This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 64 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 64 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did men play women's roles in Shakespeare's plays? A) Because theaters were too dirty and dangerous. B) Because it was against the law for women to be onstage. C) Because women did not like the theater. D) Because women were busy being mothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it was against the law for women to be onstage. 2. Which of Shakespeare's plays is the shortest? A) The Tempest. B) King Lear. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) The Comedy of Errors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Comedy of Errors. 3. William had a small family A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. What is Williams most popular play? A) Hamlet. B) Macbeth. C) Romeo and juliet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 5. When he retired in 1612, he had written ..... plays. A) 40. B) 39. C) 38. D) 37. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 37. 6. Casio has a love affair with ..... A) Emilia. B) Bianca. C) Desdemona. D) Elena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bianca. 7. It is, therefore, a completely romantic work. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 8. The Queen during Shakespeare's time studied different languages at the age of 10. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Shakespeare visited his family ..... a year. A) Once. B) Twice. C) Three times. D) Many times. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Once. 10. When did London's first theatre open? A) 1656. B) 1676. C) 1576. D) 1593. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1576. 11. Why is there a myth that Shakespeare uses a large vocabulary? A) Experts have not been interested in studying playwrights other than Shakespeare. B) There was previously no way to examine the extent of Shakespeare's vocabulary. C) Playwrights from Shakespeare's time were known for writing concisely. D) There is more information available about Shakespeare and his plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is more information available about Shakespeare and his plays. 12. What did Anne Hathaway inherit from her husband? A) Second best bed. B) Wardrobe. C) The best bed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second best bed. 13. Which of these professions did shakespeare not do? A) Poet. B) Playwright. C) Actor. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teacher. 14. What illness killed millions in Europe and Asia and closed many theaters? A) Influenza. B) Black Death. C) Chicken Pox. D) Mumps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Black Death. 15. Which of the following is NOT a genre of plays written by William Shakespeare? A) Tragedies. B) Comedies. C) History Plays. D) Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science Fiction. 16. Why is it thought that Shakespeare was gay? A) Because he wrote songs. B) Because he played female characters. C) Because he wrote sonnets to a "beautiful young man" . D) Because he left his wife a "second-class" bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he wrote sonnets to a "beautiful young man" . 17. Form Term:a 10-syllable line of UNRHYMED verse; follows a stressed/unstressed syllable pattern. A) Meter. B) Blank verse. C) Iambic pentameter. D) Intertwining plots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blank verse. 18. Read the sentence and mark the incorrect interpretation: "There is no art that reveals the condition of the mind in a face. He was a gentleman in whom I founded my complete trust." A) It is difficult to know the true intentions. B) We always show our true identity. C) Faces we see, hearts we do not know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We always show our true identity. 19. Shakespeare produced most of his work between 1589-1613. Who ruled England during that time? A) Queen Elizabeth I. B) Queen Victoria. C) King Ferdinand. D) King Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queen Elizabeth I. 20. At the end of his career, W. S. created a new type of drama. What were the innovations in his works created during this period? A) Analytical drama-only men played in it. B) Spectators could usually see real duels on stage. C) Leaving the stage behind, the story took place in different locations of the city (moving theater). D) At the end of the plays, there was no catastrophe, forgiveness took its place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the end of the plays, there was no catastrophe, forgiveness took its place. ← 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