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Plays Trivia Quizzes

These quizzes are on the written texts of plays. Quizzes about performances will be found in the Humanities category.

58 Plays quizzes and 812 Plays trivia questions.

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Ancient Greek Drama (7 quizzes)

Work or Play? top quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

Jobs and Professions in Plays

All of these famous and popular plays feature a job, hobby, or profession. Match each "work" with the title of the play and the character it matches best. Work, or play?

Average, 10 Qns, LeoDaVinci, Sep 14 23

Average
LeoDaVinci editor

Sep 14 23
230 plays

Famous Playwrights popular trivia quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

Simply match the play with the correct playwright.

Easier, 10 Qns, dellastreet, Jun 11 23

Easier
dellastreet

Jun 11 23
621 plays

Play Along with this Quiz top quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

You'll find a list of play titles to be matched up with their author. The plays cover a range of American and European playwrights.

Easier, 10 Qns, rossian, Jun 07 22

Easier
rossian editor

Jun 07 22
553 plays

The Play's the Thing popular trivia quiz

Photo Quiz

10 Qns

I will ask you ten questions and give you a picture for each. You tell me the name of the play. Interesting info may contain spoilers.

Very Easy, 10 Qns, Ilona_Ritter, Jun 03 23

Very Easy
Ilona_Ritter

Jun 03 23
1222 plays

10 Question Name That Play Quiz popular trivia quiz

Photo Quiz

10 Qns

Here are 10 major plays. Can you pick them out from the clues given? Break a leg!

Easier, 10 Qns, PootyPootwell, Jun 04 22

Easier
PootyPootwell

Jun 04 22
1813 plays

Plays by Vague Plot great trivia quiz

Match Quiz

10 Qns

Match each vague plot summary to the play title it describes.

Easier, 10 Qns, Joepetz, Mar 29 20

Easier
Joepetz

Mar 29 20
579 plays

Who Wrote That?

Match Quiz

10 Qns

On the left of the screen are the names of plays and on the right are the writers. Can you match them correctly?

Easier, 10 Qns, Serenesh, Jan 25 19

Easier
Serenesh

Jan 25 19
652 plays

Play-Right popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz is all about playwrights and their plays. How many questions can you get right?

Easier, 10 Qns, Lalenya, Mar 24 19

Easier
Lalenya

Mar 24 19
605 plays

Speaking of War

Match Quiz

10 Qns

This match quiz should connect the playwright and a minimal description of the play to a play's title. All of the plays included deal with the various aspects of war.

Average, 10 Qns, mlcmlc, May 20 17

Average
mlcmlc

1486 plays

10.

Recalling History on Stage great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

How much do you know about these plays based on historical events and people?

Average, 10 Qns, FatherSteve, Oct 13 20

Average
FatherSteve

Oct 13 20
530 plays

Quick Question

Agatha Christie wrote a play about people trapped in a lonely house in a snowstorm, with one of them a killer about to kill again.

From Quiz "Do You Know This Play?"

11.

Classics From The Theatre

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Some plays have been so successful that they keep being performed and their plot belongs to some kind of international repertoire. Check how familiar you are with these "classics".

Average, 10 Qns, flem-ish, Apr 23 23

Average
flem-ish
Apr 23 23
3090 plays

12.

Shakespeare's and Marlowe's Jewish Stereotypes great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" and Christopher Marlowe's "The Jew of Malta" both brought a horrific Jewish stereotype to the Elizabethan stage. Please note that my quiz is limited to the Elizabethen age and is in no way an ongoing belief.

Average, 10 Qns, poshprice, Jan 21 18

Average
poshprice
Jan 21 18
520 plays

13.

Shuehorn and the Questionable Query

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Questions, queries, quandaries... These are often the crux of the plot and center of intrigue of plays. See if you can remember these quixotic queries from well-known theatrical works. This quiz is part of Kyleisalive's Commission III.

Average, 10 Qns, shuehorn, Mar 06 11

Average
shuehorn

509 plays

14.

More Play Summaries in Four Words

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

A spin-off of "Shakespeare Play Summaries in Four Words." I will give you four words, you select the play that they attempt to describe. Have fun!

Average, 10 Qns, Caseena, Jan 03 18

Average
Caseena
Jan 03 18
1342 plays

15.

I Write the Plays (Very Old Plays) great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

We have around eighty surviving plays works by eight ancient dramatists: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence, and Seneca. The following are questions about their plays.

Tough, 10 Qns, Ampelos, Apr 30 13

Tough
Ampelos

400 plays

16.

