Shakespeare Plays Fill in the Blank - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
	Iago	100%
Antony and Cleopatra: Beginning in a queen's palace in the city of _____, the main characters die in the Battle of ____, leading _____ to become emperor.	Alexandria	80%
Midsummer Night's Dream: Many different plots take place in the forest near the city of _____, where the play occurs. Firstly, a pair of Athenian couples get in a love square as the mischievous fairy ____ gives them love potions. Secondly, as the fairy queen _____ and fairy king _____ are arguing over who should take care of a changeling boy they adopted, the same mischievous fairy as before makes the fairy queen fall in love with the human _______ who has turned into a ______. And thirdly, a group of rude mechanicals attempt to put on the play _________, in preparation for a royal wedding.	Athens	80%
	Brutus	80%
	Capulet	80%
Othello: Othello, a Moorish general, secretly marries __________, a Venetian woman, against her father's wishes. ____, Othello's ensign, fueled by resentment over _____ being promoted instead of him, plots to destroy Othello's life. He uses Othello's jealousy to try to trick him into thinking his wife is cheating on him, at one point calling jealousy a "_______" and when Othello finds out it was a lie, he takes his own life.	Desdemona	80%
	Duncan	80%
	Flesh	80%
	Horse	80%
Julius Caesar: As the emperor Julius Caesar becomes increasingly unpopular, a soothsayer tells him to "beware the _______." He is then betrayed and killed by his once allies Cassius and ______, among others.	Ides of March	80%
	Mercutio	80%
	Octavius	80%
	Puck/Robin Goodfellow	80%
Romeo and Juliet: Set in _____, the story follows the feud of two families: ______ (which Juliet belongs to) and _______ (which Romeo belongs to). Many fights break out between the two families, including when ______ kills Romeo's friend ______, and Romeo kills him in return. After a misunderstanding in which _________ fails to deliver a letter to Romeo telling him that the poison _________ gave Juliet was fake, he kills himself and Juliet does the same.	Verona	80%
	Winter	80%
	Actium	60%
Merchant of Venice: The protagonist _______, an antisemitic merchant, takes a loan from the Jew Shylock to help his friend to court ______. Antonio can't repay the loan, and without mercy, Shylock demands a pound of his _____, though he is later saved by his friend's wife.	Antonio	60%
	Bianca	60%
Timon of Athens: Timon, a rich man in massive debt who none of his "friends" will help, runs away to live in a _____ where he curses humanity, finds gold, funds someone to destroy Athens, and dies.	Cave	60%
	Denmark	60%
	Donkey	60%
	Elizabeth	60%
Henry IV, Part I: With his son Prince ___, King Henry IV goes to battle to stop his rival ____.	Hal	60%
Henry VI, Part I: The play mostly follows a war with the French, which the famous female knight ________ fights in.	Joan of Arc	60%
	Katherina	60%
Taming of the Shrew: ______ loves the merchant's daughter ______ but cannot court her until her shrewish older sister ________ marries. The eccentric ________ marries the reluctant daughter and uses a number of tactics to render her an obedient wife.	Lucentio	60%
	Macduff	60%
	Milan	60%
	Montague	60%
	Oberon	60%
	Petruccio	60%
	Pie	60%
Tempest: The magician _______ uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples. His slave, _______, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by his spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son _______, thought to be dead, falls in love with the magicians's daughter ______. The play ends when said magician confronts his brother and reveals his identity as the usurped Duke of _____.	Prospero	60%
Henry VI, Part III: After ____ brings up claims to the throne, Henry changes the succession and makes him his heir, disinheriting his own son	Richard, Duke of York	60%
	Skull	60%
	Titania	60%
Troilus and Cressida: Set during the _____ War, the story follows a the lovers Troilus and Cressida, the latter of whom betrays the former.	Trojan	60%
Pericles: Pericles, a Prince of ____ faces perilous journeies through various lands and sea adventures.	Tyre	60%
	Yorick	60%
Henry V: The play takes place before and after the battle of _____. Henry gives many famous speeches, including one on ______ day.	Agincourt	40%
	All the World's a Stage	40%
Macbeth: The play starts off with Macbeth and his friend _____ walking through a forest, where they get advice from three witches who call themselves "_____." Macbeth eventually becomes power hungry and kills King _____, later feeling remorse for his actions. However, he is defeated when, per the witches' warnings, ______ wood comes to _______ castle and _______ kills him.	Banquo	40%
	Birnam	40%
	Caliban	40%
	Cassio	40%
	Claudius	40%
