William Shakespeare Quiz 43 (20 MCQs)

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1. The play opens with the announcement of a wedding; In four days, May 1,

Correct Answer: A) Theseus, Duke of Athens, will marry Hippolyta.

2. During Shakespeare's lifetime, actors were called .....

Correct Answer: C) Players.

3. "Your harsh criticisms are like fish hooks that pierce my confidence."

Correct Answer: A) Simile.

4. What did Shakespeare leave his wife in his will?

Correct Answer: C) His second-best bed.

5. What year did he die?

Correct Answer: A) 1616.

6. Queen Elizabeth I frequented the Globe Theatre.

Correct Answer: B) False.

7. Which one is not one of Shakespeare's Roman plays?

Correct Answer: C) The Merry Wives of Windsor.

8. His father was poor and often was in money difficulties.

Correct Answer: A) True.

9. But they are part of two families that have been at enmity for many years.

Correct Answer: B) TRUE.

10. What is the relationship between these "two households" ?

Correct Answer: C) They are enemies and are involved in an old feud.

11. In what town was he born?

Correct Answer: A) Stratford upon Avon.

12. Where did he go from Stratford-upon-Avon?

Correct Answer: B) U London.

13. The poems that Shakespeare wrote were called .....

Correct Answer: D) Sonnets.

14. Before being a playwriter, Shakespeare he

Correct Answer: C) Made gloves.

15. Romeo and Juliet .....

Correct Answer: D) Get married.

16. What was Shakespeare's wife's name?

Correct Answer: A) Anne Hathaway.

17. Which of the following is a distinctive feature of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Correct Answer: A) Rhyming Couplet.

18. Shakespeare's production can be considered baroque for:

Correct Answer: C) Refusal of verisimilitude, the talented use of language and the distance from the canons of classical theatre.

19. What was his mother's maiden name?

Correct Answer: C) Arden.

20. He had three kids

Correct Answer: A) True.