This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 25 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "If hairs be wires" What is the literary device used? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 2. Iago's hypocritical statements contribute to his dismissal of Cassius from his position as his lieutenant. A) Acto I. B) Acto II. C) Acto III. D) Acto IV. E) Act V. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Acto II. 3. William Shakespeare was born in this city: A) London. B) Stratford-upon-Avon. C) Birmingham. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratford-upon-Avon. 4. "My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground" What does the speaker imply about his lover in this line? A) She is powerful, she commands respect. B) She is heavy and is not light on her feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is powerful, she commands respect. 5. Shakespeare's son, Hamnet, died of A) Influenza. B) Plague. C) Embarrassment about his name. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plague. 6. Who plans for Juliet to fake her death? A) Juliet's Lullaby. B) Benvolio. C) Teobakdo. D) Fray Lorenzo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fray Lorenzo. 7. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Shakespeare is known as what? A) The Bard. B) The Poet. C) William Shakespeare. D) The Playwright. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Bard. 9. Vad hette William Shakespeares fru? A) Nothing (he didn't have any). B) Queen Elizabeth I. C) Anne Hathaway. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anne Hathaway. 10. Juliet asks ..... A) Who has been eavesdropping on her at night. B) If anyone can help her with problems. C) Romeo to tell her what kind of person he is. D) Who has broken into her family grounds and if they mean to steal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who has been eavesdropping on her at night. 11. William Shakespeare left his hometown for an unknown reason. Where did he show a few years later? A) America. B) Stratford-Upon-Avon. C) London. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) London. 12. How long was the time where we have no record of his life A) 12 years. B) 4months. C) 1 and a half years. D) 4 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 years. 13. The Globe Theatre is in A) Berlin. B) London. C) Madrid. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) London. 14. How did England become a maritime power? A) They defeated the Americans. B) They defeated Russia. C) They defeated Spain. D) It did not become a maritime superpower. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They defeated Spain. 15. Which subplot in "King Lear" involves the illegitimate son who conspires against his legitimate brother? A) The subplot of Cordelia's marriage. B) The subplot of the French invasion. C) The subplot involving Gloucester and his sons. D) The subplot of Lear's division of the kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The subplot involving Gloucester and his sons. 16. Prince of Verona A) Tybald. B) Paris. C) Scale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scale. 17. In the history of cinema so far, more than ..... full-length films have been based on Shakespeare's works. A) 200. B) 300. C) 400. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 400. 18. As a result of migrating Europeans during the Elizabethan era, ..... became a culturally diverse city. A) London. B) Venice. C) New York. D) Berlin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) London. 19. William shakespeare married A) Mother taresa. B) Anne hathaway. C) Juliet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anne hathaway. 20. Which was NOT a famous tragedy written by Shakespeare? A) Hamlet. B) Othello. C) Macbeth. D) Oedipus Rex. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oedipus Rex. ← 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