William Shakespeare Quiz - 23 Trivia Questions!

Step into the world of the Bard himself with the William Shakespeare Quiz. Test your knowledge of his timeless plays, sonnets, and the enduring impact of his literary contributions on the world of theater and literature.

What is the poetic form of Shakespeare's blank verse?

A rhymed quatrain
Iambic pentameter
Polyphonic meter
Inverse quatrain

Which English playwright was known as the 'Bard of Avon'?

William Shakespeare
John Milton
Robert Frost
William Shakespeare's mother

Who painted 'The Plays of William Shakespeare'?

The Globe Theatre
The King's Men
Sir John Gilbert
William Shakespeare

Who wrote 'A Dictionary of the English Language', the first serious work of its type?

Samuel Johnson
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
George Washington

What was the name of Shakespeare's daughter who married John Hall in 1607?

Elizabeth
Susanna
Theodora
John Hall

Which 20th century poet and critic argued against Shaw that Shakespeare's 'primitiveness' made him truely modern?

John Keats
William Shakespeare
Charles Dickens
T. S. Eliot

Who collaborated with other playwrights?

Theodore Roosevelt
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
John Milton

What was the name of the first collection of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623?

The Works of Shakespeare
Globe Theatre
Shakespeare's Globe
First Folio

William Ordway Partridge sculpted a statue of William Shakespeare in Lincoln Park in which US city?

San Francisco
Chicago
Minneapolis
New York

In which English town or city was William Shakespeare a pupil at the King's New School?

Bath
Liverpool
London
Stratford

"Who wrote the preface to Shakespeare's ""First Folio""?"

Ben Jonson
Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
Henry VIII

What weapon features on Shakespeare's coat of arms?

Spears
A gun
Guns
Hand axes

In which London church is William Shakespeare buried?

St John's College Chapel
Westminster Cathedral
St. Paul's Cathedral
Holy Trinity Church

Who played Dogberry in Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'?

Michael York
Richard Widmark
Will Kempe
Richard Eyre

Shakespeare's plays were first translated into which European language in the 18th century?

Spanish
English
Germany
Italian

Who was the mother of William Shakespeare?

The Globe Theatre
Elizabeth
Henry VIII
Mary Arden

What was the name of Shakespeare's theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon?

Globe Theatre
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre
Globe

"Which 19th century writer described Shakespeare as ""the most noble, gentlest, yet strongest of rallying signs""?"

Charles Dickens
John Keats
William Shakespeare
Thomas Carlyle

Who was the first wife of William Shakespeare?

Anne Boleyn
Anne Hathaway
Anne Hathaway and her son
Mary Shakespeare

Who directed and starred in the films Macbeth, Othello and Chimes at Midnight?

The King
Alfred Hitchcock
George Washington
Orson Welles

Which was Shakespeare's first play?

The Winter's Tale
Titus Andronicus
The Merchant of Venice
Romeo and Juliet

What is the title of Shakespeare's poem in which Tarquin is raped by a virtuous wife?

The Rape of Lucrece
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Tale of Two Cities
The Death of a Salesman

In which English cathedral is William Shakespeare buried?

Liverpool
Southwark
St Paul's
London
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