This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The people that stood up during his plays were called A) Cheap. B) The Rich. C) Groundlings. D) Crowd pleasers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groundlings. 2. What is the metaphor used to describe people in the reading? A) Warriors. B) Actors. C) Animals. D) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actors. 3. This story is also romantic. A) Hamlet. B) Macbeth. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romeo and Juliet. 4. William Shakespeare was born in ..... A) 1564. B) 1652. C) 1949. D) 1600. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1564. 5. What stylistic means of expression did the poet use: "hearts are as light as shoes, and mine is like lead to you" ? A) Onomatopoeia. B) Comparison. C) Alliteration. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comparison. 6. Politeness A) Courtesy. B) Frenzy. C) Intention. D) Malice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Courtesy. 7. He ..... his own theatre, The Globe in London. A) Had. B) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Had. 8. Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth were ..... A) Comedies. B) Histories. C) Tragedies. D) Drag-comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedies. 9. How old was he when he married Ann Hathaway? A) 17. B) 18. C) 19. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18. 10. Where did W.Shakespeare begin his acting career? A) The Globe. B) The Bolshoy Theatre. C) The Theatre. D) The Tower of London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Theatre. 11. Lysander, Hermia's great love, proposes to her A) Flee Athens with him. B) Escape to the forest to look for fairies. C) May she marry Demetrius as soon as possible. D) Look for Oberon to fix their problem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flee Athens with him. 12. When is the believed date of Shakespeare's death? A) March 15, 1616. B) May 1, 1616. C) April 23, 1616. D) June 10, 1616. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April 23, 1616. 13. Sam: "Would you like to go watch a movie this weekend? "Carly: "I can't, I am low on cash right now." ..... stay at home and watch TV instead. A) How about. B) Let's. C) What about. D) I think. E) How about. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Let's. 14. What's the easiest way to tell if a poem is a sonnet? A) See it it's about love and romance. B) See if it contains rhyming couplets. C) Figure out if it's written in Latin. D) Count the number of lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Count the number of lines. 15. What was the role of dramas in the 15th and 16th centuries? in the life of a citizen of s.? A) Nothing, they didn't go to the theater. B) They learned the seven liberal arts in the theater. C) Dramatic works were used to interpret the historical and social changes of their time. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic works were used to interpret the historical and social changes of their time. 16. What was the decoration of the canopy above the stage? A) Sky. B) Forest. C) Umbrella. D) Tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sky. 17. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write? A) 154. B) 200. C) 120. D) 100. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 154. 18. What was the name of the acting company that Shakespeare worked for? A) King Chamberlain and his Men. B) Lord of Sussex Troupe. C) The King's Group. D) Lord Chamberlain's Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Chamberlain's Men. 19. Shakespeare's published work was called the First A) Anthology. B) Folio. C) Collection. D) Trilogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folio. 20. Which sentence best describes how Banquo serves as a foil to Macbeth? A) Banquo lacks ambition. B) Banquo forgives his enemies. C) Banquo suspects the witches of deceit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banquo suspects the witches of deceit. Next →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 5William Shakespeare Quiz 6William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8William Shakespeare Quiz 9William Shakespeare Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books