William Shakespeare Quiz 18 (20 MCQs)

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1. Bonus!In what time period was Shakespeare born?

Correct Answer: A) The 1500's.

2. What was the name of the theater he built?

Correct Answer: B) Globe Theater.

3. After Queen Elizabeth's death, Shakespeare's acting company became known as the .....

Correct Answer: B) King's Men.

4. What was his first poem?

Correct Answer: C) Venus & Adonis.

5. A longer phrase that seems to go against logic (like an oxymoron) is called a .....

Correct Answer: B) Paradox.

6. What term refers to a rowdy group of people who would stand at the bottom of the stage and insult actors?

Correct Answer: B) Groundlings.

7. Almost all of Shakespeare's plays were based upon well-known fiction or what else?

Correct Answer: C) History.

8. Was the Globe

Correct Answer: B) An Elizabethan Theater.

9. What is a sonnet?

Correct Answer: B) Poem.

10. ) Why did people think Shakespeare was a fraud?

Correct Answer: B) He took credit for plays.

11. What word best describes the woman's skin?

Correct Answer: B) Grey.

12. What is the name of the theater Shakespeare is famous for?

Correct Answer: B) The Globe.

13. In what kind of story do the main charcter(s) die?

Correct Answer: C) Tragedy.

14. Who was one of William Shakespeare's biggest supporters?

Correct Answer: A) The queen.

15. What do we have at the end of a sentence?

Correct Answer: B) Full stop.

16. When would Willam attend Stratford grammar school?

Correct Answer: B) 15.

17. Gloucester was the King's .....

Correct Answer: A) Friend.

18. Shakespeare went to college at .....

Correct Answer: D) He did not go to college.

19. / Shakespeare was one of the founders of the theatre called .....

Correct Answer: B) The Globe.

20. What sentence is correct?

Correct Answer: C) I went to the shops in Paris.