This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A biography is a piece of writing that ..... A) That the author wrote about someone else. B) That the author wrote about himself. C) That an author makes up. D) Is based on fake events in history. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That the author wrote about someone else. 2. When did William Shakespeare die? A) April 23, 1600. B) April 23, 1606. C) April 23, 1616. D) April 23, 1626. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April 23, 1616. 3. The theater previously A) It was a genre always characterized by jokes and juggling. B) It represented above all episodes of sacred and religious history. C) It was very vulgar. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It represented above all episodes of sacred and religious history. 4. Shakespeare was an actor, a playwright and a ..... A) Scientist. B) Doctor. C) Businessman. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Businessman. 5. The first play performed in Shakespeare's theater was A) MacBeth. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Hamlet. D) You expect me to know this?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 6. King Lear is a A) History. B) Drama. C) Tragedy. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedy. 7. Who finishes off Roderico so that the deception is not revealed? A) Casio. B) Avoid. C) Desdemona. D) Othello. E) Graziano. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Avoid. 8. How does the poet describe the duty-consciousness of the bees? A) Lazy. B) Hardworking. C) Relaxing. D) Not interested. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hardworking. 9. What is the 1st of these events in The Tragedy of Macbeth? A) Macbeth envisions the bloody dagger. B) Macbeth arranges the murder of Banquo. C) Witches prophesy that Macbeth will be king. D) Macbeth fights fiercely and improves his reputation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macbeth fights fiercely and improves his reputation. 10. What type of plays did Shakespeare write? A) Only comedies. B) Only tragedies. C) Only history plays. D) Comedies, tragedies, and history plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comedies, tragedies, and history plays. 11. What Shakespeare DID NOT write? A) Novels. B) Sonnets. C) Plays. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Novels. 12. Why did Robert Greene often insult and humiliate Shakespeare? A) Because Shakespeare was a better actor than him. B) Because Shakespeare had no formal dramatic education. C) Because Shakespeare was a co-owner of the theater. D) Because Shakespeare's plays were loved by Queen Elizabeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because Shakespeare had no formal dramatic education. 13. Brabancio accuses Othello of deceitfully seducing his daughter, but Othello tells his entire story and calls Desdemona to testify if she does not follow him of her will. A) Acto I. B) Acto II. C) Acto III. D) Acto IV. E) Act V. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acto I. 14. What Shakespeare play are we about to read? A) Hamlet. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Henry IV. D) A Dream Within a Dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romeo and Juliet. 15. Who writes about Shakespeare in a dismissive way, calling it "shake-scene" ? A) Francis Bacon. B) Christopher Marlowe. C) Flight johnson. D) Robert Greene. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Robert Greene. 16. Where is the play set? A) Bologna. B) Verona. C) Rome. D) Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Verona. 17. Shakespeare wrote tragedies, comedies and sonnets. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. How many sonnets did the poet write? A) 130. B) 154. C) 200. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 154. 19. Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare is a ..... A) Comedy. B) Tragedy. C) Historical Play. D) Shoot comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical Play. 20. Plays are separated into A) Acts and scenes. B) Chapters and pages. C) Parts and lines. D) Pages and sections. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acts and scenes. ← 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 9William Shakespeare Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books