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Books Quiz - Author - William Shakespeare 3 (Questions)

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.

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Fascinating Fact:

Shakespeare’s language helped shape modern English, adding many new words and phrases still used today.

In Specialist Books, this quiz looks at how William Shakespeare’s inventive use of vocabulary, rhythm and imagery has influenced English, from everyday sayings to literary style.

Key Terms

Neologism: A newly created word or expression that enters a language.
Idiom: A common phrase whose meaning is not obvious from the individual words.
Blank verse: Unrhymed lines of poetry, often written in a regular rhythm such as iambic pentameter.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How did Shakespeare change the English language?

Shakespeare changed English by experimenting with word order, inventing or popularising new words, and coining memorable phrases. His plays helped fix many of these expressions in everyday use.

Did Shakespeare really invent lots of English words?

Many words appear in print for the first time in Shakespeare’s works, so he is often credited with inventing them. In some cases he may have recorded existing spoken usage.

Which Shakespeare phrases are still used today?

Common examples include “in a pickle,” “wild-goose chase,” “break the ice” and “heart of gold.” These phrases began in his plays but are now part of everyday English.

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3.

Queen Elinor is the mother of which title character?

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In Julius Caesar, Portia is wife to whom?

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In Hamlet, what is the name of the sentry who speaks the opening line?

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Books Quiz - Author - William Shakespeare 3 (Answers)

1.

What was Shakespeare's mother's maiden name?

[ ]	Mary Afton
[x]	Mary Arden
[ ]	Mary Auden
[ ]	Mary Avon

Mary Arden's House still stands in Wilmcote, near Stratord-upon-Avon

2.

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
[x]	Measure for Measure

She is Claudio's pregnant lover

3.

Queen Elinor is the mother of which title character?

[ ]	Hamlet
[x]	King John
[ ]	Henry V
[ ]	Richard II

She is based on Eleanor of Aquitane

4.

In The Taming of the Shrew, what is Christopher Sly's profession?

[ ]	Baker
[ ]	Brewer
[ ]	Tailor
[x]	Tinker

A drunkard, Christopher Sly is a minor character in the play

5.

In the opening scene of The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Valentine is leaving Verona to visit where?

[x]	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

6.

In Julius Caesar, Portia is wife to whom?

[x]	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

7.

What was the name of Shakespeare's eldest child, born six months after his marriage to Anne Hathaway?

[ ]	Samantha
[ ]	Sarah
[ ]	Stephanie
[x]	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?

[x]	Barnardo
[ ]	Francisco
[ ]	Horatio
[ ]	Marcellus

The line is 'Who's there?'

9.

What was the first name of Shakespeare's younger brother, who became an actor?

[ ]	Edgar
[x]	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

10.

Virgilia is the wife of which title character?

[x]	Coriolanus
[ ]	Cymbeline
[ ]	Pericles
[ ]	Timon of Athens

Coriolanus was a legendary Roman general, said to have lived in the 5th Century BC