Shakespeare Plays Deaths – Multiple Choice

Click the correct death for the characters in Shakespeare's plays!
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1. Coriolanus
Stabbed himself in grief of his brother's death
Shot by a crossbow in battle
Killed by a mob of his former Volscian allies
Executed by drowning
2. Ophelia
Drowns herself in a state of madness
Stabbed by Hamlet
Fell off a tower naked
Strangled by her own hair in sleep
3. Mercutio
Killed by Tybalt in a duel
Chokes on an apple while home alone
Hanged himself
Accidentally executed instead of a lookalike
4. Antigonus
Executed by burning
Caught in a rip current off the coast of Bohemia
Fell through a hole on a rope bridge
Chased by a bear
5. Thomas Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk
Dies in exile at an unspecified time
Fell off his horse and broke neck
Executed via hanging
Tried to save a child from drowning
6. George, Duke of Clarence
Pushed off a bridge by Queen Margaret
Stabbed and drowned by murderers working with Richard III
Accidentally stabs himself while training
Dysentery
7. The Clown (from Titus Andronicus)
Executed by hanging
Stampeded during a revolt
Attempted to poison Titus, but forgot and drank the poison
Had his arm cut off and bled out
8. Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
Impaled on a spike
Slipped and fell off a cliff
Dies imprisoned in the Tower of London
Shirt caught on fire
9. Cloten (in Cymbeline)
Choked to death by Immogen
Exiled to the Isle of Man
Shipwreck
Beheaded by Guiderius during a sword fight
10. Cinna the poet (in Julius Caesar)
Crushed while his home collapsed
Caught in the middle of Caesar's assassination and stabbed
Killed by a mob for "bad verses" in his poetry
Mauled by lions in the Colosseum
11. Portia/Porcia (in Julius Caesar)
Smothered by all of Cicero's works
Suicide by eating hot coals
Executed by crucifixion
Trampled by a donkey
12. King John
Heartbreak over his wife's death
Fell into a hole along with his horse
Mauled by wolves in the forest on a hunting trip
Poisoned by a monk offstage
13. King Lear
Froze to death during the winter
Executed by Edmund
Greif over Cordelia's hanging
Exhaustion from walking too much
14. Polonius
Stabbed by Hamlet through a tapestry
Hit with a rock while swimming and drowned
Heart attack
Plague
15. Desdemona
Dragged around Troy by a chariot
Smothered by a pillow
Faints and becomes a statue
Jumping off the parapet
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Level 62
Apr 21, 2025
Please ignore the fact that the Clown uses "from" instead of "in." I didn't notice.