This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > William Shakespeare – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did men play women's roles in Shakespeare's plays? A) Because theaters were too dirty and dangerous. B) Because it was against the law for women to be onstage. C) Because women did not like the theater. D) Because women were busy being mothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it was against the law for women to be onstage. 2. What is the rhythmic meter of a sonnet? A) Iambic pentameter. B) Iambic monometer. C) Trochaic tetrameter. D) No rhythmic meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic pentameter. 3. How is the information provided in the article arranged? A) Problem/ solutions. B) Cause / effect. C) Compare / contrast. D) Chronological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chronological. 4. Shakespeare says the subject will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean? A) People will read about her in his poems. B) She will die and go to heaven. C) She will fall out of line. D) People will know her because of her beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People will read about her in his poems. 5. Less is More. A) Irony. B) Oxymoron. C) Paradox. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 6. What does The Bard mean? A) Poet. B) Pigeon. C) Pencil. D) Pie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poet. 7. The Globe Theatre is on the banks of what river? A) Neches. B) Nile. C) Angelina. D) Thames. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thames. 8. He had ..... A) One child. B) Two children. C) Three children. D) Four children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three children. 9. How does Shylock initially describe his demand for a pound of flesh to Bassanio and Antonio? A) As an opportunity for revenge. B) As his way of being charitable. C) As a harmless prank. D) As a way of procuring food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a harmless prank. 10. Shakespeare had ..... children. A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 11. A humorous work of drama A) Comedy. B) Soliloquy. C) Tragedy. D) Tragic hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 12. How old was Shakespeare when he got married? A) 16. B) 17. C) 18. D) 26. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18. 13. Which of the following is widely considered to be Shakespeare's most popular play? A) Romeo & Juliet. B) King Lear. C) Othello. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romeo & Juliet. 14. It is believed that he introduced about ..... according to Oxford English Dictionary A) 3, 000. B) 2, 000. C) 24, 000. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3, 000. 15. What was Shakespeare's nickname? A) The poet. B) Hamlet. C) The Bard. D) Theater-in-the-round. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bard. 16. How many children did Shakespeare have with Anne Hathaway? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 17. Shakespeare was born in what town or city? A) London. B) Stratford. C) Snitterfield. D) Oxford. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratford. 18. A person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play A) Chorus. B) Act. C) Monologue. D) Stage directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chorus. 19. Which of the following is a distinctive feature of a Shakespearean sonnet? A) Rhyming Couplet. B) Abba, abba. C) Enjambment. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhyming Couplet. 20. How would you describe the type of acting actors did? A) Minimal movement. B) Over exaggerated and stereotypical gestures. C) Stylized and interpretive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over exaggerated and stereotypical gestures. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 5William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8William Shakespeare Quiz 9William Shakespeare Quiz 10William Shakespeare Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books