This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In which English city was he born? A) London. B) Liverpool. C) Manchester. D) Stratford-Upon-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratford-Upon-Avon. 2. Where did William die? A) Stratford Upon Avon. B) London. C) Oxford. D) Cambridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford Upon Avon. 3. What were his parents names? A) John and Jacob Hathaway. B) Jack and Jill Shakespeare. C) John and Mary Shakespeare. D) Jack and Jill Hathaway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John and Mary Shakespeare. 4. What is the age difference between Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway? A) 8 months. B) 10 years. C) 8 years. D) There is no difference; they are the same age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8 years. 5. What term is given to 'a long, uninterrupted speech given by a character while others remain on stage? ' A) Soliloquy. B) Aside. C) Dialogue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Monologue. 6. A play is another name for what? A) Drama. B) Book. C) Poem. D) Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drama. 7. What is William Shakespeare knows as? A) Bard of Avon. B) KIng of Plays. C) Father of Plays. D) Genius. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bard of Avon. 8. According to the speaker, the "players" in these seven acts of life A) Can choose whether or not to be in one of the acts. B) Must wear glasses and stockings. C) Enter as infants and exit as aged people. D) Enter as adults and exit as school children. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Enter as infants and exit as aged people. 9. How many older siblings did Shakespeare have until they passed away? A) 4. B) 1. C) 2. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2. 10. Where did Shakespeare obtain his education? A) King Edward Institution for English and Literature Studies. B) King Edward IV School. C) Stratford Grammar School. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Edward IV School. 11. Who performed the more mature female roles? A) Adult females. B) Young females. C) Young males. D) Adult males. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adult males. 12. When Shakespeare came on the scene, who was London's most popular playwright? A) Christopher Marlowe. B) Queen Elizabeth. C) Nick Johnson. D) Geoffrey Rush. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christopher Marlowe. 13. "The Seven Ages of Man" describe A) Stories that start in the middle and then go back in time. B) Acts in a play, ending with a conclusion. C) A popular, old English team sport related to soccer. D) Human life from infancy to old age. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human life from infancy to old age. 14. Why didn't Shakespeare attend university? A) His father's troubles may have forced him to withdraw William from school. B) He made poor grades and could not get accepted. C) He became rich in the merchant trade. D) He was disgusted with higher education. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His father's troubles may have forced him to withdraw William from school. 15. Shakespeare says his 'fair youth' will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean? A) People will read about him in his poems. B) He will die and go to heaven. C) He will fall out of line. D) People will know him because of his beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People will read about him in his poems. 16. What city was Shakespeare born in and retired in? A) Stratford upon Avon. B) England. C) Penniwick. D) Charles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford upon Avon. 17. What are the early years of Shakespeare's life commonly referred to as? A) The Edge of GLory. B) The Golden Age. C) The Lost Years. D) The COVID19 Outbreak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Lost Years. 18. William Shakespeare lived in the ..... centuries. A) 15th and 16th. B) 14th and 15th. C) 16th and 17th. D) 17th and 18th. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 16th and 17th. 19. Who sat in the covered section of the theater? A) Wealthy. B) Poor. C) Middle class. D) Royalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wealthy. 20. When he was 18, Shakespeare married ....., who was 26 A) Mary Hathaway. B) Anne Hathaway. C) Anne Hathway. D) Mary Hathway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anne Hathaway. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 5William Shakespeare Quiz 6William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8William Shakespeare Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books