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Verona - from whence the Two Gentlemen came.
Author - William Shakespeare 3
This quiz explores how Shakespeare’s words shaped English, from newly minted expressions to famous quotations that still appear in books, films, speeches and everyday conversation.
1 .
What was Shakespeare's mother's maiden name?
Mary Afton
Mary Arden
Mary Auden
Mary Avon
Mary Arden's House still stands in Wilmcote, near Stratord-upon-Avon
2 .
Virgilia is the wife of which title character?
Coriolanus
Cymbeline
Pericles
Timon of Athens
Coriolanus was a legendary Roman general, said to have lived in the 5th Century BC
3 .
Apart from Romeo and Juliet, in which other play does a character named Juliet appear?
All's Well That Ends Well
As You Like It
Love's Labour's Lost
Measure for Measure
She is Claudio's pregnant lover
4 .
What was the first name of Shakespeare's younger brother, who became an actor?
Edgar
Edmund
Edward
Edwin
Edmund followed his brother to London for a career on the stage, but sadly he died when he was just 27 years old
5 .
In The Taming of the Shrew, what is Christopher Sly's profession?
Baker
Brewer
Tailor
Tinker
A drunkard, Christopher Sly is a minor character in the play
6 .
Queen Elinor is the mother of which title character?
Hamlet
King John
Henry V
Richard II
She is based on Eleanor of Aquitane
7 .
What was the name of Shakespeare's eldest child, born six months after his marriage to Anne Hathaway?
Samantha
Sarah
Stephanie
Susanna
When Shakespeare died in 1616, he left most of his estate to Susanna. She lived to be 66 years old
8 .
In Hamlet, what is the name of the sentry who speaks the opening line?
Barnardo
Francisco
Horatio
Marcellus
The line is 'Who's there?'
9 .
In the opening scene of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Valentine is leaving Verona to visit where?
Milan
Rome
Turin
Venice
Valentine is going to Milan to broaden his horizons. He asks his friend, Proteus, to come with him, but ends up going alone
10 .
In Julius Caesar, Portia is wife to whom?
Brutus
Cassius
Cicero
Flavius
Portia is based on a real woman, Porcia Catonis, who was the daughter of Cato the Younger and the second wife of Marcus Junius Brutus
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