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William Shakespeare Quiz

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Vincent Augustine D'Souza

William Shakespeare Quiz Questions

1) When wasWilliam Shakespeare born?

William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

a) 23 April 1564
b) 15 July 1580
c) 25 December 1600
d) 1 January 1601

2) Where was William Shakespeare born?
a) London
b) New York
c) Paris
d) Stratford-on-Avon

3) Whom did William Shakespeare marry?
a) Anne Hathaway
b) Mary Tudor
c) Jane Grey
d) Elizabeth Newson

4) By how many years William Shakespeare‘s wife was older to William Shakespeare?
a) Five
b) Eight
c) Six
d) Nine

5) How many plays did William Shakespeare write?
a) 10
b) 15
c) 24
d) 37

6) How many Acts are in William Shakespeare’s plays?
a) Three
b) Four
c) Five
d) Six

7) Who is the Shrew in the play The Taming of the Shrew?
a) Bianca
b) Cleopatra
c) Katherine
d) Matilda

8) Which play has the characters Cordelia, Goneril and Regan?
a) Pericles
b) King Lear
c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
d) Cymbeline

9) Which is the last play written by William Shakespeare?
a) As you like it
b) Two Gentlemen from Verona
c) Henry V
d) The Tempest

10) When did William Shakespeare die?
a) 31 December 1707
b) 24 January 1649
c) 3 March 1626
d) 23 April 1616

William Shakespeare Quiz Questions with Answers

1) When was William Shakespeare born?
a) 23 April 1564

2) Where was William Shakespeare born?
d) Stratford-on-Avon

3) Whom did William Shakespeare marry?
a) Anne Hathaway

4) By how many years William Shakespeare‘s wife was older to William Shakespeare?
b) Eight

5) How many plays did William Shakespeare write?
d) 37

6) How many Acts are in William Shakespeare’s plays?
c) Five

7) Who is the Shrew in the play The Taming of the Shrew?
c) Katherine

8) Which play has the characters Cordelia, Goneril and Regan?
b) King Lear

9) Which is the last play written by William Shakespeare?
d) The Tempest

10) When did William Shakespeare die?
d) 23 April 1616

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Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:35:42.

21 thoughts on “William Shakespeare Quiz”

  1. misty says:
    November 1, 2010 at 6:40 pm

    thanks 4 such info

    Reply
    1. Ishan says:
      June 16, 2016 at 10:49 am

      Need more questions .

      Reply
  2. veronika says:
    May 17, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    i really know who is william shakespeare i love to learn who is he

    Reply
  3. chetna chhabra says:
    July 11, 2012 at 8:51 pm

    It is toooo good iske bina to mai apna test hi clear nhi kar pati thanksssssss for go4quiz

    Reply
  4. Locksmith information says:
    August 16, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    Shakespeare is the greatest poet that I ever know. And it’s overwhelming to learn more about him. Some of the information here were new in my insights and I’m glad to be the fortunate one to know this.

    Reply
  5. Ziyad says:
    November 1, 2012 at 8:11 am

    I wonder what nationality shakespeare was? Some say he was egyptian!

    Reply
  6. kelly says:
    April 23, 2013 at 10:23 pm

    shakespeare was def british

    Reply
  7. neha says:
    May 19, 2014 at 2:09 pm

    thnks4 great knowledge about shakespeare.

    Reply
  8. rubi says:
    May 19, 2014 at 7:12 pm

    thanks for the great thing

    Reply
  9. Sudhir bajpai says:
    November 1, 2014 at 11:29 am

    Really authentic

    Reply
  10. kirralee says:
    October 20, 2015 at 12:58 pm

    thanks for this,it helped alot

    Reply
  11. shailesh says:
    April 19, 2016 at 4:54 pm

    good thanks…..

    Reply
  12. prapti panda says:
    July 25, 2016 at 3:17 pm

    acchhaaaaaaaaaa hei mujhe apne assembly presentation ke liye bahut help kiyaaa. thankkkksssss a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  13. Sergios walters says:
    September 9, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    William shakespeare novel is the most novel series i like best.its very interesting

    Reply
  14. nyee says:
    October 19, 2016 at 5:28 pm

    thank u

    Reply
  15. ghazal says:
    November 21, 2016 at 1:57 pm

    Good but need more information about Shakespeare

    Reply
  16. Yajat says:
    January 19, 2017 at 3:23 pm

    I want more question

    Reply
  17. Neeraj gupta says:
    November 14, 2017 at 5:48 pm

    It’s help me in preparation of my exam
    So tnx you dear??

    Reply
  18. Aishwarya says:
    February 21, 2018 at 4:21 pm

    It was good but it can have some more questions because its good but informations r not enough for Quizz

    Reply
  19. priti Singh says:
    August 6, 2018 at 2:00 pm

    We need more informations on Shakespeare. Very common questions have been asked.

    Reply
  20. Deepti sharma says:
    September 24, 2018 at 8:17 pm

    Need more and more question on the tempest and hamlet.

    Reply

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