This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Shakespeare was born in what town or city? A) London. B) Stratford. C) Snitterfield. D) Oxford. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratford. 2. A person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play A) Chorus. B) Act. C) Monologue. D) Stage directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chorus. 3. How would you describe the type of acting actors did? A) Minimal movement. B) Over exaggerated and stereotypical gestures. C) Stylized and interpretive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Over exaggerated and stereotypical gestures. 4. Where was William Shakespeare from? A) South-Roman-Village. B) Rome. C) Italy. D) Stratford-Upon-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stratford-Upon-Avon. 5. Why was the original Globe built outside of the city limits? A) Groundlings smell bad. B) The church thought they were evil. C) Queen Elizabeth hated the theatre. D) Shakespeare was cray-cray. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The church thought they were evil. 6. How much did Shakespeare write? A) 1 play, 38 sonnets and 154 epic narrative poems. B) 54 plays, 5 sonnets, and 38 epic narrative plays. C) 4 plays, 38 sonnets, and 5 epic narrative poem. D) 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 epic narrative poems. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 epic narrative poems. 7. What was one of Shakespeare's plays? A) Romeo and Juilet. B) Almost the Birthday. C) Are you watching me?. D) At the gates of Valhalla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romeo and Juilet. 8. Shakespeare lived almos entirely during the reign of ..... A) Queen Victoria. B) Queen Elizabeth II. C) Queen Elizabeth I. D) Queen Mary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Queen Elizabeth I. 9. How much older than him was Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's future wife? A) 8 years. B) 9 years. C) 7 years. D) 6 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8 years. 10. What was the name of his first play? A) Henry VI. B) Richard III. C) Otello. D) The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 11. What are William Shakespeare's themes? A) Love friendship and vegeance. B) Love hate vegeance. C) Friendship sad love. D) Vegeance love fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Love friendship and vegeance. 12. What plague had an outbreak when Shakespeare first started theatre A) Black Death. B) Antonine Plague. C) The Third Pandemic. D) Great Plague of London. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black Death. 13. What was significant about the date of Shakespeare's death? A) He died on his birthday, 54 years to the day. B) He died on his birthday, 52 years to this day. C) He predicted his death on the day it happened. D) He was reading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He died on his birthday, 52 years to this day. 14. Shakespeare was a prolific writer during ..... of British theatre A) The Elizabethean and Jacoben ages. B) The Elizabethean and Jacobean ages. C) The Elizabethan and Jacobean ages. D) The Elizabethan and Jacobeen ages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Elizabethan and Jacobean ages. 15. List the occupations of Shakespeare? A) All of the above. B) Dramatist, Poet, Writer, Actor, Playwright. C) Poet, Writer, Actor, Playwright. D) Playwright, Actor, Reader, Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dramatist, Poet, Writer, Actor, Playwright. 16. How many lines is a standard sonnet composed of? A) 6. B) 23. C) 14. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14. 17. In what year was the Globe theater built? A) 1594. B) 1599. C) 1608. D) 1613. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1599. 18. Thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone, or thinks he/she is alone A) Soliloquy. B) Scene. C) Tragic hero. D) Chorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 19. What was shakespeare Known for A) , English poet, dramatist,. B) Artist. C) Helper. D) Someone who describes his life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) , English poet, dramatist,. 20. The ..... kept calling Shakespeare back again and again demanding more scripts. A) Bars. B) Theaters. C) Queen. D) Landlords. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theaters. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 6William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8William Shakespeare Quiz 9William Shakespeare Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books