This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 20 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who did Shakespeare marry? A) Anne Hathaway. B) Georgia Gregory. C) Anne Hardaway. D) Sherry Vension. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anne Hathaway. 2. What was one of the reasons why city officials didn't like the theaters? A) Too noisy. B) The plague. C) Too many people. D) Violence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plague. 3. Mark the alternative that contains the characteristics of Macbeth. A) Brave-angry-loyal-fickle. B) Doubtful-sensitive-generous-candid. C) Evil-trusting-helpful-grateful. D) Determined-evil-suspicious-ambitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Determined-evil-suspicious-ambitious. 4. To succeed A) Tragedy. B) Inspire. C) Prosper. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prosper. 5. Shakespeare lived in A) The 1300s. B) The 1400s. C) The 1500s. D) The 1600s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The 1500s. 6. Women were not allowed to act in the theatre A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. What were the names of Shakespeare's children? A) Hamnet, Susie, Jude. B) Hamlet, Anne, Julia. C) Hamnet, Edith, Joan. D) Hamnet, Susanna, Judith. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamnet, Susanna, Judith. 8. He could buy the largest house in London. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. In this scene we will meet Julieta's mother, a woman who wants to try to convince her daughter to marry Paris. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 10. What did Shakespeare write with? A) Pen. B) Pencil. C) Quill. D) Computer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quill. 11. How many plays and other works were written by Shakespeare? A) 37 plays and 154 works that we know of. B) 33 plays and 122 works that we know of. C) 25 plays and 210 works that we know of. D) 49 plays and 179 works that we know of. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 37 plays and 154 works that we know of. 12. Which stage of life is described as mewling and puking in the nurse's arms? A) Soldier. B) Lover. C) Infant. D) Schoolboy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infant. 13. What was one of the main components audiences, as well as critics, wanted to see in plays? A) Bloodshed. B) Marriage. C) Courtship. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bloodshed. 14. According to Shakespeare, "All The World is a A) Globe. B) Performance. C) Earth. D) Stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stage. 15. Tragedy based on a story by Saxo Grammaticus: A) The Taming of the Shrew. B) Macbeth. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) Hamlet. E) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 16. Which house is Julieta from? A) Montesco. B) Capulet. C) None. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capulet. 17. When did Shakespeare get married? A) When he was 18. B) When he was 16. C) When he was ill. D) When he was having baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When he was 18. 18. From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays, has this quote been taken?"'All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.' A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Much Ado About Nothing. C) Henry V. D) As You Like It. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As You Like It. 19. The petty school A) Was a school for younger children. B) Was a school for older children. C) Was a school for teenagers. D) Was the name of the university. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was a school for younger children. 20. Who was the most popular playwright in Shakespeare's time? A) Ben Johnson. B) John Webster. C) Phillip Henslowe. D) Christopher Marlowe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Christopher Marlowe. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 5William Shakespeare Quiz 6William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8William Shakespeare Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books