This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 77 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 77 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Gnomeo and Juliet is based on which Shakespeare play? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Hamlet. C) Othello. D) Me and you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romeo and Juliet. 2. What was his profession? A) Actor and writer, especially of plays. B) Professional soccer player. C) Singing. D) Cobbler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actor and writer, especially of plays. 3. What was Shakespeare's nickname? A) The beard. B) Barden. C) Barden Biddle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Barden. 4. William Shakespeare was the part-owner of the London theatre ..... A) Globus. B) New Place. C) The Theatre. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Globus. 5. What does Prospero's final request for applause in the epilogue symbolize? A) Request for forgiveness. B) Request for revenge. C) Request for power. D) Request for freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Request for forgiveness. 6. What is the main idea of the text? A) William Shakespeare was a famous writer who lived a difficult life. B) William Shakespeare's plays are still important and relevant today. C) William Shakespeare was an actor and a playwright. D) William Shakespeare's plays were performed at The Globe theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Shakespeare's plays are still important and relevant today. 7. Autobiographies and biographies ..... A) Are both fictional. B) Are both based on American people. C) Can be based on a person's thoughts and feelings. D) Both contain facts about a person's life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both contain facts about a person's life. 8. From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays has this line been taken?'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears:I come to bury ..... , not to praise him.' A) Julius Caesar. B) Love's Labour's Lost. C) The Two Gentlemen. D) King John. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Julius Caesar. 9. The theater where Shakespeare's play were acted out was called: A) The English Theater. B) The Globe Theater. C) The Royal Theater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Globe Theater. 10. William Shakespeare was born born when many people died because of ..... A) The coronavirus. B) The leprosy. C) The plague. D) Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The plague. 11. How did william shakespeare die A) He died of sickness. B) No one knows why or how. C) Died of heart attack. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No one knows why or how. 12. He went to London because he had his family there. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. The theaters of the Elizabethan era A) They were wooden, circular buildings. B) They were both made of wood and tiles. C) They could be moved easily, so they were dismantled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They were wooden, circular buildings. 14. At what age did he die? A) At the age of 52. B) At 102 years old. C) At the age of 73. D) At the age of 13. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the age of 52. 15. The Globe Theatre was destroyed by a fire in 1997. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 16. Why did the Globe Theatre burn down? A) The Great Fire of 1601 destroyed it. B) A cannon used during a performance of Henry VII misfired. C) Lightning struck a balcony. D) An act of arson from a rival acting troupe is thought to have started it. . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cannon used during a performance of Henry VII misfired. 17. In what country and century was William Shakespeare born? A) Paris, France during the 16th century. B) London, England during the 16th century. C) London, England during the 21st century. D) Paris, France during the 20th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) London, England during the 16th century. 18. William was born in A) Stratford-upon-Avon. B) Stratford-upon-Thames. C) Stratford-upon-Peck. D) Stratford-upon-Walbrook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford-upon-Avon. 19. Which part of the writer's life do historians call 'the lost years' ..... ? A) When William Shakespeare disappeared from records for around seven years. B) When William Shakspeare ran away from home. C) When William Shakspeare stopped writing for ten years. D) Last years of writer's life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When William Shakespeare disappeared from records for around seven years. 20. What questions arose about the authorship of Shakespeare's work in the 18th century? A) His nationality. B) His writing style. C) His education. D) His family background. 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