Hamlet: In _____ Castle Prince Hamlet of ______ seeks revenge against his uncle, _______, who murdered his father and married his mother, ______. Later, he delivers the famous monologue "to be or not to be" while holding the _____ of his friend _____. At the same time, the counsellor ______ gives advice to his son, ______. That counsellor's daughter, ______, is being used as a pawn in the machinations of other characters, but at the same time is also the love interest of Hamlet.	Elsinore	40%
	Falstaff	40%
	Ferdinand	40%
	Gertrude	40%
All's Well That End's Well: It ends when _____ finally gets to be with her love Bertram.	Helena	40%
Richard II: King Richard II banishes his cousin ________, seizes noble land, and uses the money to fund wars, before eventually being murdered in prison.	Henry Bolingbroke	40%
	Henry VII of Richmond	40%
	Laertes	40%
Titus Andronicus: After vowing to take revenge against Titus, four prisoners of war mutilate Titus' daughter _____ and have his sons killed and banished. Titus kills two of them and cooks them into a ___, which he serves to their mother ______ before killing her too.	Lavina	40%
	Malvolio	40%
Two Gentlemen of Verona: Set both in Verona and ______, the story follows two friends (______&______) as they fall in love with the same woman.	Milan	40%
	Miranda	40%
	Nick Bottom	40%
	Ophelia	40%
	Orsino	40%
	Polonius	40%
	Portia	40%
	St. Crispins	40%
Comedy of Errors: A flurry of misunderstandings occur, originating from the presence of two sets of ____.	Twins	40%
	Tybalt	40%
Henry IV, Part II: While ill, Henry IV says the famous line "_____ lies the head that wears the crown." Henry IV dies leading Henry V to become king and banish his former friend _____ from court.	Uneasy	40%
Twelfth Night: When a set of twins is separated by sea, one of them, ______, disguises herself as a man and falls in love with a duke _____. At the same time, the characters of Sir Toby Belch and Maria play pranks on the servant _______.	Viola	40%
	Weird Sisters	40%
Henry VIII: King Henry VIII listens to Cardinal ______ too much and gives him power, which the Cardinal uses to convict a duke of treason. Henry divorces his wife Katharine to be with Anne Boleyn, who will later give birth to Princess _______.	Wolsey	40%
	Arden	20%
	Beatrice and Benedick	20%
Measure for Measure: The Duke leaves Angelo in charge of Vienna, where he quickly condemns _____ to death, though he is eventually punished.	Claudio	20%
	Cordelia	20%
	Don Pedro	20%
	Dunsinade	20%
Richard III: Richard III wishes to be king, and kills his nephews _____&____ to accomplish this. Quotes from this play include talking about the "_____ of our discontent" and Richard III lamenting "my kingdom for a ____." Eventually, ______ kills Richard III, ending the War of the Roses.	Edward V and Henry VI	20%
Merry Wives of Windsor: The protagonist _______ decides to fix his financial woe by seducing the wives of two wealthy merchants. Those wives (Mistresses _____&______) end up playing tricks on him until he leaves them alone	Falstaff	20%
	Ford and Page	20%
	Friar John	20%
	Friar Laurence	20%
	Green-Eyed Monster	20%
	Hermione	20%
Much Ado about Nothing: The plot revolves around two main romantic pairings: While ____&_____ are on the verge of marriage, _______&______ are locked in a witty verbal war, each convinced they are better off single. At the same time, there is a plot by _____ to bring both couples together.	Hero and Claudio	20%
	Hotspur	20%
Cymbeline: King Cymbeline of Britain banishes his daughter _____'s husband, who then makes a bet on her fidelity. That daughter will later sing a song saying "Hark, hark a ____."	Imogen	20%
	Lark	20%
Winter's Tale: The tale follows the story of _____, the King of Sicily, his wife, ______, and their daughter, ______.	Leontes	20%
	Lily	20%
As You Like It: The play opens with the brothers Oliver and _____ fighting over a plot of land. The latter of those brothers flees to the forest of ____ where he meets the Duke Senior, the jester _____ and reunites with the woman he will fall in love with, _____. At one point the character Jaques delivers the famous monologue _______.	Orlando	20%
	Proteus and Valentine	20%
	Pyramus and Thisbe	20%
King Lear: King Lear divides his kingdom among the two daughters who flatter him (____ & ____) and banishes the third one who loves him (______).	Regan and Goneril	20%
	Rosalind	20%
	Tamora	20%
	Touchstone	20%
King John: King John goes to war against the French after claims that his nephew ______ should be king instead. At one point a character says the famous line "to gild refined gold, to paint the ____."	Arthur	0%
Coriolanus: Coriolanus goes mad with power and attempts to destroy Rome before being killed by _____ for his betrayal.	Aufidius	0%
Henry VI, Part II: Against the wishes of the nobles, King Henry marries the penniless ______ who plots against him with her lover.	Margaret	0%
Love's Labour's Lost: The King of _____ and three of his friends plan to vow to avoid women, though they later break that oath.	Navarre	0%
	Perdita	0%

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