William Shakespeare Quiz 19 (20 MCQs)

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1. In Sonnet 18, the "eye of heaven" refers to the

Correct Answer: C) Sun.

2. Sonnet 130 (My Mistress' Eyes are) ..... What does Shakespeare compare the woman's eyes to?

Correct Answer: A) The Sun.

3. Shakespeare's tragedy is entitled "Hamlet, Prince of ..... "

Correct Answer: C) A.Denmark.

4. Which one is NOT one of Shakespeare's quotes?

Correct Answer: A) "Set your teeth on edge".

5. What marked the end of Shakespeare's writing career?

Correct Answer: B) The Globe theater burned down.

6. Which of the following is the English Sonnet's Rhyme Scheme?

Correct Answer: B) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

7. Traditionally, Shakespeare's birthday ....., St George's Day.

Correct Answer: D) Is celebrated on 23 April.

8. What is ironic about the day that Shakespeare died?

Correct Answer: B) It was his birthday.

9. Who is Lady Capulet's nephew?

Correct Answer: D) Probably.

10. Which is the longest play by William Shakespeare

Correct Answer: B) Hamlet.

11. To whom is the actor speaking during a soliloquy?

Correct Answer: A) Themselves.

12. To which category that two works of William Shakespeare Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece belong to?

Correct Answer: C) Narrative Poems.

13. A sonnet contains ..... lines.

Correct Answer: C) 14.

14. A ..... is a 14-line poem with a formal rhyme scheme.

Correct Answer: C) Sonnet.

15. What happened to the Shakespeare's theatre in 1613?

Correct Answer: C) It burnt down.

16. How many times suicide occurs in Shakespeare's plays?

Correct Answer: D) 13.

17. Which of the following is not one of the categories that Shakespeare's plays fall into?

Correct Answer: B) Romance.

18. Shakespeare's success in the London theatres made him .....

Correct Answer: B) Considerably wealthy.

19. Who is killed in the bedchamber of Gertrude?

Correct Answer: C) Polonius.

20. What was his most famous work and when was it published? ?

Correct Answer: D) Hamlet, 1603.