William Shakespeare Quiz 4 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are three things lost in "second childishness" ?

Correct Answer: A) Teeth, eyes, and taste.

2. When did William Shakespeare die?

Correct Answer: A) 1616.

3. List of characters presented before the action begins

Correct Answer: B) Cast of characters.

4. Who was the Queen at the time of most of Shakespeare's life?

Correct Answer: A) Elizabeth.

5. Shakespeare uses several examples from nature. What is one?

Correct Answer: B) Sun.

6. What nationality was Shakespeare?

Correct Answer: B) English.

7. Shakespeare was born in

Correct Answer: B) 1564.

8. All of the actor's for Shakespeare's plays were .....

Correct Answer: C) Men.

9. What language did Shakespeare study in school?

Correct Answer: B) Latin.

10. Which of these was not one of Shakespeare's plays?

Correct Answer: D) Shakespeare in love.

11. What was Shakespeare's playing company called?

Correct Answer: A) Lord Chamberlain's Men,.

12. Why is there a simile at the beginning of the sonnet

Correct Answer: D) It mocks love poems.

13. Who is Lord Capulet's daughter?

Correct Answer: C) Juliet.

14. How many siblings did Shakespeare have

Correct Answer: C) 7.

15. ) What was he well known for in Stratford?

Correct Answer: C) Highly respected business man & property owner.

16. William Shakespeare was both a playwriter and a .....

Correct Answer: C) Poet.

17. Jaques makes old age seem

Correct Answer: D) Sad.

18. ..... is what creates a rhythm or musical quality in poem.

Correct Answer: D) Meter.

19. Which word matches this definition:a punctuation mark that indicates a question.

Correct Answer: D) Question mark.

20. Bonus!How many different words does Shakespeare use in his 37 plays?

Correct Answer: A) More than 10, 000.