This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 74 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 74 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which is not one of the four great tragedies of William Shakespeare? A) Macbeth. B) Hamlet. C) Julius Caesar. D) King Lear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Julius Caesar. 2. Recognized A) -to be called as . B) -to be treated as . C) -to be remembered as . D) -to be forgotten as . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -to be remembered as . 3. When did the first Globe theatre open? A) 1599. B) 1600. C) 1780. D) 1300. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1599. 4. Most of his plays were performed at the Globe A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. The name of Shakespeare's play where a young man and a girl love each other but cannot be together because of their families, is ..... A) Hamlet. B) Macbeth. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) The King of Lear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romeo and Juliet. 6. Who are the Scots at war with at the beginning of the play? A) Ireland. B) Norway. C) Finland. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Norway. 7. When was Shakespeare died? A) 1616. B) 1642. C) 1656. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1616. 8. What is the name of the school that Shakespeare probably attended? A) King's New School. B) Stratford Grammar School. C) London School of Rhetoric. D) Oxford University. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King's New School. 9. True or False:There are no records that state Shakespeare actually went to the school in the small town where he lived. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. What happened in 1573? A) There was an earthquake in London. B) Shakespeare died. C) A terrible disease broke out. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A terrible disease broke out. 11. A sonnet consists of 14 lines. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Shakespeare had: A) One child. B) Two children. C) Three children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three children. 13. What is the evidence provided in the text to support the claim that William Shakespeare is considered one of the best writers? A) His plays are still being performed in theaters and studied at schools even today. B) He wrote long poems and short poems called sonnets. C) He organized a group of actors to perform his plays. D) He wrote 10 plays about great kings which are known as the history plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His plays are still being performed in theaters and studied at schools even today. 14. This theater company was called Lord Chamberlain's Men, which later became known as the ..... A) Lord's Men. B) Chamberlain's Men. C) Queen's Allies. D) King's Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King's Men. 15. What was Shakespeare's first play? A) Henry VI Part II. B) Hamlet. C) The Tempest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry VI Part II. 16. Name one thing that influenced Shakespeare's works. A) Being a butcher. B) The countryside. C) Deer poaching. D) His father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The countryside. 17. In addition to plays, Shakespeare wrote many sonnets A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Form Term:a measured amount of syllables in a line A) Meter. B) Bank verse. C) Comedy. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meter. 19. Screaming, crying, perfect storms. A) WS. B) TS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TS. 20. By ..... , Shakespeare was a member of a theater company. A) 1590. B) 1591. C) 1592. D) 1593. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1592. ← 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