William Shakespeare Quiz 31 (17 MCQs)

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1. What was the name of the acting company Shakespeare joined?

Correct Answer: C) Lord Chamberlain's Men.

2. The Elizabethan Era is named after .....

Correct Answer: A) Queen Elizabeth I.

3. He loved English! He invented .....

Correct Answer: C) New words.

4. Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth were .....

Correct Answer: C) Tragedies.

5. Shakespeare's sonnet 18 compares the 'fair youth' to..

Correct Answer: B) Summer's day.

6. When Shakespeare didn't like a word or couldn't find the perfect word he would .....

Correct Answer: C) Make up new words.

7. His books are full of quotations.

Correct Answer: B) False.

8. In the second stage of life, man

Correct Answer: B) Goes to school unwillingly.

9. Which is the Open Yard?

Correct Answer: B) 8.

10. The 7th stage of man is also described as

Correct Answer: D) Adulthood.

11. How many children did William Shakespeare have?

Correct Answer: C) 3.

12. What is another name for The Globe?

Correct Answer: B) Theater-in-the-round.

13. How many plays did Shakespeare wright

Correct Answer: C) 30-40.

14. A light-heard play that makes people laugh is called a .....

Correct Answer: B) Comedy.

15. How were performances of plays announced?

Correct Answer: A) Raised the flag on the top of the hut.

16. Which of these titles are not a Shakespeare play?

Correct Answer: D) The Mourning Bride.

17. What kind of work is "The Merchant of Venice" ?

Correct Answer: D) A tragicomedy.