Multiple choice

Name the work which put to literary use of the word Assassination.

  1. Hamlet

  2. Crime and Punishment

  3. Joan of Arc

  4. Tragedy of Macbeth

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Explanation

William Shakespeare is credited with the first literary use of the word 'assassination' in his play 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' (Act 1, Scene 7). While the word 'assassin' existed earlier, Shakespeare transformed it into a noun describing the act itself.