Shakespeare in Love Quiz Questions
1. What is the name of the play that William Shakespeare is struggling to write?
(a) Hamlet
(b) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(c) The Merchant of Venice
(d) Romeo and Juliet
2. Who plays the female lead in Shakespeare’s play?
(a) Viola de Lesseps
(b) Lady Elizabeth
(c) Rosaline
(d) Ophelia
3. What is Thomas Kent’s real name?
(a) Rosalind
(b) Juliet
(c) Ophelia
(d) Viola de Lesseps
4. Who is Viola’s arranged fiancé?
(a) Lord Wessex
(b) Christopher Marlowe
(c) Philip Henslowe
(d) Ned Alleyn
5. Who is Shakespeare’s rival playwright?
(a) Christopher Marlowe
(b) Philip Henslowe
(c) Ned Alleyn
(d) Lord Wessex
6. What happens to Christopher Marlowe?
(a) He marries Viola
(b) He is killed in a duel
(c) He flees to France
(d) He becomes a successful actor
7. Who is the patron of the theater where Shakespeare’s plays are performed?
(a) Queen Elizabeth I
(b) Lord Wessex
(c) Philip Henslowe
(d) Ned Alleyn
8. What is the name of the theater where Shakespeare’s plays are performed?
(a) The Globe Theatre
(b) The Rose Theatre
(c) The Swan Theatre
(d) The Fortune Theatre
9. What is the name of the character who plays Romeo in Shakespeare’s play?
(a) Thomas Kent
(b) Ned Alleyn
(c) Hugh Fennyman
(d) William Shakespeare
10. What is the name of Viola de Lesseps’s father?
(a) Lord Wessex
(b) Lord Hunsdon
(c) Sir Toby Belch
(d) Christopher Marlowe
11. Who is the Queen of England in the film?
(a) Queen Elizabeth I
(b) Queen Mary I
(c) Queen Victoria
(d) Queen Anne
12. What is the name of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men?
(a) The King’s Men
(b) The Queen’s Men
(c) The Admiral’s Men
(d) The Lord Chamberlain’s Men
13. What is the name of the young nobleman who falls in love with Viola?
(a) Lord Wessex
(b) Lord Hunsdon
(c) Sir Toby Belch
(d) Christopher Marlowe
14. What is the name of the character who plays Romeo in Shakespeare’s play?
(a) Joseph Fiennes
(b) Gwyneth Paltrow
(c) Judi Dench
(d) Geoffrey Rush
15. What is the name of the character who plays Juliet in Shakespeare’s play?
(a) Gwyneth Paltrow
(b) Judi Dench
(c) Joseph Fiennes
(d) Geoffrey Rush
16. What is the name of the character who plays Nurse to Juliet?
(a) Geoffrey Rush
(b) Gwyneth Paltrow
(c) Joseph Fiennes
(d) Imelda Staunton
17. What is the name of the character who plays the playwright Christopher Marlowe?
(a) Rupert Everett
(b) Ben Affleck
(c) Colin Firth
(d) Jim Carter
18. What is the name of the character who plays Will Kempe?
(a) Patrick Barlow
(b) Rupert Everett
(c) Colin Firth
(d) Jim Carter
19. What is the name of the character who plays Richard Burbage?
(a) Colin Firth
(b) Ben Affleck
(c) Martin Clunes
(d) Jim Carter
20. What is the name of the character who plays Ned Alleyn?
(a) Iwan Rheon
(b) Ben Affleck
(c) Colin Firth
(d) Jim Carter
21. What is the name of the character who plays Queen Elizabeth I?
(a) Anthony Sher
(b) Ben Affleck
(c) Colin Firth
(d) Judi Dench
22. What is the name of the character who plays the rival playwright Philip Henslowe?
(a) Geoffrey Rush
(b) Ben Affleck
(c) Colin Firth
(d) Jim Carter
23. Where does Viola go to escape her arranged marriage?
(a) The Globe Theatre
(b) The Rose Theatre
(c) The Swan Theatre
(d) The Fortune Theatre
24. Who is the producer of the movie “Shakespeare in love”?
(a) Marc Norman
(b) Tom Stoppard
(c) David Parfitt
(d) David Gamble
25. Who is the director of the movie “Shakespeare in Love”?
(a) Martin Scorsese
(b) John Madden
(c) Christopher Nolan
(d) Quentin Tarantino
Shakespeare in Love Quiz Questions with Answers
1. What is the name of the play that William Shakespeare is struggling to write?
(d) Romeo and Juliet
2. Who plays the female lead in Shakespeare’s play?
(a) Viola de Lesseps
3. What is Thomas Kent’s real name?
(d) Viola de Lesseps
4. Who is Viola’s arranged fiancé?
(a) Lord Wessex
5. Who is Shakespeare’s rival playwright?
(a) Christopher Marlowe
6. What happens to Christopher Marlowe?
(b) He is killed in a duel
7. Who is the patron of the theater where Shakespeare’s plays are performed?
(a) Queen Elizabeth I
8. What is the name of the theater where Shakespeare’s plays are performed?
(a) The Globe Theatre
9. What is the name of the character who plays Romeo in Shakespeare’s play?
(d) William Shakespeare
10. What is the name of Viola de Lesseps’s father?
(b) Lord Hunsdon
11. Who is the Queen of England in the film?
(a) Queen Elizabeth I
12. What is the name of the Lord Chamberlain’s Men?
(d) The Lord Chamberlain’s Men
13. What is the name of the young nobleman who falls in love with Viola?
(a) Lord Wessex
14. What is the name of the character who plays Romeo in Shakespeare’s play?
(a) Joseph Fiennes
15. What is the name of the character who plays Juliet in Shakespeare’s play?
(a) Gwyneth Paltrow
16. What is the name of the character who plays Nurse to Juliet?
(d) Imelda Staunton
17. What is the name of the character who plays the playwright Christopher Marlowe?
(c) Colin Firth
18. What is the name of the character who plays Will Kempe?
(a) Patrick Barlow
19. What is the name of the character who plays Richard Burbage?
(c) Martin Clunes
20. What is the name of the character who plays Ned Alleyn?
(b) Ben Affleck
21. What is the name of the character who plays Queen Elizabeth I?
(d) Judi Dench
22. What is the name of the character who plays the rival playwright Philip Henslowe?
(a) Geoffrey Rush
23. Where does Viola go to escape her arranged marriage?
(a) The Globe Theatre
24. Who is the producer of the movie “Shakespeare in love”?
(c) David Parfitt
25. Who is the director of the movie “Shakespeare in Love”?
(b) John Madden
