This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 39 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Despite the success of his plays, Shakespeare was not very rich or popular when he was alive. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. At the end of the plot, Oberon says: A) That if anyone felt offended, they are sorry. B) That if anyone felt offended, they should complain directly to the author. C) If anyone felt offended, forget it, because it was all an illusion. D) If anyone felt offended, let them think they were asleep and that everything was a dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) If anyone felt offended, let them think they were asleep and that everything was a dream. 3. What year did you start writing? A) 1592. B) 1530. C) 1670. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1592. 4. Who played female parts? A) Women. B) Men. C) Children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Men. 5. Which of Shakespeare's play features the line "To be or not to be that is the question" ? A) Macbeth. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Midsummer Night's Dream. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 6. When is Shakespeare's birthday? A) April 23, 1564. B) April 3, 1564. C) April 23, 1616. D) No one knows. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) April 23, 1564. 7. What does the word '' Literature '' mean? A) Ability to read and write. B) Ability to move around freely. C) Ability to listen and speak fluently. D) Ability in physical movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ability to read and write. 8. What is the name of the theater he had built to perform his plays? A) The Black Swan. B) The Globe. C) The Cure. D) The National. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Globe. 9. Shakespeare died a poor man A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 10. Which monarch (king or queen) was on the throne during Shakespeare's time? A) Henry VIII. B) Mary. C) George. D) Elizabeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elizabeth. 11. Shakespeare's famous sonnets are ..... line poems. A) 9. B) 12. C) 14. D) 15. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 12. Macbeth is based loosely on what events? A) The reign of King MacBeth I of Scotland. B) The life of King James I of England. C) The life of King James VI of Scotland. D) The life of Queen Scarlett of Rowe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reign of King MacBeth I of Scotland. 13. What was the occupation of Shakespeare's father? A) Glover and leather merchant. B) Blacksmith. C) Baker. D) Carpenter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glover and leather merchant. 14. How many children did William Shakespeare have with Anne Hathaway? A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 15. How many plays did W.Shakespeare write? A) 37. B) 73. C) 12. D) 17. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 37. 16. Shakespeare's second and third children are twins. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. How many plays do we know that Shakespeare wrote? A) 37. B) 36. C) 38. D) 39. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 38. 18. Why does Lysander propose to Hermia that the two of them run away? A) For in Athens women must marry suitors chosen by their father. B) For in Athens women must marry suitors for the king. C) For in Athens women must marry the suitors who first court them. D) For in Athens women must marry the suitors they fall in love with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) For in Athens women must marry suitors chosen by their father. 19. What were the names of your 3 children? A) Susanna, Judith and Hamnet. B) Joseph, Robert and Maria. C) Paula, Daniel and Raquel. D) John, Jane and Jennifer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Susanna, Judith and Hamnet. 20. The two lovers enjoyed their feelings and gave their own love A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. ← 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