William Shakespeare Quiz 17 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who performed the more mature female roles?

Correct Answer: D) Adult males.

2. When Shakespeare came on the scene, who was London's most popular playwright?

Correct Answer: A) Christopher Marlowe.

3. "The Seven Ages of Man" describe

Correct Answer: D) Human life from infancy to old age.

4. Why didn't Shakespeare attend university?

Correct Answer: A) His father's troubles may have forced him to withdraw William from school.

5. Shakespeare says his 'fair youth' will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean?

Correct Answer: A) People will read about him in his poems.

6. What city was Shakespeare born in and retired in?

Correct Answer: A) Stratford upon Avon.

7. What are the early years of Shakespeare's life commonly referred to as?

Correct Answer: C) The Lost Years.

8. William Shakespeare lived in the ..... centuries.

Correct Answer: C) 16th and 17th.

9. Who sat in the covered section of the theater?

Correct Answer: A) Wealthy.

10. When he was 18, Shakespeare married ....., who was 26

Correct Answer: B) Anne Hathaway.

11. Which Shakespeare play is The Lion King based on?

Correct Answer: B) Hamlet.

12. What Genre did Shakespeare mainly use in his writing

Correct Answer: C) Tragedy.

13. What is the name of Shakespeare's father and mother?

Correct Answer: C) John and Mary.

14. Shakespeare's parents were ..... Shakespeare-respectable, middle-class parents.

Correct Answer: C) John and Mary.

15. Who remains alive at the end of "Hamlet" ?

Correct Answer: D) None of them.

16. Which author was mostly mentioned in Samuel Johnson's "A Dictionary of English Language" ?

Correct Answer: A) William Shakespeare.

17. The new Globe Theatre opened in ....., one street away from where the original would have stood.

Correct Answer: B) 1997.

18. Name two childhood friends of Prince Hamlet.

Correct Answer: C) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

19. Which of the following indicates a shift in the tone? *It's always found in the 3rd quatrain.*

Correct Answer: A) Yet.

20. What is the setting of the first scene when the play begins?

Correct Answer: C) A platform before the castle.