William Shakespeare Quiz 9 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following plays is not attributed to Shakespeare?

Correct Answer: D) The Canterbury Tales.

2. 'There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.' Identify the play

Correct Answer: D) Hamlet.

3. How old is Julia?

Correct Answer: A) 13.

4. In the theaters of William Shakespeare's time, .....

Correct Answer: C) Women could not act, men represented all the characters and the special effects were created by musicians.

5. What is expressed in the Sestet?

Correct Answer: A) Resolution.

6. What was the name of the acting company Shakespeare joined?

Correct Answer: C) Lord Chamberlain's Men.

7. What happened to theaters in the 1590s that led Shakespeare to write sonnets and long poems?

Correct Answer: D) They were closed due to the bubonic plague.

8. Which one of the following is not a tragedy of William Shakespeare?

Correct Answer: D) Twelfth Night.

9. Romeo and Juliet is a

Correct Answer: D) Tragedy.

10. What is the 5 beat rhythm that Shakespeare used in many of his plays and sonnets called?

Correct Answer: D) Iambic Pentameter.

11. William Shakespeare was born on .....

Correct Answer: B) April 23, 1564.

12. Why did William Shakespeare start writing poems?

Correct Answer: B) Because the theaters closed because of The Plague.

13. What was Shakespeare's wife called?

Correct Answer: A) Anne Hathaway.

14. When was the First Folio published?

Correct Answer: D) 1623.

15. What is the name of the Prince of Verona?

Correct Answer: B) Escalus.

16. Shakespeare is known as/remembered as a great .....

Correct Answer: B) Poet and playwright.

17. How many plays did Shakespeare compose?

Correct Answer: A) 37.

18. Shakespeare had four children.

Correct Answer: B) FALSE.

19. Protagonist. Sole heiress of the Capulet family

Correct Answer: B) Juliet.

20. Which is NOT a Shakespeare play?

Correct Answer: D) Ophelia.