This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 53 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 53 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Shakespeare was interested in A) Music. B) Theatre and literature. C) Painting. D) Sport. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theatre and literature. 2. William Shakespeare got his education at ..... A) Stratford Grammar School. B) London Grammar School. C) Stratford Primary School. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford Grammar School. 3. Why is it assumed that he was unhappily married? A) Because his wife was cheating on him. B) Because his son died. C) Because he often wrote against early marriage. D) Because he left his wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he often wrote against early marriage. 4. What famous Disney movie is based off of William Shakespeare's Hamlet? A) The Little Mermaid. B) Aladdin. C) Beauty and the Beast. D) The Lion King. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Lion King. 5. Why did the audience eat oranges while they watched the plays? A) Because they were hungry. B) Because they were rich. C) To get rid of bad smell. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To get rid of bad smell. 6. Shakespeare is best known for his sonnets. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 7. How were his plays made more exciting for his audience? A) With a lot of action. B) With songs and sad scenes. C) With special noises and a cannon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With special noises and a cannon. 8. What were the names of his 3 children? A) Susannah, Judith and Hamnet. B) Anne Hathaway, Judith and Hamlet. C) Susannah, Judith and Anne. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Susannah, Judith and Hamnet. 9. Which of the following by Shakespeare is a comedy. A) Merchant of Venice. B) Hamlet. C) Othello. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Merchant of Venice. 10. What role does Horatio play in the resolution of the plot? A) He is one of many characters who dies at the end of the play. B) He vows to tell the truth about what happened to Hamlet. C) He claims to have rights to the throne of Denmark. D) He is the character who benefits most from the events of the play. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He vows to tell the truth about what happened to Hamlet. 11. Twelfth Night is a A) Comedy. B) Tragedy. C) History. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 12. What was going on in the year of Shakespeare's birth that had tragic effects throughout Europe? A) Spanish Flu. B) Swine Flu. C) Zika Virus. D) The Bubonic Plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Bubonic Plague. 13. All roles were played by men. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. Shakespeare's was an acclaimed ..... A) Novelist. B) Song writer. C) Playwright. D) Professor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playwright. 15. In which town did Shakespeare grow up? A) Cambridge. B) Oxford. C) Stratford-upon-Avon. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratford-upon-Avon. 16. He wrote poems called ..... A) Stanza. B) Poetry. C) Sonnet. D) Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet. 17. What was the genre/type of plays he wrote at his last phase? A) Horror. B) Tragicomedies. C) Comedies. D) Tragedies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragicomedies. 18. True or False:Shakespeare has no living descendants today. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Hamlet offends Ophelia, whom he loved deep down, because A) He was part of the plot against his father. B) He identifies her with the inconstancy typical of women. C) He's not sure if she's been completely faithful to him. D) It was used by his father Polonius to spy on the prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He identifies her with the inconstancy typical of women. 20. Iago accompanies Rodrigo, lying in wait for him to kill Cassio, but he wounds Rodrigo, although he is wounded in the back by Iago. A) Acto I. B) Acto II. C) Acto III. D) Acto IV. E) Act V. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Act V. ← 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