This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > William Shakespeare – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 16 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these Shakespeare's plays is a tragedy story? A) Hamlet. B) A Midsummer Night's Dream. C) The Merchant of Venice. D) As You Like It. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 2. The infant is described as "mewling and puking" . What does this mean? A) Crying and spitting up. B) Laughing and smiling. C) Fussy and unhappy. D) Sleeping and content. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crying and spitting up. 3. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, and Macbeth were Shakespeare's ..... written between 1601 and 1608 A) Histories. B) Tragedies. C) Comedies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedies. 4. What form is the sonnet written in? A) Iambic Hexameter. B) Iambic Pentameter. C) Haiku. D) Sonnet Form. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Iambic Pentameter. 5. How many kids did William Shakespeare have A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 6. In the play, "The Merchant of Venice" , who is the main character? A) Shylock. B) Antonio. C) Portia. D) Bassanio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonio. 7. In Sonnet 18, the "eye of heaven" is an example of A) Smilie. B) Paradox. C) Alliteration. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 8. Shakespeare attended the Stratford Grammar School, also known as the King's New School: A) From 1569 to 1579. B) He did not attend school. C) There are no records of his school attendance, but it is highly likely he attended that school. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There are no records of his school attendance, but it is highly likely he attended that school. 9. In which English city was he born? A) London. B) Liverpool. C) Manchester. D) Stratford-Upon-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratford-Upon-Avon. 10. Where did William die? A) Stratford Upon Avon. B) London. C) Oxford. D) Cambridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford Upon Avon. 11. What were his parents names? A) John and Jacob Hathaway. B) Jack and Jill Shakespeare. C) John and Mary Shakespeare. D) Jack and Jill Hathaway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John and Mary Shakespeare. 12. When did he live? A) Between the late 15th century and the early 16th century. B) Between the late 16th century and the early 17th century. C) Between the late 17th century and the early 18th century. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between the late 16th century and the early 17th century. 13. What was the name of Shakespeare's theater? A) The World. B) The Stage. C) The Globe. D) The Swan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Globe. 14. What is the age difference between Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway? A) 8 months. B) 10 years. C) 8 years. D) There is no difference; they are the same age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 years. 15. What term is given to 'a long, uninterrupted speech given by a character while others remain on stage? ' A) Soliloquy. B) Aside. C) Dialogue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monologue. 16. A play is another name for what? A) Drama. B) Book. C) Poem. D) Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drama. 17. What is William Shakespeare knows as? A) Bard of Avon. B) KIng of Plays. C) Father of Plays. D) Genius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bard of Avon. 18. According to the speaker, the "players" in these seven acts of life A) Can choose whether or not to be in one of the acts. B) Must wear glasses and stockings. C) Enter as infants and exit as aged people. D) Enter as adults and exit as school children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enter as infants and exit as aged people. 19. How many older siblings did Shakespeare have until they passed away? A) 4. B) 1. C) 2. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 20. Where did Shakespeare obtain his education? A) King Edward Institution for English and Literature Studies. B) King Edward IV School. C) Stratford Grammar School. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Edward IV School. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9William Shakespeare Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books