This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which Shakespeare play is The Lion King based on? A) Macbeth. B) Hamlet. C) Othello. D) King Lear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 2. What Genre did Shakespeare mainly use in his writing A) Comedy. B) Romance. C) Tragedy. D) Adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedy. 3. Shakespeare's parents were ..... Shakespeare-respectable, middle-class parents. A) Jack and Anne. B) John and Anne. C) John and Mary. D) Jack and Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John and Mary. 4. Who remains alive at the end of "Hamlet" ? A) Hamlet. B) Hamlet's mother. C) Ophelia. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None of them. 5. The new Globe Theatre opened in ....., one street away from where the original would have stood. A) 1909. B) 1997. C) 1808. D) 1797. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1997. 6. Name two childhood friends of Prince Hamlet. A) Marcellus and Reynaldo. B) Claudius and Polonius. C) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. D) Ophelia and Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. 7. Which of the following indicates a shift in the tone? *It's always found in the 3rd quatrain.* A) Yet. B) So. C) However. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yet. 8. What is the setting of the first scene when the play begins? A) The bedchamber of Gertrude. B) The garden of the castle. C) A platform before the castle. D) In the graveyard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A platform before the castle. 9. Which river is associated with Shakespeare's birth place? A) The Thames. B) The Avon. C) The Tyburn. D) The Seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Avon. 10. Shakespeare's actual profession was..... A) Actor. B) Musician. C) Lawyer. D) Painter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Actor. 11. What was the name of the Shakespeare's son that died? A) Macbeth. B) Hamnet. C) Hamlet. D) Prospero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamnet. 12. Which one of shakespears kids die A) Judith. B) Hamnet. C) Susanna. D) Crystall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamnet. 13. The line "To be or not to be" comes from which play? A) Macbeth. B) Twelfth Night. C) A Midsummer Night's dream. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 14. Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night are examples of ..... A) Histories. B) Comedies. C) Tragedies. D) Tragicomedies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comedies. 15. Who was crowned King? A) King George II. B) King James I. C) King Louis XI. D) King Noah. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King James I. 16. At the end of the sonnet how does Shakespeare feel about the woman? A) He thinks she is very ugly and hates her. B) He loves her and states their love is rare and unique. C) He thinks she is fake, compared to the other women. D) He thinks that her beauty is heavenly and rare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He loves her and states their love is rare and unique. 17. The stage in a man's life that followers the lover is the A) Infant. B) Schoolboy. C) Soldier. D) Old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soldier. 18. A character who opposes the protagonist is the: A) Climax. B) Tragic Hero. C) Buffoon. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 19. What did Shakespeare's dad do? A) Carpenter. B) Builder. C) Made leather goods. D) Poet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made leather goods. 20. Which of the following is not a reason Shylock gives for hating Antonio? A) Antonio is in love with Shylock's daughter, Jessica. B) Antonio has insulted Shylock in the past. C) Antonio lends money without interest, which damages Shylock's business. D) Antonio hates Jews. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonio is in love with Shylock's daughter, Jessica. ← 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