is this character?
65. When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
a) The Taming of the Shrew
b) King Lear
c) The Tempest
d) Macbeth
66. First Witch. When shall we three meet again
In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
Second Witch. When the hurlyburly's done,
When the battle's lost and won.
Macbeth (1.1)
67. Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of
York;
) Richard III
b) Twelfth Night
c) Edward III
d) Hamlet
68. GLOUCESTER:
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York;
And all the clouds that lour'd upon our
house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
69. Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our
scene.
a) The Two Gentlemen of Verona
b) Romeo and Juliet
c) Measure for Measure
d) King John
70. Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;
Whole misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents' strife.
Romeo and Juliet (1.1)
71. Tush! never tell me; I take it much
unkindly
That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse
As if the strings were thine, shouldst
know of this.
a) Titus Andronicus
b) The Merchant of Venice
c) Richard II
d) Othello
72. RODERIGO. Tush! never tell me; I take it much
unkindly
That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse
As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of
this.
IAGO. 'Sblood, but you will not hear me:
If ever I did dream of such a matter, Abhor me.
RODERIGO. Thou told'st me thou didst hold him
in thy hate.
Othello (1.1)
73. Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial
hour
Draws on apace; four happy days
bring in
Another moon.
a) Much Ado About Nothing
b) A Midsummer Night's Dream
c) 1 Henry IV
d) Love's Labour's Lost
74. Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour
Draws on apace; four happy days bring in
Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow
This old moon wanes! she lingers my desires,
Like to a step-dame or a dowager
Long withering out a young man revenue.
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1.1)
75. O for a Muse of fire, that would
ascend
The brightest heaven of invention,
A kingdom for a stage, princes to
act
And monarchs to behold the
swelling scene!
a) Hamlet
b) Pericles
c) Henry V
d) 1 Henry VI
76. Chorus. O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend
The brightest heaven of invention,
A kingdom for a stage, princes to act
And monarchs to behold the swelling scene!
Henry V (1.1)
77. As I remember, Adam, it was upon this
fashion
bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand
crowns,
and, as thou sayest, charged my brother, on
his
blessing, to breed me well: and there begins
my
sadness.
a) The Merry Wives of Windsor
b) Timon of Athens
c) As You Like It
d) Coriolanus
78. ORLANDO. As I remember, Adam, it was
upon this fashion
bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand
crowns,
and, as thou sayest, charged my brother, on
his
blessing, to breed me well: and there begins
my
sadness.
As You Like It (1.1)
79. So shaken as we are, so wan
with care,
Find we a time for frighted
peace to pant,
And breathe short-winded
accents of new broils
To be commenced in strands
afar remote.
a) 1 Henry IV
b) Richard II
c) Henry VIII
d) Julius Caesar
80. KING HENRY IV. So shaken as
we are, so wan with care,
Find we a time for frighted
peace to pant,
And breathe short-winded
accents of new broils
To be commenced in strands
afar remote.
No more the thirsty entrance
of this soil
Shall daub her lips with her
own children's blood;
1 Henry IV (1.1)
118. Where does Twelfth Night take place? What is Malvolio’s position?
(A) England (A) He is Orsino’s fool
(B) Illyria (B) He is Viola’s butler
(C) Ruritania (C) He is Sir Toby’s butler
(D) Denmark (D) He is Olivia’s steward
Why is Olivia unwilling to receive any
visitors?
(A) She is hideously deformed
(B) She is terribly shy
(C) She cannot speak
(D) She is in mourning for her dead brother
Why is Sir Andrew Aguecheek staying at
Olivia’s home?
Who does Olivia marry?
(A) He is her uncle
(B) He is trying to court Maria (A) Sebastian
(C) He is trying to court Olivia (B) Antonio
(D) He is Malvolio’s brother (C) Orsino
(D) Malvolio
119. ENGLAND
SHE IS MOURNING FOR HER BROTHER
HE IS TRYING TO COURT OLIVIA
HE IS SIR TOBY’S BUTLER
SEBASTIAN
120. Which one of Lear’s counselors reprimands Before the battle between the French and
the king for exiling his daughter? English armies, to whose camp is Lear
brought?
(A) Albany
(B) Kent (A) Cordelia’s
(C) Cornwall (B) Edmund’s
(D) Edmund (C) Gloucester’s
When Lear visits Goneril, what does she (D) Albany’s
demand of him?
(A) That he acknowledge her as the sole What happens to Cordelia and Lear at the
queen of the realm end of the play?
(B) That he send away some of his knights
(C) That he execute Cordelia (A) Both of them kill themselves
(D) That he send away the Fool (B) She is hanged in prison and he dies
weeping over her body
When Lear tells Regan that Goneril has (C) She marries Edgar and his kingdom gets
wronged him, what does Regan advise him to restored
do? (D) They order Regan and Goneril to be
executed
(A) Kill himself
(B) Banish Goneril
(C) Make Regan the sole queen
(D) Go to Goneril and ask her forgiveness
121. Kent
That he send away some of his knights
Go to Generil...
Cordelia’s
She is hanged and he dies weeping
over her dead body
122. Whom does Caliban mistake for one of What do we see Miranda and Ferdinand
Prospero’s spirits sent to torment him? doing in the play’s final scene?
(A) Stephano (A) Playing cards
(B) Ferdinand (B) Carrying wood
(C) Miranda (C) Playing chess
(D) Trinculo (D) Playing tag
What was Prospero’s title before his position
was usurped and he was forced to flee Italy? What is the name of Alonso’s daughter?
(A) Duke of Milan (A) Claribel
(B) King of Naples (B) Miranda
(C) Duke of Naples (C) Sycorax
(D) Pope of Rome (D) Alonsa
Which mythical figures appear in the wedding
masque Prospero stages for Miranda and
Ferdinand?
