This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > William Shakespeare – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" the speaker using this literary device comparing what they are not. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 2. The pattern of end rhymes in poem is called A) Couplet. B) Rhythm. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme. 3. What was Shakespeare's parents names? A) Steven and Anne. B) David and Mary. C) Adam and Eve. D) John and Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John and Mary. 4. How long of a journey was it to Stratford from London? A) 2-3 months. B) 2-3 hours. C) 2-3 weeks. D) 2-3 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2-3 days. 5. How many islands make up Venice, Italy? A) 18. B) 50. C) 100. D) 118. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 118. 6. When is the accepted date for Shakespeare's death? A) April 23, 1616. B) December 25, 1616. C) April 23, 1620. D) October 31, 1616. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) April 23, 1616. 7. Who is Romeo's father? A) Lord Montague. B) Lady Montague. C) Romeo. D) Mercutio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Montague. 8. A serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of their own actions A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) Aside. D) Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 9. What option is correct? A) William Shakespeare. B) William Shakespeare. C) William shakespeare. D) William shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Shakespeare. 10. A man is "sudden and quick in quarrel" during the age of the A) Schoolboy. B) Soldier. C) Lover. D) Pantaloon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soldier. 11. How much money does Bassanio need? A) 3000 Euros. B) 3000 Pounds. C) 3000 Ducats. D) 3000 Franc. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3000 Ducats. 12. What was his last play? A) The Tempest. B) Otello. C) King Lear. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tempest. 13. What Date Was William Shakespeare born? A) April 23 1556. B) May 24 1545. C) February 23 1555. D) January 25 1550. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) April 23 1556. 14. William Shakespeare expressed his grief and loss by ..... A) Writing. B) Singing. C) Dancing. D) Acting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing. 15. At its peak, how many people were dying per week in London from the plague? A) 800. B) 1200. C) 1000. D) 15000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1000. 16. ..... fatal flaw is his impulsiveness. He is immature, impatient and makes decisions without considering the consequences. A) Hamlet's. B) Romeo's. C) Richard III's. D) Henry V's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romeo's. 17. ..... was not written by Shakespeare. A) Macbeth. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Twelfth Night. D) Manfred. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manfred. 18. My diet was going well until the new chocolate store went in down the street, chocolate is my Achilles' heel. What is the allusion referring to? A) Literature/mythology. B) Religious. C) Historical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literature/mythology. 19. What was/is The First Folio? A) The first play Shakespeare ever published. B) The first printed audience playbill ever. C) The current complete collection of Shakespeare's works. D) The first published collection of Shakespeare's plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The first published collection of Shakespeare's plays. 20. He was born in ..... A) London. B) New York. C) Stratford-upon-Avon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratford-upon-Avon. ← 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