William Shakespeare Quiz 30 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which play is known to be Shakespeares first?

Correct Answer: C) Henry VI Part 1.

2. What usually comes before a story/play

Correct Answer: B) Prologue.

3. Who was the queen of England when Shakespeare lived?

Correct Answer: A) Elizabeth.

4. The people that stood up during his plays were called

Correct Answer: C) Groundlings.

5. What was his theatre called?

Correct Answer: A) The Globe.

6. When were his first two poems published?

Correct Answer: A) 1593.

7. Shakespeare was married to?

Correct Answer: A) Anne Hathaway.

8. What does the word "dun" mean? As used in the sonnet

Correct Answer: C) A grey color.

9. What was his father's job?

Correct Answer: A) He was a glove maker.

10. Henry VI and Richard II are examples of .....

Correct Answer: A) Histories.

11. How many words and phrases did Shakespeare create?

Correct Answer: A) 3000.

12. King Lear is angry with Cordelia because she .....

Correct Answer: B) Did not answer his question.

13. What were the names of Shakespeare's kids?

Correct Answer: A) Susanna, Hamnet and Judith.

14. Form Term:a speech intended to reveal a character's thoughts

Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy.

15. How and where does Romeo commit suicide?

Correct Answer: C) With poison in Juliet's tomb.

16. What was Shakespeare's last play?

Correct Answer: A) The Two Noble Kinsmen.

17. How many of Shakespeare's plays are classified as histories?

Correct Answer: B) 10.

18. Which of these idioms originates from Shakespeare's plays?

Correct Answer: B) GREEN-EYED MONSTER.

19. ) What did he leave his wife when he died?

Correct Answer: D) The bed and the bed clothing.

20. What is Shakespeare famous for?

Correct Answer: A) Play Writing.