(A) Cupid, Venus, and Mars
(B) Jupiter and Saturn
(C) Ceres, Iris, and Juno
(D) Isis and Osiris
123. TRINCULO
DUKE OF MILAN
CERES, IRIS, AND JUNO
PLAYING CHESS
CLARIBEL
124. According to Oliver, what would Orlando How much time does Duke Frederick allow
bring to a wrestling match with Charles? Oliver to find Orlando?
(A) A strong competitive edge (A) One year
(B) A lust for prize money (B) One month
(C) Poison, or some other deceitful means of (C) One week
securing victory (D) A fortnight
(D) An comprehensive knowledge of strategic
physical combat
At what event do Orlando and Rosalind
meet?
With whom does Oliver fall in love?
(A) The wedding of Duke Frederick
(A) Rosalind
(B) A wrestling match
(B) Phoebe
(C) A public execution
(C) Aliena
(D) A traveling circus
(D) Audrey
What name does Rosalind assume for her
disguised self?
(A) Ganymede
(B) Jove
(C) Harry
(D) Icarus
125. Poison, or some other deceitful means
of securing victory
) A wrestling match
Ganymede
One year
Aliena
126. Who is chosen to play the lion in the Where do Lysander and Hermia plan to be
craftsmen’s play? married?
(A) Bottom (A) Theseus’s palace
(B) Quince (B) Lysander’s aunt’s house
(C) Peaseblossom (C) The temple of Diana
(D) Snug (D) A forest glade
Which of the young Athenians is first affected
by the love potion? Whom does Demetrius love at the end of the
play?
(A) Lysander
(B) Helena (A) Titania
(C) Hermia (B) Hippolyta
(D) Demetrius (C) Helena
(D) Hermia
Which man does Hermia’s father want her to
marry?
(A) Lysander
(B) Demetrius
(C) Theseus
(D) Philostrate
127. SNUG
LYSANDER
DEMETRIUS
LYSANDER’S AUNT’S HOUSE
HELENA
128. What first attracted Desdemona to Othello? How does Othello kill Desdemona?
(A) His strong hands (A) He stabs her.
(B) His beautifully crafted armor (B) He smothers her.
(C) His handkerchief (C) He strangles her.
(D) The stories he told about his past (D) He beats her to death.
From whom did Desdemona first hear the
“song of ‘Willow’”? On the night of her death, what does
Desdemona ask Emilia to do?
(A) Othello
(B) Her mother’s maid, Barbary (A) Put ribbons in Desdemona’s hair
(C) The clown (B) Sing Desdemona to sleep
(D) Emilia (C) Put Desdemona’s wedding sheets on the
bed
(D) Embroider Desdemona a new
Which of the following epithets is most
handkerchief
commonly applied to Iago throughout the
play?
(A) “Honest”
(B) “Fat”
(C) “Stubborn”
(D) “Ugly”
129. THE STORIES HE TOLD ABOUT HIS PAST
HER MOTHER’S MAID, BARBARY
“HONEST”
HE SMOTHERS HER
PUT DESDEMONA’S WEDDING SHEETS
ON THE BED
130. Who kills Macbeth? What vision does Macbeth have
before he kills Duncan?
(A) Macduff
(B) Banquo (A) He sees a floating head urging him to spill
(C) Lady Macbeth blood.
(D) Malcolm (B) He sees a bloody axe lodged in Duncan’s
brow.
(C) He sees a pale maiden weeping in the
Who kills Banquo?
moonlight.
(D) He sees a floating dagger pointing him to
(A) Macduff
Duncan’s chamber.
(B) Fleance
(C) Macbeth
(D) A group of murderers hired by Macbeth What happens to Lady Macbeth before she
dies?
(A) She is plagued by fits of sleepwalking.
Whom does Macbeth see sitting in his chair (B) She is haunted by the ghost of Duncan.
during the banquet? (C) She sees her children killed in battle.
(D) She sees her children killed by Macbeth.
(A) himself
(B) Banquo’s ghost
(C) Duncan’s ghost
(D) Lady Macbeth
131. MACDUFF
A GROUP OF MURDERERS HIRED BY
MACBETH
DUNCAN’S GHOST
HE SEES A FLOATING DAGGER POINTING
HIM TO DUNCAN’S CHAMBER
SHE IS PLAGUED BY FITS OF
SLEEPWALKING
132. How did Claudius murder King Hamlet? Why, according to Polonius, has Hamlet gone
mad?
(A) By stabbing him through an arras
(B) By pouring poison into his ear (A) He grieves too much for his father.
(C) By ordering him to be hanged (B) He despises Claudius for marrying
(D) By poisoning his wineglass Gertrude.
(C) He is in love with Ophelia.
Which of the following characters cannot see (D) He is jealous of Laertes and longs to
the ghost? return to Wittenberg.
(A) Marcellus
(B) Hamlet
(C) Gertrude Who speaks the famous “To be, or not to be”
(D) Horatio soliloquy?
(A) Claudius
How does Ophelia die? (B) Hamlet
(C) The ghost
(A) Claudius stabs her. (D) Laertes
(B) Hamlet strangles her.
(C) She slits her wrists.
(D) She drowns in the river.
133. BY POURING POISON INTO HIS EAR
GERTRUDE
SHE DROWNS IN THE RIVER.
HE IS IN LOVE WITH OPHELIA
HAMLET
135. Although we read 36 of the plays written by
Shakespeare,he actually wrote 37.Name the play which
has no written record today.
Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets. One
play called "Cardenio" has no written record today.
Only 36 plays can be read today.
