William Shakespeare Quiz 5 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. ) What part did he play in the play Hamlet?

Correct Answer: A) The ghost.

2. His poems had ..... lines.

Correct Answer: C) 14.

3. Her wife's name was .....

Correct Answer: A) Anne Hathaway.

4. How many words did Shakespeare create which are till date used in the Oxford Dictionary?

Correct Answer: C) 3000.

5. He died in 1616.

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. IN HIS TRAGIC WORKS THERE ARE MORE THAN ..... CHARACTERS

Correct Answer: C) 60.

7. What is expressed in the Sestet?

Correct Answer: A) Resolution.

8. Lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience

Correct Answer: B) Aside.

9. How would you describe the speaker's tone in this poem?

Correct Answer: D) Realistic.

10. William and Anne had a daughter and also .....?

Correct Answer: D) Twins.

11. Macbeth and Hamlet are examples of .....

Correct Answer: C) Tragedies.

12. What were the people who paid a penny to stand during a performance called?

Correct Answer: A) Groundlings.

13. This is an example of which of the following?

Correct Answer: C) Sonnet.

14. What reason does Antonio give for being sad in the opening scene of the play?

Correct Answer: C) He gives no reason.

15. What is the name of the theatre associated with William Shakespeare?

Correct Answer: C) The Globe Theatre.

16. The rhyme scheme of a sonnet depends upon .....

Correct Answer: D) End rhyme.

17. Shakespeare often wrote in ....., which is a line of poetry containing 10 syllables that alternate, unstressed/stressed

Correct Answer: B) Iambic Pentameter.

18. What was the name of Shakespeare's theater company?

Correct Answer: A) King's Men.

19. Which play of Shakespeare is famous for soliloquies?

Correct Answer: A) Hamlet.

20. What was his theatre?

Correct Answer: C) The Globe.