William Shakespeare Quiz 51 (20 MCQs)

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1. What year did Shakespeare die?

Correct Answer: B) 1616.

2. Comedy, History or Tragedy? 'All's Well That Ends Well'

Correct Answer: A) Comedy.

3. Shakespeare is credited for creating over ..... words.

Correct Answer: D) 1700.

4. In which years did William Shakespeare live?

Correct Answer: B) 1564-1616.

5. What was his theatre called?

Correct Answer: A) The Globe.

6. Plays normally began at dusk

Correct Answer: B) False.

7. How many plays did W. S. score in total?

Correct Answer: C) 37.

8. What did Shakespeare explain eloquently through his writing?

Correct Answer: A) Human psychology.

9. Shakepeare died on

Correct Answer: A) April 23, 1616.

10. Renaissance=?

Correct Answer: D) Rebirth (of art and learning).

11. Shakespeare began grammar school around the age of .....

Correct Answer: B) 7.

12. Governor of Cyprus before Othello

Correct Answer: A) Montano.

13. Who is the speaker in this poem?

Correct Answer: A) A man who talks about his mistress and mocks conventional poems.

14. What kind of education did W.Shakespeare get?

Correct Answer: C) Grammar School.

15. Towards the end of this tragedy, Julia

Correct Answer: A) Takes his own life.

16. At first he worked as a/an .....

Correct Answer: C) Actor.

17. Romeo and Juliet express feelings of:

Correct Answer: C) Amor.

18. William Shakespeare's name first appeared in print in what year?

Correct Answer: C) 1592.

19. Some Shakespeare plays were written after Edward de Vere had died.

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. What is the name of Shakespeare's birthplace?

Correct Answer: D) Stratford-upon-Avon.