Question 1
Which English playwright wrote the tragedy about two young lovers from feuding Verona families?
- William Shakespeare
- Oscar Wilde
- Christopher Marlowe
- George Bernard Shaw
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William Shakespeare
Literature · Poetry & Theatre
Drama trivia quiz
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What the Drama questions cover
- Shakespeare
- Theatre Terms
- Greek Tragedy
- American Drama
- Elizabethan
- Epic Theatre
- German Drama
- Greek Comedy
- Jacobean Drama
- Norwegian Drama
- Restoration Comedy
- Sanskrit Drama
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Question 2
Which ancient Greek writer created the play about a king who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother?
- Aristophanes
- Sophocles
- Euripides
- Aeschylus
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Sophocles
Question 3
Which tragedy features a Scottish nobleman who receives prophecies from three witches?
- Hamlet
- King Lear
- Macbeth
- Othello
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Macbeth
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