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That is the Question: The Ultimate Shakespeare Quiz Book »
Authors: Thomas Delise
ISBN-13: 9781564147349, ISBN-10: 1564147347
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Career Press, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Thomas Delise
Book Synopsis
So you think you know Shakespeare? Are you a fan of Shakespearean film and stage productions? Are you a student or teacher of Shakespeare? Or would you just like to learn more about the man, the myth, and the literature? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you'll welcome That Is the Question: The Ultimate Shakespeare Quiz Book, a fun and unique glimpse into the fascinating and timeless world of William Shakespeare.It contains more than 2,000 questions organized into six sections: * Play and poem quizzes-Identify the works through quotes, plot descriptions, etc. * The characters-Identify pertinent major and minor characters from all plays through quotes, descriptions, etc. * Specialized quizzes-From the expected to the surprising: medicine, mythology, and creatures to settings, songs, and "Star Trek"! * Film and stage-Hundreds of questions about actors and actresses, Academy Awards, even other writers associated with the Bard. * Individual plays-Separate "20-questions" quizzes for each of Shakespeare's 17 best-known plays. * Just for fun-Shakespearean puzzles, word searches, anagrams, and more.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | 13 | |
| Section I | Quoting Shakespeare | 17 |
| Quiz 1 | This Is the True Beginning: Identify the Play by the Opening Lines | 19 |
| Quiz 2 | What Do You Call the Play?: Identify the Play by a Quote | 21 |
| Quiz 3 | I Would My Horse Had the Speed of Your Tongue: Identify the Play by an Insult Used | 23 |
| Quiz 4 | Thus Men May Grow Wiser Every Day: Identify the Play by a Wise Quote | 25 |
| Quiz 5 | This Bud of Love: Identify the Play by a Love Quote | 26 |
| Quiz 6 | Will You Rhyme Upon't?: Complete the Play's Rhyming Couplet | 28 |
| Quiz 7 | Say But the Word: Complete the Play's Quote | 31 |
| Quiz 8 | Why, How Now, Hamlet!: Complete the Hamlet Quote | 33 |
| Quiz 9 | To Be, or Not To Be: Complete the Hamlet Soliloquy | 34 |
| Quiz 10 | All the World's a Stage: Complete the As You Like It Soliloquy | 36 |
| Quiz 11 | Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent: Complete the Richard III Soliloquy | 37 |
| Quiz 12 | Here Is Part of My Rhyme: Complete the Sonnet Rhyme | 38 |
| Quiz 13 | 'Tis Well Said Again: Identify the Play Where a Famous Phrase May Be Found | 40 |
| Quiz 14 | Our Revels Now Are Ended: Identify the Play by the Ending Lines | 42 |
| Section II | Shakespeare's Characters | 45 |
| Quiz 15 | Have We Not Affections?: Identify the Significant Others | 47 |
| Quiz 16 | Lord, What Fools: Identify the Fool | 48 |
| Quiz 17 | Where Are My Children?: Identify the Parent and Child | 49 |
| Quiz 18 | O, Odious Is the Name: Identify the Character With the Unusual Name | 50 |
| Quiz 19 | Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: Multiple Use of Character Names | 51 |
| Quiz 20 | This Title Honors Me and Mine: Identify Characters by Their Title | 52 |
| Quiz 21 | Our Parts So Poor: Identify the Play in Which a Minor Character Appears | 53 |
| Quiz 22 | We Were the First, Part I: Identify the Female Character by Her First Words | 54 |
| Quiz 23 | We Were the First, Part II: Identify the Male Character by His First Words | 56 |
| Quiz 24 | A Woman Is a Dish for the Gods: Identify the Female Character From a Quote | 58 |
| Quiz 25 | What a Piece of Work Is a Man!: Identify the Male Character From a Quote | 60 |
| Quiz 26 | A Long Farewell to All My Greatness: Identify the Characters by Their Dying Words | 63 |
| Quiz 27 | Which Is the Villain?: Identify the Villain by the Quote | 65 |
| Quiz 28 | What Art Thou That Talk'st of Kings and Queens?: Identify the Kings and Queens in the Plays | 68 |
| Quiz 29 | We Shall Speak of You: Identify the Character Mentioned or Addressed | 70 |
| Section III | Shakespeare's Infinite Variety | 73 |
| Quiz 30 | To Peruse Him by Items: Identify the Play by the Item in It | 75 |
| Quiz 31 | Particular Additions: Identify the Play by a Description | 76 |
| Quiz 32 | The Game's Afoot: Identify the Play by the Opening Situation | 78 |
| Quiz 33 | A Pretty Plot, Well Chosen To Build Upon: Identify the Play by Plot Development | 80 |
| Quiz 34 | It Is a Sweet Comedy: Questions on the Comedies | 81 |
| Quiz 35 | The Complot of This Timeless Tragedy: Questions on the Tragedies | 84 |
| Quiz 36 | Is Not This Something More Than Fantasy?: Questions on the Romances | 87 |
| Quiz 37 | It Is a Kind of History: Questions on the Histories | 89 |
| Quiz 38 | At First and Last the Hearty Welcome: Firsts and Lasts Associated With Shakespeare | 92 |
| Quiz 39 | O, Horrible, O, Horrible, Most Horrible!: Identify the Play Where the Horrible Event Can Be Found | 95 |
