As 2016 is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, we thought a little quiz would be in order.
How will you fare?
No cheating! Pretty sure Google wasn't around in Bardtime.



Answers will be published here at the end of April.

1. When was William Shakespeare born?  ________   How old was he when he died?___

2. How many plays _________ and sonnets _____________ did Shakespeare write?  

3. Which is the only Shakespeare play to come in three parts?  ___________________

4. How did Juliet die?

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5. What did Shakespeare leave his wife in his will?

An unfinished  manuscript   The second best bed   A feathered quill   A letter from the Queen

6. What word is used to describe excessive admiration of Shakespeare? ______________

7. Which  Shakespearean character says “my words fly up, my thoughts remain below”?

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8. Iago is the villain in which Shakespearean play?

Othello              Hamlet           Taming of the shrew            All’s well that ends well

9. Julius Caesar  said this man had a “lean and hungry look”

Brutus Cassius Troilus

10. “Exit, pursued by a bear,” is a stage direction from which Shakespeare play?

A winter’s tale Cymbeline A comedy of  errors

11. What caused the fire that burned down Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in 1613?

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12. Which Shakespearean comedy is set in the Forest of Arden?

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