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What is the estimated number of characters created by Shakespeare in his plays?
What is the estimated number of characters created by Shakespeare in his plays?
- 1277 (correct)
- 2000
- 1000
- 500
What is the approximate number of different words used by Shakespeare in his works?
What is the approximate number of different words used by Shakespeare in his works?
- 20,000
- 30,000 (correct)
- 10,000
- 40,000
Which statement about Shakespeare's plays is true?
Which statement about Shakespeare's plays is true?
- Shakespeare's plays contain small mistakes, but they are still popular. (correct)
- The First Folio is an inaccurate edition of his plays.
- All of his plays were published during his lifetime
- Critics unanimously agree that Shakespeare wrote his plays.
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Study Notes
- Hamlet has 1530 lines, while Comedy of Errors has 1770 lines.
- Shakespeare wrote over 100,000 lines of drama and created 1277 characters.
- His vocabulary was rich, with over 30,000 different words in his works.
- Nearly half of his plays were published during his lifetime.
- The First Folio is an accurate edition of his plays produced after his death.
- Some critics doubt that Shakespeare wrote his plays.
- His plays contain small mistakes, but they are still popular.
- Shakespeare's plays are performed more than any other playwright's.
- A clock strikes in ancient Rome and Cleopatra plays billiards in his plays.
- A ship lands on the coast of Bohemia in A Winter's Tale, a country with no coasts.
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