Ancient History
The Roman Empire went as far east as the Tigris River, while this man's empire reached all the way to India
Alexander the Great
Mercutio declares "A plague o' both your houses" in this play
Romeo and Juliet
The correct plural of "commander in chief"
commanders in chief
At one point, this largest island in the world is only about 10 miles from Canada
Greenland
A venomous tooth
fang
At 16, Prince Siddhartha, later known as this, married his cousin
Buddha
"Beware the ides of March" is a line from this play
Julius Caesar
It's the most commonly used punctuation mark
comma
Nippon is the native name for this country
Japan
One definition of this word is "a band of antisocial adolescents"
gang
The earliest boats on the Nile were made of bundles of this reed lashed together with rope
Papyrus
The basic situation of this play resembles the Elizabethan ballad "A Merry Jest of a Shrewd and Curst Wife"
The Taming of the Shrew
Verbs whose past tense forms don't use the "ed", like swam for swim, are called this
irregular
The Persian Gulf is an arm of the Arabian Sea, which is part of this ocean
Indian Ocean
In common usage, it can precede up, over, out & in there
hang
From age 7 to 60, males in this Greek city-state ate in government barracks, not at home
Sparta
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" says, "The course of true love never did" this
Run smooth
As higher is the comparative of high, highest is this form
superlative
In 1976 Manila replaced Quezon City as the official capital of this country
Philippines
This noun is defined as the harsh cry of a bird or the loud ringing of an anvil
clang
The Dardanelles, which separates Europe & Asia, was called this, after Hella, a legendary girl who fell into it
the Hellespont
This "tale" was acted at court in November 1611, a bit early for its title
The Winter's Tale
The 3 case forms for a pronoun are subjective, objective & this
possessive
Belize & parts of Mexico & Guatemala are located on this peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula
A short spasm of pain, whether emotional or physical
pang