Obscure Drama

Multiple Choice

15 Qns

Warning: this isn't your usual theatre quiz. These are mostly plays that you've probably never heard of unless you're a real hard-core theatre junkie, so good luck. P.S.-I've worked on or seen all of these shows, so I know they exist!

Tough, 15 Qns, GypsyQueen, Aug 28 09

Tough
GypsyQueen
3357 plays

17.

Do You Know This Play?

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Check out your theatrical know how, by reading these simplified storylines by well known playwrights and guessing the answers to the questions...not very tough at all!

Average, 10 Qns, Ruma, May 01 11

Average
Ruma
4541 plays

18.

Plays and Dramatists of the English Renaissance

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

The English Renaissance produced many talented and popular dramatists in addition to Shakespeare. How many do you recognize?

Average, 10 Qns, lowtechmaster, Jul 21 16

Average
lowtechmaster
479 plays

19.

Dying is Easy - Comedy Is Hard

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

For playwrights throughout the ages, "Make 'Em Laugh" has always been good advice.

Average, 10 Qns, astorian, Oct 21 22

Average
astorian
Oct 21 22
1809 plays

20.

Classics of the Theatre

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Here's a look at some of the classical (non-musical) works of the theatre. Enjoy it.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 29 16

Average
robert362
1732 plays

21.

Name That Modern Play! popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

I love Shakespeare as much as the next person, but how about some time with the new guys? Here's a quiz about some 20th century playwrights you should know about.

Average, 10 Qns, fancy_pants, Jun 05 11

Average
fancy_pants
765 plays

22.

General Theatre Knowledge

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Here's a quiz for Theatre mavens everywhere.

Average, 10 Qns, godot1, May 13 11

Average
godot1
4370 plays

23.

Theatrica Obscura I: Moden British Drama

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

A survey of 20th Century British theater, from common knowledge to more obscure.

Tough, 10 Qns, Yehuda101, Apr 01 16

Tough
Yehuda101
731 plays

24.

Modern Drama

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz deals with plays written after the second world war. Hope you enjoy it!

Average, 10 Qns, Bronte, Sep 25 23

Average
Bronte
Sep 25 23
1473 plays

25.

Theatre Quiz (Non-Musical) - 3 attributes

Multiple Choice

15 Qns

I will give 3 attributes of a play and you find the right one!

Average, 15 Qns, garyjaffe, Oct 05 12

Average
garyjaffe
1370 plays

26.

Name That Play II

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This is the second round of random plays throughout history. See how well you do in this trip from ancient Rome to today.

Average, 10 Qns, GWU_Boy, Apr 18 13

Average
GWU_Boy
1489 plays

27.

Which Play?

Multiple Choice

15 Qns

I'll give you the names of some of the characters, and you tell me which play they appear in! This quiz covers a wide range of plays from Greek Tragedy to post-war drama. Best of luck, and have fun!

Tough, 15 Qns, Bronte, Jan 17 12

Tough
Bronte
2268 plays

28.

Playwrights

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

What did you learn in Intro To The Theatre 101? Try these multiple choice questions - most of which deal with contemporary playwrights. Have some fun and get 'dramatic!'

Average, 10 Qns, dbljw, Apr 14 17

Average
dbljw
1925 plays

29.

Name That Play III

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Here's the third round of random plays throughout history. See how well you do with plays from Norway to the United States.

Average, 10 Qns, GWU_Boy, Aug 15 09

Average
GWU_Boy
1570 plays

30.

The Characters. What Play?

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

In which plays would you find the following characters?

Tough, 10 Qns, emli, Jul 22 20

Tough
emli
Jul 22 20
790 plays

31.

Theatre Mysteries

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz is about some shows that deal with mysteries (as opposed to musicals, comedies or dramas). It may be tough if you're not into the genre.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Oct 12 22

Average
robert362
Oct 12 22
785 plays

32.

Survey of Great Plays and Playwrights

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Here's a look at some great (non-musical) plays and playwrights of the last hundred or so years.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Nov 10 13

Average
robert362
1445 plays

33.

Techniques in Drama

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

A look at some interesting and unusual uses of dramatic devices.

Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 30 11

Tough
robert362
1031 plays

34.

Femmes Fatale of the Theatre

Multiple Choice

20 Qns

From its inception in Ancient Greece to the current Broadway season, the theatre has introduced innumerable strong female characters. How many can you recognize from the clues given?

Tough, 20 Qns, zanneliza, Apr 21 08

Tough
zanneliza
813 plays

35.

