Can you name the modern countries in which Shakespeare's plays are set?

Country	Play(s)
	Macbeth, etc.
	Pericles
	Pericles
	Hamlet
	Henry V, etc.
	The Winter's Tale
	Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure

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Countries in Shakespeare Quiz

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Created Nov 11, 2010 in Literature
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	Koltrane:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 19:23 GMT		33 points
	It never ceases to amaze me how creative Sporcle contributors can be. What a great quiz idea! Loved the bonuses, especially the one for Ireland.

	teganml:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 19:33 GMT		1 point
	huh... I just finished Measure for Measure and I had no idea that it was supposed to be set there. the names are all so Italian not to mention the Catholicism (Isabella desiring to be a nun)

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	chikka2:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 20:27 GMT		3 points
	Brilliant idea!Syria and Lebanon came as a surprise.

	ACL:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 20:30 GMT		29 points
	Great quiz - how about adding Bermuda as a bonus? Most interpretations seem to suggest that The Tempest is at least based in part on a description of a shipwreck on Bermuda in the early 1600s.

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	luckylu:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 20:48 GMT		1 point
	got 2 bonuses, but only got 2 of the real questions. i need to reread my shakespeare O.O

	socraticmethod:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 20:57 GMT		3 points
	Totally forgot that Cyprus was an independent country... embarassed

	D_Mac:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 21:00 GMT		16 points
	In response to some of the above comments: if you just took this quiz to type in the names of random countries, why did you bother??

	nathan1:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 21:44 GMT		8 points
	I can't believe I missed Denmark

	Chromatos:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 21:45 GMT		8 points
	ACL - Bermuda is a territory of the UK, which is already included

	Stillwater100:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 21:55 GMT		6 points
	Cool quiz. I never realized Twelfth Night took place in Croatia. I also was certain that some of Hamlet was set in Norway, due to Fortinbras, but I checked my copy & sure enough, all his scenes are in Denmark. Nice job, Johnlk.

	johnlk:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 21:58 GMT		4 points
	In terms of Bermuda, while it is thought that The Tempest was partly based on descriptions of Bermuda, geographically, the island on which the play is set is clearly located in the Mediterranean - the ship is on its way from Naples to Tunis, or vice versa, iirc.

	zeppelinoid:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 21:59 GMT		13 points
	I have alays understood that The Winter's Tale was set around the coast of the Northern Adriatic (now Italy/Slovenia/Croatia) which was briefly controlled by Bohemia. The Forest of Arden is in Warwickshire in the Midlands of England (i.e. close to Stratford-Upon-Avon); however, Shakespeare seems to have forgotten this with his references to France. The suggestion that he meant the Ardennes is quite unlikely.

	drn211:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 21:59 GMT		4 points
	Spain, Albania/Montenegro, Belgium and Ireland are the bonuses

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	tulliuscicero:	Nov 22nd, 2010 at 23:41 GMT		5 points
	@bicyclerace: That's by Marlowe.

	taeda:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 00:14 GMT		8 points
	I totally just typed in random "old world" countries, but I still learned something about Shakespeare, and possibly Elizabethan England, and thus found the quiz very enjoyable.

	webmaestro2000:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 00:17 GMT		2 points
	very nice idea for a quiz.

	actorbabe:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 01:12 GMT		3 points
	The Winter's Tale is set in Sicilia (modern day Sicily, Italy) and Bohemia, which is part of the Czech Republic now. If you read some of the forewards in modern editions of the play, scholars say that Shakespeare's "Bohemia" was not geographically correct at all, as he made it a coastal region in Italian lands for purposes of the plot.

	jennyemelie:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 01:42 GMT		1 point
	@teganml: Measure for Measure's Vincentio is the Duke of Vienna. Definitely in Austria.

	AdamBishop:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 01:45 GMT		1 point
	Along with Norway, I thought some of Hamlet took place in Poland. But I guess the Norwegians are just on their way to Poland and nothing is actually set in either of those places. Hooray for Pericles Prince of Tyre though!

	clapton123:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 01:58 GMT		8 points
	Well, that's embarrassing. I was just in a production of The Winter's Tale as of yesterday, and I never knew it was set in the Czech Republic. Not a clue!

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	lobsterman56:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 06:18 GMT		-2 points
	i got 9 and 3 bonuses with no knowledge of shakespeare

	random_cloud:	Nov 23rd, 2010 at 06:58 GMT		5 points
	fortinbras would argue that norway needs a bonus as it is constantly referred to in hamlet, even if it's not actually used for any scenes.