William Shakespeare Quiz 1 (20 MCQs)

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1. What do we call a punctuation mark which is used to indicate possession?

Correct Answer: A) Apostrophe.

2. What was the name of Shakespeare's wife?

Correct Answer: C) Ann Hathaway.

3. What are the main theme/s of the Sonnet 116?

Correct Answer: A) Love.

4. How many plays has William Shakespeare written?

Correct Answer: D) 38.

5. What's the total number of words that his plays are made of?

Correct Answer: A) 884, 429 words.

6. How many years lasted "The Shakespeare's Lost Years" ?

Correct Answer: C) 7 years.

7. Shakespeare was the founding member of which theatre group?

Correct Answer: B) Lord Chamberlain's Men.

8. In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play?

Correct Answer: C) Henry VIII.

9. What school did William attend as a teen?

Correct Answer: D) Stratford grammar school.

10. Who is Romeo's friend?

Correct Answer: D) Mercutio.

11. Many of his books contain songs.

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. Why was Stratford-upon-Avon called that?

Correct Answer: D) It was next to the River Avon.

13. What is the name of the people who stood below the stage during performances?

Correct Answer: C) Groundlings.

14. With few props, scenery, and money, what did Shakespeare rely upon in order to succeed?

Correct Answer: A) Language (his words).

15. He left his town (Stratford-upon-Avon) and went to .....

Correct Answer: C) London.

16. What type of poem is this?

Correct Answer: A) Sonnet.

17. Who is a Franciscan priest?

Correct Answer: B) Friar Laurence.

18. The couplet in a Shakespearean Sonnet is there to

Correct Answer: D) Leave the reader with a lasting image.

19. What 2 years did Shakespeare dedicate two poems to the Earl of South Hampton?

Correct Answer: D) 1593 & 1594.

20. When was William Shakespeare baptized?

Correct Answer: B) 26 April 1564.