Shakespeare quiz - Answers

1. When was Shakespeare born?

January 29^th 1564
April 22^nd  1616
April 23^rd 1564

2. What did Shakespeare study at university?

English Literature

Classical History

Philosophy

None of the above

3. Which of these plays did Shakespeare not write?

Othello

Macbeth

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

King Lear

4. Who was Hamlet?

A character in one of Shakespeare’s plays

Shakespeare’s son

Shakespeare’s rich friend

Both a and b are correct

5. Shakespeare introduced more than 3000 new words in the English dictionary. Which of these words or expressions were made up by him?

Slings and arrows

Internet

Kill two birds with a stone

6. What was one of the reasons that drove Shakespeare to become a poet?

He fell in love and was greatly inspired

Theatres closed and he had to swift from playwriting to poetry

He was bored

7. When did Shakespeare die?

April 23^rd  1616

September 4^th 1621

January 6^th 1617