10 Questions on Name That Play

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

If you want to quiz yourself on 10 plays from all eras of history, then this quiz is right for you. They range in plays from ancient Greece to the 21st century.

Average, 10 Qns, GWU_Boy, Jan 21 19

Average
GWU_Boy
Jan 21 19
2302 plays

36.

Characters from Classic Drama

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz deals with famous characters from the dramatic stage. You have to identify the playwright who has created that character.

Average, 10 Qns, robert362, Dec 06 23

Average
robert362
Dec 06 23
1738 plays

37.

The Medieval Drama Play: "Everyman"

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

How much do you know about the Medieval Play, "Everyman"? Take this quiz and find out.

Average, 10 Qns, disney_4_life, May 29 05

Average
disney_4_life
516 plays

38.

Play Quotations

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

How well do you know your plays? I give a line or two, you indicate who speaks it.

Tough, 10 Qns, kelby_lake, May 15 19

Tough
kelby_lake
May 15 19
438 plays

39.

Great Lies In Drama

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Many fine dramas rely on "the big lie" to move the plot along. Here are a few examples.

Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jul 21 23

Tough
robert362
Jul 21 23
1031 plays

40.

Quotes from Plays Through History

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

A collection of quotes from various plays throughout the history of theatre. Plays range from Greek comedy through modern productions. Good luck!

Tough, 10 Qns, ItalianEyes, Dec 08 09

Tough
ItalianEyes
432 plays

41.

Lesser Known (Non-Musical) Plays

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

The writer doesn't always get the credit he deserves. Who wrote these hits?

Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Aug 10 07

Tough
robert362
532 plays

42.

Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)

Multiple Choice

15 Qns

This quiz is about plays and playwrights. I'll give you the playwright, and you tell me which play or screenplay they did NOT write.

Tough, 15 Qns, punkshocker, Oct 19 15

Tough
punkshocker
1334 plays

43.

Pulitzer -Winning Dramas

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Many prize winners are not so very well known. Take a shot.

Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 28 02

Tough
robert362
1159 plays

44.

Identify American Plays

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

I'll give you the names of several characters from well-known American plays. Name the play.

Tough, 10 Qns, Phoenix3000, Aug 10 07

Tough
Phoenix3000
653 plays

45.

Land of the Dragon

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz is about the play "Land of the Dragon". This is about the FANTASY PLAYHOUSE version.

Average, 10 Qns, hpgrl, Dec 23 16

Average
hpgrl
218 plays

46.

Find the Quote

Multiple Choice

20 Qns

Each question is a quote from a play. Your job is to name which play the quote comes from. Ready? Let's do this.

Difficult, 20 Qns, mrhoboken, Dec 20 02

Difficult
mrhoboken
745 plays

47.

Plays and Playwrights

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Here's a collection of theatre odds-and-ends - try it!

Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jun 05 15

Tough
robert362
1390 plays

48.

Dash So Fuddy!

Multiple Choice

15 Qns

This is a quiz about the hilarious drama/comedy, "Fuddy Meers"! Test your stroke-talk knowledge and more!

Tough, 15 Qns, papamambo, Oct 09 23

Tough
papamambo
Oct 09 23
249 plays

49.

Anagrams of Classic Dramatic Theatre

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

These anagrams are titles of prominent (non-musical) theatre. They start easy and get harder as you go.

Tough, 10 Qns, robert362, Jan 28 02

Tough
robert362
711 plays

50.

20th Century Dramatists

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This is a quiz to spark the mind of any Theatre Studies fanatic as it asks questions about the creaters of theatre is the last 100 years.

Tough, 10 Qns, Bretton, Aug 04 13

Tough
Bretton
661 plays

51.

Famous First Lines from Plays

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

These are the first lines spoken by a character in a play. I will tell you the character and you decide what that character said. Have fun with it!

Difficult, 10 Qns, footlights, May 01 04

Difficult
footlights
608 plays

Plays Trivia Questions

1. Three of the four playwrights below were born in Ireland. Which one did NOT hail from the Emerald Isle?

From Quiz Play-Right

Answer: Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), the son of an Irish immigrant, was born in New York City, United States of America, in Longacre Square (now better known as Times Square). The others were all born in Dublin, Ireland. Seán O'Casey, in particular, was greatly influenced by his homeland and was known for his plays about Dublin's working-class poor, including "The Shadow of a Gunman" (1923), "Juno and the Paycock" (1924), and "The Plough and the Stars" (1926).

