This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 70 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 70 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the occupation of William Shakespeare's father? A) Soldier. B) Glovemaker. C) Teacher. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glovemaker. 2. Did W.Shakespeare have children? A) Two girls and two boys. B) A boy and two girls. C) No, he didn't. D) A boy and a girl. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A boy and two girls. 3. Autobiographies are written in A) First person. B) Second person. C) Third person. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First person. 4. Who does Cassio ask for help to regain Othello's favor? A) Desdemona. B) Brabantio. C) Emilia. D) Bianca. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desdemona. 5. Form Term:a 10-syllable line of RHYMED verse; follows a stressed/unstressed syllable pattern A) Blank verse. B) Iambic pentameter. C) Prose. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iambic pentameter. 6. Do any direct descendants of Shakespeare exist today? A) Yes. B) No. C) Not sure. D) Maybe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 7. At what age did Shakespeare marry? A) 20. B) 15. C) 17. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 18. 8. Read the quotation from Act V, Scene 5, lines 38-41.Macbeth. If thou speak'st false, Upon the next tree shall thou hang alive Till famine cling thee. If thy speech be sooth, I care not if thou dost for me as much.-Which word best expresses the meaning of the archaic word sooth as it is used in line 40? A) True. B) Threatening. C) Mistaken. D) Kind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Think about the line: "A CROW is a DOVE you young." What stylistic device did W. Shakespeare use? A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Opposite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opposite. 10. An autobiography tells a person's life starting from birth and includes their death. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 11. Can you name his famous poem? A) The waste land. B) O Captain!. C) Sonnet 18. D) Still I Rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet 18. 12. The names of Shakespeare's father and mother were: A) Abraham and Sarah. B) William and Anne. C) John and Mary. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John and Mary. 13. Which of the following sayings we use every day is actually a quote from William Shakespeare's "Hamlet" ? A) Time is money. B) Everything flows. C) The rest is silence. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rest is silence. 14. What year was he born? A) 1582. B) 1616. C) 1564. D) 1598. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1564. 15. Romeo's parents A) Mr. and Mrs. Montague. B) Juliet's parents. C) Lord and Lady Capulet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. and Mrs. Montague. 16. According to the thinking of the time, what were the four primeval elements? A) Sun, Moon, Earth, Saturn. B) Earth, water, air, fire. C) Cold, dry, hot, wet. D) Beer, wine, brandy, whiskey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth, water, air, fire. 17. What does the word 'genre' mean? A) A type of play. B) A type of food. C) It's a song. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A type of play. 18. Which works are NOT written by William Shakespeare? A) Hamlet. B) The Twelfth Night. C) Othello. D) To Hernani. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To Hernani. 19. Total plays written by William Shakespeare in his life time? A) 10. B) 37. C) 100. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 37. 20. True or False:William Shakespeare went to a university to learn how to be a good poet. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. ← 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