Question 1

How many plays did Shakespeare write?
How many sonnets?
How many tragedies?
How many comedies?
How many histories?

Question 2

In what plays would you find the following lines:
"It's all Greek to me."
"Methinks the lady doth protest too much."
"Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him well."

Question 3

What was his first play?

What was his last play?

Question 4

Which two tragic characters were also victims of "the falling sickness" (epilepsy)?

Question 5

How many characters are called "King" in the tragedies?

Question 6

In Romeo and Juliet, who is the last person revealed as dead?

Question 7

When the Prince of Verona, in Romeo and Juliet says, "And I have lost a brace of kinsmen," to whom is he referring?

Question 8

Which plays have ghosts in them?

Question 9

In what play do you find the line "Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war"?
In what major science fiction film of 1991 was the line used?

Question 10

For the usurping uncle to take the throne it was necessary for the young heir to die. How often in the histories did this happen?

Question 11

Shakespeare gave his ladies some unusual names. Where would you find --
Perdita and Hermione?
Marina?
Hero?
Hermia and Hippolyta?
Imogen?
Volumnia and Virgilia?

Question 12

How many sets of twins are there in the plays?

Question 13

In how many plays does the character of Falstaff appear?

Just for fun, for diligent Star Trek fans who also like Shakespeare (no promises on the answers here, but I'll reveal what I remember):

Question 14

What episode of Classic Star Trek featured a Shakespearean acting company and what play did they perform on board the Enterprise?

Question 15

On the holodeck Data performed a Shakespeare scene in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Identify the episode, the character, and the play? Bonus points for identifying the act and scene.

Question 16

An away team is forced to form an acting company while trapped in the 19th century. Identify the episode and the Shakespeare play they were "performing"? Bonus points for identifying the act and scene.

Question 17

How many passages can you identify in Picard's declaration of love in Menage a Troi?

Scattered Shakespeare

When an actor has memorized far too many lines it is easy to get them mixed up, one line flowing into another, though from different plays. Here's an offering of Scattered Shakespeare. See how many plays you can identify in a single passage.