Quiz
1. Disney's The Lion King is based in part on which Shakespeare tragedy?
2. Songwriter Cole Porter turned a Shakespeare comedy into a musical and ended up with the Broadway hit, Kiss Me Kate. The musical was later made into a movie. Which Shakespeare play is Kiss Me Kate based on?
3. Which Shakespeare play is the model for West Side Story?
4. The characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern got star treatment in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Which play did they come from?
5. The Tempest has been made into more than a dozen films, some less recognizable than others. Which of the following is not a retelling of The Tempest?
1. Disney's The Lion King is based in part on which Shakespeare tragedy?
Hamlet.
2. Songwriter Cole Porter turned a Shakespeare comedy into a musical and ended up with the Broadway hit, Kiss Me Kate. The musical was later made into a movie. Which Shakespeare play is Kiss Me Kate based on?
The Taming of the Shrew.
3. Which Shakespeare play is the model for West Side Story?
Romeo and Juliet.
4. The characters Rosencrantz and Guildenstern got star treatment in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Which play did they come from?
Hamlet.
5. The Tempest has been made into more than a dozen films, some less recognizable than others. Which of the following is not a retelling of The Tempest?
Strange Brew.
"Alas, poor Yorick!"
"Be not afraid of greatness . . ."
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on . . ."