This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > William Shakespeare – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Gertrude was ..... A) King Lear's daughter. B) Shakespeare's daughter. C) Hamlet's mother. D) Hamlet's aunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet's mother. 2. Shakespeare was born in this town: A) Cardiff. B) Windsor. C) Bath. D) Stratford-upon-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratford-upon-Avon. 3. Looking at the character of Shylock, what is the prevalent theme of The Merchant of Venice? A) Love is more important than money. B) Reality and idealism. C) Mercy. D) Prejudice and intolerance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prejudice and intolerance. 4. Which of these professions did shakespeare not do? A) Poet. B) Playwright. C) Actor. D) Teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teacher. 5. Hamlet was ..... A) Ophelia's brother. B) A son of the British King. C) The Prince of Denmark. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Prince of Denmark. 6. Prince Hamlet avenge his father's murder by ..... A) Killing Claudius. B) Killing Polonius. C) Committing suicide. D) Killing Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Killing Claudius. 7. The poem, "The Seven Ages of Man" , is written by A) William Wordsworth. B) William Shakespeare. C) William Golding. D) Alfred Lord Tennesy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Shakespeare. 8. What term is given to 'a long speech in which a character who is onstage ALONE expresses his or her thoughts aloud. A) Soliloquy. B) Aside. C) Dialogue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aside. 9. If one exhibited the plague's symptoms, what percentage chance did he/she have of SURVIVAL? A) 70%. B) 50%. C) 15%. D) 30%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30%. 10. What is the name of the town in Romeo & Juliet? A) Verona. B) Rome. C) Stratford-Upon-Avon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verona. 11. Most theaters did not have curtains or scenery, so the audience had to rely on ..... A) The written books. B) Props and sound effects. C) Weapons. D) Bringing their own. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Props and sound effects. 12. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write A) 153. B) 155. C) 156. D) 154. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 154. 13. In which year was William Shakespeare born? A) 1564. B) 1534. C) 1594. D) 1544. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1564. 14. Who was William's Father A) John Shakespeare. B) James Shakespeare. C) Peter Shakespeare. D) Albert Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Shakespeare. 15. Six months after the wedding, Shakespeare's daughter ..... was born. Two years later Anne gave birth to twins:..... A) Susanna / Hamnet and Judith. B) Judith/ Hamnet and Susanna. C) Susanna / Macbeth and Judith. D) Judith / Macbeth and Susanna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Susanna / Hamnet and Judith. 16. What does "damasked" mean? A) Taking off a mask. B) One solid color. C) A greyish color. D) Separated by color. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Separated by color. 17. The poem compares "exit" to A) Birth. B) Life. C) Doors. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 18. A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character while other characters remain on stage A) Soliloquy. B) Aside. C) Dialogue. D) Monlogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monlogue. 19. The story of Romeo & Juliet is an extremely old one that was originally written in a(n) ..... novel by Bandello. A) Italian. B) French. C) German. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italian. 20. Bonus! What did Shakespeare leave on his gravesite? A) A skull. B) A curse. C) An empty grave. D) All of his 37 plays that he wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A curse. ← 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