Love’s Labour’s Lost Quizzes

Love's Labour's Lost Quiz 1

1 The play was first performed in the ___.

1590s

1610s

1600s

1580s
2 Who was on the English throne when the play was performed?

Queen Elizabeth I

King Charles I

King Henry VIII

King James I
3 Love's Labour's Lost is considered one of Shakespeare's ___.

most successful plays

most complex plays

best plays

earliest plays
4 Where was the play first performed?

Buckingham Palace

Inns of Court

The Globe Theater

Blackfriars Theater
5 The play is a ___.

romance

comedy

history

tragedy
6 The play was first published in ___.

1600

1632

1598

1625
7 The play was first published in ___.

manuscript

quarto

pamphlet

folio
8 Source material for the play is ___.

an Italian play

lost

included in the original publication

a biography of the King of Navarre
9 Queen Elizabeth I was known as the ___.

Bloody Queen

Kingly Queen

Virgin Queen

Ruthless Queen
10 The play is often cited for its use of ___.

irony

wordplay

imagery

allusions
11 In general, the critical reception of the play has been ___.

negative

never documented

positive

mixed
12 One reason for the play's critical reception is its ___.

complex plot

historical context

biblical allegory

unlikable characters
13 Kenneth Branagh adapted the play into a film in ___.

2000

2010

1990

2020
14 The play takes place in ___.

Paris

London

Aquitaine

Navarre
15 The King of Navarre is ___.

Henry

James

Ferdinand

Louis
16 Which of these is not one of the King's lords?

Dumaine

Biron

Frederick

Longaville
17 Don Armado is a satirical representation of ___.

Shakespeare

the Duke of Anjou

the Spanish Armada

King Henry VIII
18 Who is Don Armado's page?

Costard

Biron

Dull

Mote
19 The Spanish Armada attempted to invade England in ___.

1592

1555

1588

1600
20 Costard is a ___.

poet

priest

clown

scholar
21 Boyet is a ___.

messenger

soldier

prince

spy
22 Dull is a ___.

clown

lord

constable

merchant
23 Holofernes is a ___.

madman

sailor

schoolmaster

priest
24 Sir Nathanial is a ___.

curate

thief

lord

teacher
25 Jaquenetta is a ___.

noblewoman

wench

innkeeper

lady-in-waiting

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