This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What do scholars call the seven years of Shakespeare's life that is unknown? A) Long Years. B) Unknown Years. C) Seven Years. D) Lost Years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lost Years. 2. Which character is the most tragic in Shakespeare's plays? A) Hamlet. B) Laertes. C) Ophelia. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ophelia. 3. Which is the Brick Foundation? A) 11. B) 12. C) Neither. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 4. Why do we celebrate Book's day on April 23? A) Because Shakespeare died on April 23 of 1616 almost the same date as Miguel de Cervantes. B) Because the goverment decided it. C) Because we buy books ans roses this day. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because Shakespeare died on April 23 of 1616 almost the same date as Miguel de Cervantes. 5. Identify part number 1. A) Flag. B) The Heavens. C) Support Pillars. D) Gallery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flag. 6. Shakespeare died in Stratford-upon-Avon on ..... at the age of 52. A) 23 April 1616. B) 26 April 1616. C) 26 April 1654. D) 23 April 1654. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 23 April 1616. 7. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" come from? A) Cymbeline. B) Hamlet. C) Titus Andronicus. D) Pericles, Prince of Tyre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 8. How many books did William Shakespeare write A) 18. B) 19. C) 20. D) 21. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 19. 9. Which of these words did NOT come from Shakespeare A) Manager. B) Negotiate. C) Revenue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Revenue. 10. The poet compares the world to A) A story book. B) A film. C) A stage. D) A playground. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A stage. 11. Gertrude was ..... A) King Lear's daughter. B) Shakespeare's daughter. C) Hamlet's mother. D) Hamlet's aunt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet's mother. 12. Shakespeare was born in this town: A) Cardiff. B) Windsor. C) Bath. D) Stratford-upon-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratford-upon-Avon. 13. Looking at the character of Shylock, what is the prevalent theme of The Merchant of Venice? A) Love is more important than money. B) Reality and idealism. C) Mercy. D) Prejudice and intolerance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prejudice and intolerance. 14. Hamlet was ..... A) Ophelia's brother. B) A son of the British King. C) The Prince of Denmark. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Prince of Denmark. 15. Prince Hamlet avenge his father's murder by ..... A) Killing Claudius. B) Killing Polonius. C) Committing suicide. D) Killing Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Killing Claudius. 16. The poem, "The Seven Ages of Man" , is written by A) William Wordsworth. B) William Shakespeare. C) William Golding. D) Alfred Lord Tennesy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Shakespeare. 17. What term is given to 'a long speech in which a character who is onstage ALONE expresses his or her thoughts aloud. A) Soliloquy. B) Aside. C) Dialogue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aside. 18. If one exhibited the plague's symptoms, what percentage chance did he/she have of SURVIVAL? A) 70%. B) 50%. C) 15%. D) 30%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 30%. 19. What is the name of the town in Romeo & Juliet? A) Verona. B) Rome. C) Stratford-Upon-Avon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verona. 20. Most theaters did not have curtains or scenery, so the audience had to rely on ..... A) The written books. B) Props and sound effects. C) Weapons. D) Bringing their own. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Props and sound effects. ← 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