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Quiz about Shakespeare In Haiku
Quiz about Shakespeare In Haiku

Shakespeare In Haiku Trivia Quiz


A straightforward quiz. Read the poem. Identify the play. That's all there is to it!

A multiple-choice quiz by daver852. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
daver852
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
374,348
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
693
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. Young sworn enemies
Fall in love, marry, and die.
Their death buries strife.

Can you name the play?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Ghost on battlements,
Poison, treachery, murder.
Mad son seeks revenge.

Can you name the play?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Freak storm brings shipwreck,
Caliban obeys wizard.
Lovers plan to wed.

Can you name the play?
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Evil duke wants throne,
Brother drowned in cask of wine.
Battle ends his reign.

Can you name the play?
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Young king invades France,
Saint Crispin's Day brings triumph;
Great victory won.

Can you name the play?
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Can Portia save him?
Shylock seeks a pound of flesh;
The law will prevail.

Can you name the play?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Angry woman fumes;
Determined suitor conquers.
Three weddings ensue.

Can you name the play?
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Fat knight seeks fortune,
Clever women foil his plans.
Daughter weds true love.

Can you name the play?
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Weak king loses throne;
Banished cousin seizes crown.
A pilgrimage planned.

Can you name the play?
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Witches prophesy,
A wood comes to Dunsinane.
King and queen both die.

Can you name the play?
Hint





Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Young sworn enemies Fall in love, marry, and die. Their death buries strife. Can you name the play?

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

"In fair Verona, where we lay our scene." "Romeo and Juliet" is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies. Unfortunately, the two lovers both die at the end of the play, but the feud between the Montagues and Capulets is ended. "Do with their death bury their parents' strife."
2. Ghost on battlements, Poison, treachery, murder. Mad son seeks revenge. Can you name the play?

Answer: Hamlet

"Hamlet" may be Shakespeare's most famous play. Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, learns from his father's ghost that he was murdered by his brother, Claudius. Hamlet vows to obtain revenge. There is some debate as to whether Hamlet actually goes insane during the course of the play, but his actions certainly suggest it.
3. Freak storm brings shipwreck, Caliban obeys wizard. Lovers plan to wed. Can you name the play?

Answer: The Tempest

"The Tempest," dating from around 1610, is thought to be among the last plays written by Shakespeare. It is about a wizard named Prospero and his daughter, Miranda, who live on a deserted island with a demonic creature named Caliban, and a spirit named Ariel, who do their bidding.

As the play opens, Prospero uses his magic to raise a storm, or tempest, that causes a ship carrying his brother, Antonio, to be wrecked on his island. It was Antonio who usurped Prospero's dukedom of Milan and stranded him on the island. Miranda falls in love with Ferdinand, son of the King of Naples.

The play ends happily as Prospero forgives his former enemies, and Miranda and Ferdinand plan to be married.
4. Evil duke wants throne, Brother drowned in cask of wine. Battle ends his reign. Can you name the play?

Answer: Richard III

"Now is the winter of our discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York." One of the many plays Shakespeare wrote about England's Wars of the Roses, this play tracks the plot of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, to seize the throne upon the death of his older brother, Edward IV.

He is successful, becoming Richard III, but is overthrown after a brief reign by Henry VII at the Battle of Bosworth Field. The play contains the famous line: "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"
5. Young king invades France, Saint Crispin's Day brings triumph; Great victory won. Can you name the play?

Answer: Henry V

"O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend / The brightest heaven of invention." The play opens with a character called the Chorus urging the audience to use its imagination to bring the play's scenes to life. The climax of the play is the Battle of Agincourt, where, in 1415, the English won a famous victory over the French in the face of overwhelming odds.

The play was made into a very successful movie starring Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, and Emma Thompson in 1989.
6. Can Portia save him? Shylock seeks a pound of flesh; The law will prevail. Can you name the play?

Answer: The Merchant of Venice

"The quality of mercy is not strain'd, / It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven." Antonio, a rich merchant, stands as security for his friend, Bassanio, who borrows 3,000 ducats from a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. The terms of the loan state that if it is not repaid on time, Shylock will be entitled to "a pound of flesh" cut from Antonio's body. Due to a series of financial reverses, Antonio is unable to repay the loan, and Shylock appears in court to demand his pound of flesh.

But Portia, Bassanio's financee, disguised as a lawyer, argues Antonio's case so successfully that Shylock is required to forfeit his fortune, allow his daughter, Jessica, to marry a Christian, and convert to Christianity himself.
7. Angry woman fumes; Determined suitor conquers. Three weddings ensue. Can you name the play?

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew

In the Italian city of Padua, Baptista Minola has two daughters, Katherina (or Kate), and her younger sister, Bianca. Hortensio is in love with Bianca, but Baptista refuses to let her marry until a husband is found for Katherina. Because of her violent temper and quarrelsome nature, Katherina is known as a "shrew". Hortensio's friend, Petruchio, comes to Padua, and Hortensio convinces him to marry Katherina. Petruchio eventually transforms Katherina into an obedient wife, Hortensio abandons Bianca and marries a wealthy widow, and Bianca marries a student named Lucentio.

The play served as the basis for the Broadway play, "Kiss Me, Kate," and the 1999 film, "10 Things I Hate About You." It was also made into a 1967 film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
8. Fat knight seeks fortune, Clever women foil his plans. Daughter weds true love. Can you name the play?

Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor

Falstaff, the fat, cowardly, and always penurious character who achieved popularity in "Henry IV, Parts 1 & 2", arrives in Windsor, and, needing money, decides to pay court to two wealthy married women, Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page, and get his hands on their fortunes.

They learn about his plan, and play several cruel tricks on Falstaff. In the meantime, Mrs. Page's daughter, Anne, has fallen in love with a young man named Fenton, but her parents disapprove of him. They take advantage of the confusion to elope and get married. Eventually the wives' tricks are revealed, and the play ends happily.
9. Weak king loses throne; Banished cousin seizes crown. A pilgrimage planned. Can you name the play?

Answer: Richard II

The play opens with King Richard banishing the Duke of Norfolk and the Duke of Hereford, Henry Bolingbroke, from England as the result of a quarrel between them. Richard is revealed as a weak, foolish king, who taxes his subjects heavily, and squanders the money on his favorites.

When Bolingbroke's father, John of Gaunt, dies, Richard seizes his lands and property. While Richard is away fighting in Ireland, Bolingbroke returns and starts a rebellion. When Richard returns from Ireland, Bolingbroke at first asks only for his lands to be returned to him, but then has Richard imprisoned, and himself crowned as Henry IV. Hoping to gain favor with the new king, Sir Piers Exton murders Richard. King Henry denounces Richard's murder, and vows to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem by way of penance.
10. Witches prophesy, A wood comes to Dunsinane. King and queen both die. Can you name the play?

Answer: Macbeth

At the beginning of the play, Macbeth and his friend, Banquo, meet three witches who prophesy that Macbeth shall be King of Scotland. He tells his wife about the prophecy, and she urges him to kill King Duncan and seize the throne. Macbeth stabs Duncan to death while he is sleeping.

He later hires assassins to kill his friend, Banquo, lest he tell others of the witches' prophecy. Overcome with guilt, Lady Macbeth goes insane and eventually dies, and Macbeth is killed by Macduff, whose family Macbeth has killed, and Duncan's son, Malcolm, is crowned king.

This play remains one of Shakespeare's most popular tragedies, and is still performed often today. Theatrical superstition says that it is unlucky to say "Macbeth," and it is referred to as "the Scottish play."
Source: Author daver852

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