William Shakespeare Quiz

Q1) On which date is William Shakespeare's birthday traditionally celebrated?

22nd April

23rd April

24th April

25th April

Q2) In which English town was William Shakespeare born?

Stratford-upon-Avon

York

Warwick

Kenilworth

Q3) What was William Shakespeare's father's occupation?

Blacksmith

Butcher

Farmer

Glover

Q4) Who did William Shakespeare marry on 27th November 1582?

Mary Arden

Anne Whateley

Anne Hathaway

Susanna Hall

Q5) How many children did William and Anne have together?

Three

Four

Two

One

Q6) According to legend, for which crime was William Shakespeare hauled before a Warwickshire magistrate?

Rape

Poaching

Drunkenness

Beating a man

Q7) Which of Shakespeare's play is thought to be the first to be performed?

Richard III

Henry VI Part II

Comedy of Errors

Henry VI Part I

Q8) How many plays were in the "First Folio", the first comprehensive collection of Shakespeare's plays which was published in 1623?

37

39

36

38

Q9) How many sonnets is William Shakespeare believed to have written?

154

157

162

170

Q10) Many everyday phrases come from Shakespeare's works, but from which play do "Vanish into thin air" and "Wear your heart on your sleeve" come from?

King Lear

Macbeth

Othello

Romeo and Juliet

Q11) How old was William Shakespeare when he died?

62

52

55

71

Q12) Shakespeare's epitaph, which is said to have been written by him, reads: "Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones." But where is he buried?

Warwick

Greenwich, London

Gloucester

Stratford-upon-Avon