This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following best describes Lady Macbeth's death? A) He dies off stage. B) She sleepwalks outside the palace wall. C) He declares his own guilt and stabs himself with a knife. D) Macduff kills her in revenge for the murder of his own wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He dies off stage. 2. How many new words did he introduce (coin) in the English language? A) Almost 3, 000 words. B) Nearly 1, 500 words. C) Exactly 1, 203 words. D) About 2, 100 words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Almost 3, 000 words. 3. What was the atmosphere of the Globe? A) Guiet and calm. B) Live and noisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Live and noisy. 4. They remain from Shakespeare A) 36 works in all. B) 36 plays in addition to the Sonnets. C) Hundreds of incomplete works. D) 20 tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 36 plays in addition to the Sonnets. 5. How did people know when a play was going to be held? A) A bell rang. B) A light flashed. C) They opened the roof. D) A flag was hoisted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A flag was hoisted. 6. Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in history. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. What is Shakespeare's standard poetic form? A) Rhyme royal. B) Blank verse. C) Sonnet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blank verse. 8. Shakespeare says the subject will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean? A) People will read about her in his poems. B) She will die and go to heaven. C) She will fall out of line. D) People will know her because of her beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People will read about her in his poems. 9. Shakespeare was NOT known for being ..... A) A director. B) An actor. C) A playwright. D) A founder of a theatre company. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A director. 10. Into whom does Edgar transform himself? A) A man named Poor Tom. B) Lear's servant. C) Goneril and Regan's servant. D) A copy of his brother Edmund. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A man named Poor Tom. 11. Published by John Hemminge and Henry Condell, and published seven years after his death, this was the first collected work of Shakespeare. A) The First Folio. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Daemonologie. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The First Folio. 12. Eric:I think our city is very hot at the moment. Era:I don't think so ..... Our city is much cooler than other cities in this country. A) I know it. B) I am thinking of. C) He forget it. D) In my opinion. E) See you. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In my opinion. 13. What did you study A) Quantum physics. B) Res. C) English and history. D) Latin, Greek and History. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latin, Greek and History. 14. Why don't we know much about Shakespeare's early life? A) They didn't keep a lot of records on regular people in his lifetime. B) He was born in a country with no written language. C) Christopher Marlowe actually wrote all of Shakespeare's plays. D) The Queen of England had them all burned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They didn't keep a lot of records on regular people in his lifetime. 15. Till when did Shakespeare produce most of his known work A) 1610. B) 1613. C) 1608. D) 1623. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1613. 16. To be, or not to be, pondered William Shakespeare's troubled protagonist Hamlet. A) Make no change. B) Change To Be, or not to be, to "To be, or not to be, ". C) Change Shakespeare's to Shakespeares. D) Change Hamlet to hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Change To Be, or not to be, to "To be, or not to be, ". 17. When was Shakespeare born? A) 1554. B) 1564. C) 1574. D) 1584. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1564. 18. Juliet was played by a A) Girl. B) Woman. C) Boy. D) Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boy. 19. Shakespeare worked in an acting company called ..... A) The Globe Trodders. B) The Queen's Men. C) The London Lads. D) The Lord Chamberlain's Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Lord Chamberlain's Men. 20. Shakespeare DID NOT WRITE ..... A) Romantic comedies. B) Historical dramas. C) Poetic works. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romantic comedies. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 6William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8William Shakespeare Quiz 9William Shakespeare Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books