How Much Do You Know About Shakespeare? Trivia Quiz

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For along while, we've had a post about local Shakespeare in the park events on our blog - we're updating it for the year and decided to add a fun (we think) Shakespeare trivia quiz too.
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For a log time, we’ve had a post detailing many of the summer Shakespeare in the Park events in the area. In updating it this year, we decided to go ahead and add a Shakespeare trivia quiz. But we put it in its own post as well, so it will appear in our trivia area. You can take it in either place.

About the Shakespeare trivia quiz

The quiz is 15 questions long which are drawn at random from our bank of Shakespeare questions. Which means that it may not be the same quiz if you take it more than once. Additionally, we may be adding more Shakespeare questions as time goes on. The questions are mostly multiple choice, but we may mix in a few fill in the blanks or text answers here and there and some questions may be choose ALL of the correct answers. Answers for multiple choice questions are randomly sorted.

At the end, if you pass, you’ll have the opportunity, if you are registered and logged in, to put a badge on your profile. We like our participation medals!

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Shakespeare Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about Shakespeare?

This is a 15-question quiz with random answers from our question bank of questions about Shakespeare, his life, his plays, etc. The questions are mostly multiple choice with possibly a few fill-in-the blanks. We may add questions to the bank as time goes on, so the quiz may vary if you retake it.

A “passing” score is 75%.

Think we made a mistake? The questions have a “report” button in the lower right hand corner if you disagree with our identification.

We’ve started awarding profile badges for quizzes again. If you pass the quiz, you’ll see a link to add the badge in the success message. You can only add a badge if you are a logged in user, however.

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Which phrase(s) originated with Shakespeare?

2 / 15

Cordelia is a character in which Shakespeare play?

3 / 15

“Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.” Name the play.

4 / 15

My kingdom for a

5 / 15

There is a theory that Shakespeare played which character in Hamlet?

6 / 15

Where did Shakespeare die?

7 / 15

The Globe was the London playhouse most commonly associated with Shakespeare. Choose other theaters that were associated with his plays during his lifetime.

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What is Shakespeare’s longest play?

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Where was Shakespeare born?

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Which movie actor did NOT play Hamlet on screen?

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Shakespeare coined the word “bedazzled.”

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What was Shakespeare’s first play?

13 / 15

The characters Titania and Oberon are from which Shakespeare play?

14 / 15

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” Name the play.

15 / 15

Which quote or term originated with Shakesepare?

If you would like to add your name to your quiz answers or receive an email with your quiz answers, you can fill in the fields below. This is NOT required. If you’d like to register and log in, you can keep track of your quizzes in your user account and earn badges if you take quizzes as a logged-in user.

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One good resource for some facts about Shakespeare’s life is the Folger Shakespeare Library. But don’t peek before the quiz!

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