| Quiz 40 | This Supernatural Soliciting: Identify the Play Where the Supernatural Occurs | 96 |
| Quiz 41 | All the Places That the Eye of Heaven Visits: Identify the Play by the Setting | 98 |
| Quiz 42 | Away, the Gentles Are at Their Game: Games and Sports in the Plays | 99 |
| Quiz 43 | How Many Goodly Creatures Are There Here!: Creatures in the Plays | 101 |
| Quiz 44 | Sir, 'Tis My Occupation: The World of Work in Shakespeare | 103 |
| Quiz 45 | Tales of Woeful Ages Long Ago: Mythological References in the Plays | 104 |
| Quiz 46 | I'll Tell You My Dream: Dream References in Shakespeare | 106 |
| Quiz 47 | He Hath Songs for Man or Woman: Songs in Shakespeare | 108 |
| Quiz 48 | Doctor, Cast the Water of My Land, Find Her Disease: Shakespeare and the World of Medicine | 109 |
| Section IV | Film, Stage, and Literature | 113 |
| Quiz 49 | This Wide and Universal Theatre: Shakespeare in Film | 115 |
| Quiz 50 | You Precious Winners All: Academy Awards for Shakespeare | 118 |
| Quiz 51 | The Best Actors in the World, Part I: Actors in Shakespearean Film | 121 |
| Quiz 52 | The Best Actors in the World, Part II: Actors in Shakespearean Film | 124 |
| Quiz 53 | Let Her Shine as Gloriously, Part I: Actresses in Shakespearean Film | 126 |
| Quiz 54 | Let Her Shine as Gloriously, Part II: Actresses in Shakespearean Film | 129 |
| Quiz 55 | Derived From Honorable Loins: Shakespearean Film Offshoots | 132 |
| Quiz 56 | The Two Hours' Traffic of Our Stage: Shakespeare on the Stage | 134 |
| Quiz 57 | Stars Give Light to Thy Fair Way!: Shakespeare and Star Trek | 137 |
| Quiz 58 | O, for a Muse of Fire: Titles of Other Works Derived From Shakespeare | 140 |
| Quiz 59 | An Advocate for an Imposter!: Is the Quote Shakespeare or Someone Else? | 142 |
| Quiz 60 | It May Be You Have Mistaken Him: Is It Shakespeare or the Bible? | 144 |
| Quiz 61 | Forgive the Comment That My Passion Made: Other Writers' Comments About Shakespeare | 145 |
| Quiz 62 | All the Peers Are Here at Hand: Theatrical and Literary Contemporaries of Shakespeare | 147 |
| Quiz 63 | Art Thou Base, Common and Popular?: Shakespeare in Pop Culture | 149 |
| Section V | Individual Plays | 153 |
| Quiz 64 | We Have Kiss'd Away Kingdoms and Provinces: The Play Antony and Cleopatra | 155 |
| Quiz 65 | O Wonderful, Wonderful, Most Wonderful: The Play As You Like It | 157 |
| Quiz 66 | Pardon's the Word to All: The Play Cymbeline | 159 |
| Quiz 67 | Now Cracks a Noble Heart: The Play Hamlet | 161 |
| Quiz 68 | Company, Villainous Company: The Play Henry IV, Part One | 163 |
| Quiz 69 | A Little Touch of Harry in the Night: The Play Henry V | 165 |
| Quiz 70 | This Was the Most Unkindest Cut of All: The Play Julius Caesar | 168 |
| Quiz 71 | Nothing Will Come of Nothing: The Play King Lear | 170 |
| Quiz 72 | This Dead Butcher and His Fiend-like Queen: The Play Macbeth | 172 |
| Quiz 73 | I Like Not Fair Terms and Villain's Mind: The Play The Merchant of Venice | 176 |
| Quiz 74 | If We Shadows Have Offended: The Play A Midsummer Night's Dream | 177 |
| Quiz 75 | A Kind of Merry War: The Play Much Ado About Nothing | 179 |
| Quiz 76 | O! Beware My Lord of Jealousy: The Play Othello | 181 |
| Quiz 77 | Cheated of Feature by Dissembling Nature: The Play Richard III | 183 |
| Quiz 78 | For Never Was a Story of More Woe: The Play Romeo and Juliet | 185 |
| Quiz 79 | Pluck My Magic Garment From Me: The Play The Tempest | 187 |
| Quiz 80 | Laugh Yourself Into Stitches: The Play Twelfth Night | 189 |
| Quiz 81 | A Sad Tale's Best for Winter: The Play The Winter's Tale | 191 |
| Section VI | Just for Fun | 195 |
| Quiz 82 | Wild and Whirling Words: Shakespearean Vocabulary | 197 |
| Quiz 83 | I Smell a Device: Literary Features and Terms Used by Shakespeare | 199 |
| Quiz 84 | The Articles Collected From His Life: Biography of William Shakespeare | 201 |
| Quiz 85 | I Have a Sonnet Will Serve the Turn: Sonnets and Other Poetry | 203 |
| Quiz 86 | The Numbers True: Statistical Shakespeare | 206 |
| Quiz 87 | This Wooden O: The Theater of Shakespeare | 208 |
| Quiz 88 | Behold the Poor Remains, Part I: Shakespearean Odds and Ends | 210 |
| Quiz 89 | Behold the Poor Remains, Part II: Shakespearean Odds and Ends | 213 |
| Quiz 90 | Let's Set Our Men in Order: Put Kings in Chronological Order | 216 |
| Quiz 91 | Mince Not the General Tongue: Unscramble the Play Titles | 216 |
| Quiz 92 | What's in a Name?, Part I: Unscramble Female Character Names | 217 |
| Quiz 93 | What's in a Name?, Part II: Unscramble Male Character Names | 218 |
| Quiz 94 | My Nearest Dearest Enemy: Find the Rivals Word Search | 219 |
| Quiz 95 | I of These Will Wrest an Alphabet: Shakespeare A-Z Crossword Puzzle | 220 |
| Answer Key | 223 | |
| Grading Scales | 225 | |
| Bibliography | 281 | |
| About the Author | 283 |
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