shakespeare quiz

[twiglet3]

6a) which character objects to the scientific experimentation on live animals?

10) which of the following detail of shakespeares biography is not recorded by contemporary documentary evidence

a) shakespeare was personall acquianted with fellow playwright christopher marlowe

b) he earned some xtra money on side designing fancy shields for aristocrats to use in tournaments

17b) name one female character who is reported to have dressed off stage in male clothing?

17c) name one male character who appeared on stage in female clothing?

18b) how much is petruccio bet on catherine's obedience in the 'taming of the shrew?'

[JackDanielsU]

18b) 100 crowns

http://www.online-literature.com/shakespeare/shrew/14/

HORTENSIO
Content. What is the wager?

LUCENTIO
Twenty crowns.

PETRUCHIO
Twenty crowns!
I'll venture so much of my hawk or hound,
But twenty times so much upon my wife.

LUCENTIO
A hundred then.

HORTENSIO
Content.

PETRUCHIO
A match! 'tis done.

[maxi29]

17c is Falstaff. He dresses as the aunt of Brainford in Merry Wives of Windsor.

[Peter Pedant]

I think it is 10a

Marlowe was done and dusted - 1592 - really before Shakespeare could shake a speare at his contemporaries.

[henneth]

10a) No evidence that Shakespeare and Marlowe met. Marlowe was killed in 1593 but they would have probably known each other and met many times. Both Marlowe and Shakespeare had plays performed at the 'Rose' theatre and been associated with the same troop of actors but no historic evidence survives of this. As a result 10a is the correct answer as evidence survives of Shakespeares designs for heraldic shields and even his own coat of arms.