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1 Christopher Sly is a drunken tinker in which Shakespeare play?
A Taming of the Shrew. A lord tricks Christopher Sly by dressing him in finery and pretending he is a nobleman.
2 Launcelot Gobbo is Bassanio’s servant in which Shakespeare play?
A Merchant of Venice. He initially serves Shylock, but later joins Bassanio’s household.
3 ‘We few, we happy few, we band of brothers’ is from which of Shakespeare’s plays?
A King Henry V. Specifically, it’s part of the St. Crispin’s Day speech, given by King Henry before the Battle of Agincourt.
4 Which Shakespeare play features the Battle of Agincourt?
A Henry the Fifth
5 In which Shakespeare play do we get the song “Who is Sylvia”?
A The Two Gentlemen of Verona, specifically in Act 4, Scene 2. It’s sung by Proteus, who is trying to woo Sylvia, while Julia, disguised as a page, watches.
6 Which Shakespeare play begins – “In delivering my son from me, I bury a second husband”?
A All’s Well That Ends Well. The Countess of Rousillon speaks this line in Act I, Scene 1.
7 Which of Shakespeare’s English Kings has the most lines to say?
A Richard III. Richard III speaks 1,124 lines, while King Henry V follows him with 1,025 lines. Overall, Hamlet leads all Shakespearean characters with 1,422 lines.
8 The Two Gentlemen of Verona, and which other Shakespeare play is set in Verona?
A Romeo and Juliet. Both plays feature Verona as a major setting, though the public associates Romeo and Juliet more closely with the city because of its tragic love story.
9 Sisters Kate and Bianca appear in which of Shakespeare’s plays?
A The Taming of the Shrew. In the play, set in Padua, Lucentio and other suitors pursue Bianca, but are told by her father, Baptista, that her bad-tempered older sister, Katherine, must marry first.
10 What is the name of the play-within-the-play in Shakespeare’s tragedy “Hamlet”?
A “The Murder of Gonzago”, also known as “The Mousetrap”. Hamlet devises this play to see how Claudius will react to a performance mirroring the murder of his father.