Shakespeare's Plays
This is the play in which Duke Orsino wishes to overindulge in love to rid himself of it because of his unrequited love with the Countess Olivia. He says, "If music be the food of love, play on."
What is Twelfth Night?
The number of sonnets Shakespeare authored. Hint: It is a three-digit number and the middle digit 5 is the sum of the first and third digits.
What is 154?
This type of poem was revised by Shakespeare to include a different rhyme scheme and the addition of a couplet.
What is a Petrarchan sonnet?
"I do love nothing in the world so well as ___ - is not that strange?"
This is from the play Much Ado About Nothing. Strangely enough, Shakespeare wrote this word instead of thee or thou. Teehee!
What is "you"?
Shakespeare's presumed birthdate and birthplace.
What is April 23, 1564, and Stratford-upon-Avon, England?
The play where the main character pretends to go mad in revenge so that he could kill his uncle, who killed the main character's father, because his father's ghost told him to. The main character dies in a duel.
What is Hamlet?
The last line of Sonnet 18, which emphasizes the theme of the speaker's beloved being immortalized in the poem.
What is "So long lives this, and this gives life to thee."?
This poem title from Twelfth Night is a Latin phrase which means "seize the day".
What is "Carpe Diem"?
"We must obey the ____."
This quote is from Othello, and it might metaphorically fly when you're having fun.
What is "time"?
True or False: Shakespeare's wife, Anne Hathaway, was older than him. They had 3 children.
What is true?
A king divides his kingdom up between 2 of his daughters who flatter him. He banishes his third daughter, but the other 2 daughters don't let him into their homes during a storm. His third daughter comes back to attack with an army and everyone dies.
What is King Lear?
The condition of the speaker's beloved from Sonnet 43, a love poem, and where he sees her.
What is dead and in his dreams?
The title of this poem includes one of Shakespeare's most famous quotes connecting theater to life and death, "And all the men and women merely players,"
What is "All the World's a Stage"?
"Do not swear by the ____, for she changes constantly. Then your love would also change."
This line is from Romeo and Juliet. You can see this in the sky, but you might be asleep when it sets.
What is "moon"?
The name of Shakespeare's acting troupe. It includes the title of the head of the royal household. (It's not chamber pot!)
What is The Lord Chamberlain's Men?
Two characters are made to believe they love each other. Another character is in love with someone, but he is deceived and she faints upon his accusation. She later wakes up, they fall in love again, and they finally get married.
What is Much Ado About Nothing?
The rhythm and rhyme scheme of most of Shakespeare's sonnets.
What are iambic pentameter and abab cdcd efef gg?
This poem is the name of a cold season when "Marian's nose is red and raw.", appearing at the end of the comedy "Love's Labour's Lost".
What is "Winter" or "Winter Song"?
"What, you ___?"
This is a quote from Macbeth and is used as an insult to belittle Macduff's young son. This word is often eaten with toast and bacon for breakfast.
What is "egg"?
True or False: Shakespeare is presumed to have died on his birthday, April 21, 1564.
What is false?
Two characters fall in love at a party, but one is about to be married to someone else. The boy accidentally kills the girl's cousin, so the girl pretends to kill herself to be with him again. The boy believes she's actually dead and poisons himself. When the girl wakes up, she sees that he is dead and kills herself.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
This is used in many of Shakespeare's sonnets to imply a deeper meaning. It contradicts itself and seems illogical at first.
What is paradox?
These two figures are the subjects of most of Shakespeare's sonnets. The first appears in Sonnets 1 to 126, while the second is found in Sonnets 127 to 152.
Who are the "Fair Youth" and "Dark Lady"?
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the ______."
This line is from the play Henry VI. These people practice and go to a specific school.
What are "lawyers"?
The precise cause of Shakespeare's death.
What is no one knows?