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Sharpen your Shakespeare skills by playing the 1999 Shakespeare Quiz. Answer ten multiple choice questions: 1. William Shakespeare was born in: a. London b. Stratford c. Canterbury 2. Which Shakespeare character said: "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" a. Puck b. Falstaff c. Ariel 3. Which is the only Shakespeare play to come in three parts? a. Richard III b. Henry VI c. King John 4. How did Ophelia die? a. Poison b. The sword c. Drowning 5. Which Shakespeare play is set in Athens and the nearby woods? a. As You Like It b. A Midsummer Night's Dream c. The Tempest 6. Which Shakespeare character said: "I am dying, Egypt, dying?" a. Cleopatra b. Cassius c. Marc Anthony 7. "Exit, pursued by a bear" is stage direction from which Shakespeare play? a. The Winter's Tale b. Cymbeline c. A Comedy of Errors 8. Julius Caesar said this man had "a lean and hungry look" a. Cassius b. Troilus c. Brutus 9. Which Shakespearian king died in battle at Bosworth Field in 1485? a. Henry VIII b. King John c. Richard III 10. Lady Macbeth urged her husband to kill this king: a. Richard b. Banquo c. Duncan Check your 1999 Shakespeare Quiz answers Quiz Index Home Last Updated: September 15, 2003 ©2000-2004 DBE in Louisiana, Inc. All rights reserved. Questions/Comments? Contact the Webmaster Betty Calzada.