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Shakespeare Plays Tragedy/Comedy/History

For each Shakespeare play, the answer is either Tragedy, Comedy or History. In this quiz the order changes every time you play!
For the 36 plays included in the First Folio of 1623
Answer must correspond to highlighted box!
Quiz by JoeRainford
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Last updated: February 15, 2022
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Category
The Comedy of Errors
Comedy
Titus Andonicus
Tragedy
Julius Caesar
Tragedy
Henry IV, Part 2
History
Romeo and Juliet
Tragedy
Antony and Cleopatra
Tragedy
All's Well That Ends Well
Comedy
Twelfth Night
Comedy
Henry VIII
History
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Comedy
As You Like It
Comedy
Henry VI, Part 2
History
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Category
Henry IV, Part 1
History
Cymbeline
Tragedy
The Merchant of Venice
Comedy
Love's Labour's Lost
Comedy
The Taming of the Shrew
Comedy
King John
History
Henry VI, Part 3
History
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Comedy
Coriolanus
Tragedy
Measure for Measure
Comedy
Troilus and Cressida
Tragedy
The Winter's Tale
Comedy
Play
Category
Timon of Athens
Tragedy
Henry V
History
Richard II
History
Henry VI, Part 1
History
The Tempest
Comedy
Hamlet
Tragedy
Othello
Tragedy
Richard III
History
Macbeth
Tragedy
Much Ado about Nothing
Comedy
King Lear
Tragedy
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Comedy
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Level 45
Feb 17, 2022
A lot of the plays don't fit neatly into tragedy or comedy... e.g. Cymbeline, Troilus and Cressida, Measure for Measure, Winter's Tale, etc. Maybe a tragicomedy category would be better for plays like this?
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Level 64
Feb 18, 2022
The categories are defined by the First Folio