This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 50 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Shaskespeare loved language and invented new words and expressions that we still use today A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 2. James Burbage built London's first ..... A) Bridge. B) Theater. C) Tavern. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theater. 3. What idea does Claudius convey with the paradoxical phrase With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage(Act I, Scene 2, line 12)? A) He regrets marrying Gertrude. B) He feels ashamed of his actions. C) He is relieved that his brother died. D) He has mixed emotions over recent events. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He has mixed emotions over recent events. 4. Which of the following is NOT a play written by William Shakespeare? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Macbeth. C) A Midsummer's Night Dream. D) Edward the Second. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edward the Second. 5. When you want to give your opinion, you say: A) I thing, I believe. B) I think, I believe. C) I think, I belive. D) I thing, I velive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I think, I believe. 6. Shakespeare works and retires in this place: A) London. B) Verona. C) Stratford-on-Avon. D) Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratford-on-Avon. 7. True or False:The Globe theatre was closed down by Protestants in 1642. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. He invented lots of new English ..... and expressions. A) Words. B) Letters. C) Sounds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words. 9. What is "Hast" from shakespeare Language? A) Hurry. B) Have. C) Happen. D) Were. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have. 10. Oberon hears Helena begging in vain for Demetrius's love and orders the goblin to A) Do not apply the magic nectar to Helena so that she never falls in love with Demetrius. B) Bring Lisandro to the forest to make the two fall deeply in love. C) Bring Demetrio to the forest make the two fall deeply in love. D) Apply the filter to the eyelids of the young Athenian so that it corresponds to the lady. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apply the filter to the eyelids of the young Athenian so that it corresponds to the lady. 11. Why is it called the Renaissance? A) Because the values of the Middle Ages were reborn:God was the center of the universe. B) Because the values of Prehistory were reborn:people lived in caves again. C) Because Greco-Roman values were reborn:people changed their religion, they worshiped Zeus. D) Because the values of classical (Greco-Roman) antiquity were reborn:the human being was placed at the center of science and the arts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because the values of classical (Greco-Roman) antiquity were reborn:the human being was placed at the center of science and the arts. 12. The work presented by the artisans about Pyramus and Thisbe is based on the idea A) Of a love not authorized by parents. B) Of the love that every father authorizes his daughters. C) Of the death of Pyramus at the hands of a Goblin. D) Of the love between fairies and forest elves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of a love not authorized by parents. 13. What is the name of the London theater most often associated with William Shakespeare? A) The Globe. B) Blackfriars Theatre. C) The Old Vic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Globe. 14. There is a superstition among actors that the title of one of Shakespeare's plays can only be said on stage and only during the performance. They usually just call it "the Scottish Play" . Talking about ..... A) Hamlet. B) Macbeth. C) Othello. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 15. How many sonnets Shakespeare wrote? A) 123. B) 154. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 154. 16. Who played female roles in Elizabethan theatre? A) Young girls. B) Young men. C) Old women. D) Anyone who wanted to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Young men. 17. A play that usually ends in the death of a hero is called a ..... A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) Monologue. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 18. What can you conclude about Shakespeare's acting company from its name? A) It was sponsored by Queen Elizabeth I. B) It was made up of men only. C) It was the most popular company in London. D) It was originally formed in Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was made up of men only. 19. What was the name of the theater Shakespeare performed at? A) The Globe. B) The Earth. C) The Goblet. D) The Theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Globe. 20. Renaissance artists were largely inspire by "the ..... " A) Romans. B) Greeks. C) Religions. D) Classics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Classics. ← 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