2. This dramatist wrote "The Spanish Tragedy" (1582-92) and attended the Merchant Taylors' School at the same time as Edmund Spenser and Thomas Lodge. He may have written the lost "Ur-Hamlet". [He did not kid around.]

From Quiz Plays and Dramatists of the English Renaissance

Answer: Thomas Kyd

Kyd, who lived from 1558-1594, is generally credited with popularizing the "revenge tragedy" genre in England. "The Ur-Hamlet" and "The Spanish Tragedy" (which includes a play-within-a-play) are considered to have influenced Shakespeare's "Hamlet". He is also credited with being a more-than-equal collaborator with Shakespeare on the play "Edward III" (published anonymously in 1596).

3. Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee wrote what play about "the Scopes Monkey Trial"?

From Quiz Recalling History on Stage

Answer: Inherit the Wind

Lawrence and Lee specialized in writing historical drama, and taught the subject to future playwrights. "Inherit the Wind" was based on the 1925 trial of The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes. A 1960 movie followed the 1955 stage play. The title of both refers to Proverbs 11:29 which says, "He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind."

4. In what tragedy would we meet a character who murders his brother's sons and then serves them in a stew to their unknowing father?

From Quiz I Write the Plays (Very Old Plays)

Answer: "Thyestes" by Seneca.

Seneca (4 BC to AD 65) was a dramatist from the Roman period, who was among other things the tutor of the young emperor Nero. His "Thyestes" is one of the most gruesome plays from any world literature. Atreus, father of Agamemnon and Menelaus, pretends to be reconciled with his estranged brother, Thyestes, but in fact murders Thyestes' children and then serves them in a stew to their father.

5. Wives haunt husband (comedy!).

From Quiz More Play Summaries in Four Words

Answer: Blithe Spirit

A novelist holds a seance to get material for his next story. In the process, the medium brings his dead wife back as a ghost...whom his current wife cannot see. After a car accident, the other wife ends up as a ghost at the man's house. Yes, it's a screwball comedy, written by Noel Coward.

6. Harvey Kelekian, M.D.; Jason Posner, M.D.; Susie Monahan, B.N., B.S.N.; E.M. Ashford, D.Phil.; Vivian Bearing, Ph.D. This playwright only ever wrote one play - which play are these characters from?

From Quiz The Characters. What Play?

Answer: "Wit" by Margaret Edson

"Wit", a beautiful drama about a literature professor who is dying of ovarian cancer, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1999.

7. 'Karl Marx should be a set book for the Sixth!'

From Quiz Play Quotations

Answer: Tommy Judd in 'Another Country'

Judd was the communist schoolboy in 'Another Country' by Julien Mitchell, set in a boys' boarding school in the 1930s. A film adaption was made which had Colin Firth playing Judd.

8. Edward Albee wrote this fascinating play about two married couples who have a very interesting evening together. What is its name?

From Quiz Name That Modern Play!

Answer: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Virginia Woolf was the influential female author who wrote "A Room of One's Own," and committed suicide by putting rocks in her pocket and walking into a river.

9. At the beginning of the play which character is the first to speak and explains to the audience that they are watching a play?

From Quiz The Medieval Drama Play: "Everyman"

Answer: Messenger

The Messenger is the first to speak and here is his first line. "I pray you all give your audience, And hear this matter with reverence, By figure a moral play."

10. What medieval play is this from? "O Good Deeds, I stand in fear! I must you pray of counsel, For help should come right well."

From Quiz Quotes from Plays Through History

Answer: Everyman

Performances of 'Everyman' date from 1495, and it is still widely performed today.

11. Claire's son, Kenny, is behind in school. What grade is he in?

From Quiz Dash So Fuddy!

Answer: 8th Grade

Kenny is dyslexic and hooked on drugs. So his family is really hoping he gets into high school this year!

12. Despite being afflicted with Narcolepsy and Melancholia, I am cast as the assassin of Jean-Paul Marat by the Marquis De Sade.

From Quiz Femmes Fatale of the Theatre

Answer: Charlotte Corday

In the prolifically titled: "The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis De Sade" by Peter Weiss.

13. In Aristophanes' "Lysistrata," how do the women of Athens attempt to end the war with Sparta?

From Quiz Dying is Easy - Comedy Is Hard

Answer: Withholding sex from their husbands

The Pentagon is undoubtedly working to suppress this play!

14. Where does the play take place?

From Quiz Land of the Dragon

Answer: The Southern Kingdom

It takes place in the Southern Kingdom in ancient China.

