This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 68 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 68 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "I can resist anything but temptation." -Oscar Wilde A) Oxymoron. B) Irony. C) Paradox. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 2. How many languages has Hamlet been produced in? A) 50. B) 75. C) 100. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 75. 3. What theme do we find in the works read, Hamlet-Romeo and Juliet? A) The revenge. B) Marriage. C) The madness. D) The corruption. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The corruption. 4. From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays has this line been taken from?'All that glisters is not gold.' A) The Merchant of Venice. B) Cymbeline. C) Henry VIII. D) All's Well That Ends Well. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Merchant of Venice. 5. What was he part owner of? A) Opera halls. B) Drama school. C) Theaters. D) Libraries. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Theaters. 6. These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume. A) WS. B) TS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WS. 7. What was Shakespeare's company name? A) The Lord's chamberlain's men. B) Kentucky Fried Chicken. C) Manchester united. D) The novel man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Lord's chamberlain's men. 8. "I have never seen a day so beautiful and so ugly." This is what he says: A) A witch. B) Macbeth. C) Ross. D) Captain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 9. Shakespeare lived almost exclusively during this queen's time ..... A) Drottning Victoria. B) Queen Elizabeth. C) Queen Mary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen Elizabeth. 10. The play is also referred to as ..... A) Shakespeare's greatest work. B) Shakespeare's great failure. C) The Scottish Play. D) The Play about Witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Scottish Play. 11. How did W. S. get rich? A) He won his money playing poker. B) He was on good terms with the ruler, who was kind to him. C) With his work as a playwright. D) He made his money from lands acquired during the Crusades. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With his work as a playwright. 12. What does liturgical drama mean? A) Church-themed lectures in churches. B) Plays written in honor of the ruler. C) Pieces of the Nativity Liturgy. D) Emancipation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Church-themed lectures in churches. 13. Shakespeare is considered one of the best playwrights of both comedy and tragedy A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. The lights are so bright, but they never blind me. A) William. B) Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taylor. 15. Tita:Today is very busy.Dina:I agree.Tita: ..... of our new manager?Dina:I think she's very good at managing the office. A) What do you think. B) Do you think. C) Do you agree. D) What should we think. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) What do you think. 16. Which author was mostly mentioned in Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of English Language" ? A) William Shakespeare. B) John Milton. C) Chaucer. D) Ben Johnson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Shakespeare. 17. Who is not allowed to appear on stage during plays? A) Men. B) Women. C) Kings. D) Queens. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Women. 18. Why might William Shakespeare still be important now? A) Williams Shakespeare was the only play writer who had interesting plays. B) William Shakespeare created lots of vocabulary words we still use today, and his plays are still being taught in schools. C) William Shakespeare was really rich and his money is very important. D) William Shakespeare was the king of England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Shakespeare created lots of vocabulary words we still use today, and his plays are still being taught in schools. 19. How many dramas had Shakespeare written? A) 37. B) 38. C) 27. D) 39. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 37. 20. Shakespeare lived almost entirely under the reign of: A) Queen Victoria. B) Queen Elizabeth I. C) Queen Elizabeth II. D) Queen Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen Elizabeth I. ← 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