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- National Level Online Quiz – Celebrating Shakespeare & International English Languages Day. Celebrating the timeless legacy of Shakespeare and the beauty of languages across the world.
- Quiz Dates: April 22, 12 AM to April 24, 2025 11:59 PM
- Mode: Online
- Open to All Participants Across India
- E-Certificates will be awarded to participants who score 40% and above.
- Attempt all the MCQs. Each question carries 5 marks. The minimum qualifying marks are 40.
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National Level Online Quiz in commemoration of William Shakespeare’s Birth and Death Anniversary and International Language Day.
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Attempt all the MCQs. Each question carries 5 marks. The minimum qualifying marks are 40.
- When was William Shakespeare born?
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April 23, 1564
April 23, 1616
May 1, 1564
April 26, 1564 - Where was Shakespeare born?
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Oxford
Cambridge
Stratford-upon-Avon
London - What was the name of Shakespeare’s theatre in London?
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The Swan
The Rose
The Curtain
The Globe - “All the world’s a stage” is a quote from which play?
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Twelfth Night
Hamlet
As You Like It
Julius Caesar - Which organization established English Language Day?
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British Council
UNESCO
United Nations
Oxford University Press - What is Shakespeare’s nickname?
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The Royal Bard
The Swan of Avon
The Poet Laureate
The Sonnet King - What is a “pangram”?
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A word with all vowels
A sentence using every letter of the alphabet
A palindrome
A synonym of grammar - What genre is “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”?
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Tragedy
History
Comedy
Satire - Which character is famous for the soliloquy “To be, or not to be”?
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Othello
Romeo
Hamlet
Macbeth - In which play does the character Prospero appear?
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The Tempest
The Merchant of Venice
Twelfth Night
Cymbeline - What is the name of the dictionary first published by Samuel Johnson in 1755?
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The Oxford Dictionary
The English Lexicon
Webster’s Dictionary
Johnson’s Dictionary - Which word was famously coined by Shakespeare?
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Television
Internet
Assassination
Selfie - What is the origin of the English language?
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Slavic
Romance
Celtic
Germanic - Which of these is NOT a Shakespearean character?
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Laertes
Shylock
Iago
Dorian Gray - Which of Shakespeare’s plays is considered a “problem play”?
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Macbeth
Measure for Measure
Richard III
The Winter’s Tale - Which of the following is a tragedy by Shakespeare?
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The Comedy of Errors
Much Ado About Nothing
The Tempest
Romeo and Juliet - How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
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154
100
94
114 - Which monarch ruled England during most of Shakespeare’s career?
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King James I
King Charles I
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth I - “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” — This quote is taken from which Shakespearean play?
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Hamlet
Othello
Macbeth
Romeo and Juliet - Which character of Shakespeare is described as having “The courtier’s eye, the soldier’s sword, and the scholar’s tongue”?
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Hamlet
Othello
Laertes
Horatio