15. This 1935 verse drama (and 1952 movie) by T. S. Eliot follows archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket accepting martyrdom as he is killed by four knights on the order of Henry II. This is "Murder in the ___________".

From Quiz Name That Play III

Answer: Cathedral

In real life, Thomas Becket was killed on December 29, 1170. Actually, the place in "The Canterbury Tales" where the pilgrims were going was to his shrine.

16. One play utilized the unusual technique of having an actor portray a talking lizard. Who wrote the play?

From Quiz Techniques in Drama

Answer: Edward Albee

"Seascape". How many plays have key roles for talking animals?

17. This 1610 work was probably Shakespeare's last piece. It's a comedy about Miranda and her father, Prospero, who rules the island's magical creatures who revolt against him.

From Quiz Name That Play II

Answer: The Tempest

Other characters in "The Tempest" are the spirit Ariel and the evil monster Caliban.

18. Sheridan Whiteside, the dreadful house guest in "The Man Who Came to Dinner", said this upon entering the stage.

From Quiz Famous First Lines from Plays

Answer: "I could vomit."

The character was modeled after the real life Alexander Woolcott. The part was played by Monte Wooley on Broadway and in the film. For a brief period of time, Woolcott himself took over the part in New York. He was playing himself.

19. 1. An earlobe. 2. The basement. 3. Antique worry-crystals.

From Quiz Theatre Quiz (Non-Musical) - 3 attributes

Answer: Neil Simon's "Rumors"

The comedic masterpiece "Rumors," by Neil Simon, involves party guests finding their host upstairs - with a bullet through his earlobe! What transpires is a maniacal romp involving a therapist, a tennis club and priceless worry-crystals (and much, much more!)

20. In "Hamlet", Hamlet lies about Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and thereby seals their fate. How does Hamlet accomplish the lie?

From Quiz Great Lies In Drama

Answer: In a letter

Hamlet substitutes the names of R&G in the letter for his own name.

21. In which play would you find the characters of Cordelia, Goneril and Regan?

From Quiz Which Play?

Answer: "King Lear"

By William Shakespeare. This play was written around 1604. Cordelia, Goneril and Regan are daughters of King Lear.

22. 'She was also a wonderful woman, but you never got her licked into shape. A man has to get his woman licked into shape. Licked into shape!'

From Quiz Find the Quote

Answer: Play Strindberg

This quote is from the Friedrich Durrenmatt play 'Play Strindberg', which is itself an adaptation of August Strindberg's 'Dance of Death'.

23. Which writer wrote the play 'Look Back in Anger'?

From Quiz Modern Drama

Answer: John Osborne

It was written in 1956 and was extremely controversial at this time.

24. In my opinion, the best play of the genre is 'Sleuth'. Who wrote it?

From Quiz Theatre Mysteries

Answer: Anthony Shaffer

Brilliant writing by Anthony Shaffer - who never quite found the formula again. 'Murderer' and 'Whodunit' were his - but they were pale imitations which enjoyed (deservedly) only modest success. (Don't judge this fine play by the mediocre movie version that followed).

25. Which famous British playwright wrote the plays 'Teechers','Bouncers' and has worked for Hull Truck Theatre Company?

From Quiz 20th Century Dramatists

Answer: John Godber

Mad Yorkshireman John Godber came from a working class background, but left home to train to become a Drama teacher at the famous Theatre college 'Bretton Hall'. But the good thing for him is that he didn't have to leave home as Bretton Hall was still within Yorkshire boundries by being on the outskirts of Wakefield near Leeds.

26. 'The Subject was Roses' was a Pulitzer Prize winner. Who was the author?

From Quiz Pulitzer -Winning Dramas

Answer: Frank Gilroy

Rice won for 'Street Scene'. Chase won for 'Harvey'. Norman won for ''Night, Mother'.

27. Larry Slade, Harry Hope, Don Parritt?

From Quiz Identify American Plays

Answer: 'The Iceman Cometh'

Great marathon Eugen O'Neill play.

28. In Eric Bogosian's 'subUrbia', what is the nationality of Norman, the man who runs the 7-11?

From Quiz Obscure Drama

Answer: Pakistani

NORMAN. My name is Nazeer Chaudhry. Norman is...just a name. JEFF. Nazeer! What's that, Indian? NORMAN. Pakistani. Karachi is in Pakistan.

29. Arthur Miller? Which play or screenplay did he NOT write?

From Quiz Playwrights And Their Plays (NOT!)

Answer: 'Equus'

'Equus' was written by Peter Shaffer.

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