1) Shakespeare never wore an earring. a) True b) False 2) Suicide occurs an unlucky thirteen times in Shakespeare's plays. a) True b) False 3) The only thing Shakespeare left to his wife in his will was the second best bed in the house. a) True b) False 4) Shakespeare is the second most quoted English writer. a) True b) False 5) The audience in the Globe theatre was very quiet and polite. a) True b) False 6) Contrary to their father’s genius, Shakespeare’s children were illiterate. a) True b) False 7) The longest word in Shakespeare is honorificabilitudinitatibus. a) True b) False 8) Shakespeare has been translated into 80 languages, including Klingon and Esperanto. a) True b) False 9) There are more than 80 variations recorded for the spelling of Shakespeare’s name. a) True b) False 10) Most of his plays were written entirely in verse. a) True b) False 11) His characters died in 74 different ways. a) True b) False 12) In Shakespeare’s time there were no female actors (women’s parts were played by men!), a) True b) False 13) There are 60 species of birds mentioned in Shakespeare’s plays. a) True b) False 14) Queen Elizabeth I was a big fan of Shakespeare’s plays. a) True b) False 15) Shakespeare is known as England’s national poet – as well as the “Bard of Avon”. a) True b) False 16) Shakespeare attended university. a) True b) False 17) In Romeo and Juliet the world "love" appears 150 times. a) True b) False 18) His son's name was Hamlet. a) True b) False

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