This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Authors > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 6 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What did Shakespeare leave to his wife in his will? A) Second best bed. B) Second best house. C) Second best watch. D) Second best play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second best bed. 2. Which of the following is NOT a play by William Shakespeare? A) All's Well that Ends Well. B) The Phantom of the Opera. C) Two Gentlemen of Verona. D) Much Ado About Nothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Phantom of the Opera. 3. How many lines make up a Shakespearean sonnet? A) 13. B) 14. C) 15. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. 4. How many lines does a sonnet contain? A) 12. B) 14. C) 5. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 14. 5. In the 5th stage of life, man is described as A) The lover. B) The soldier. C) The judge. D) A senile man. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The judge. 6. William Shakespeare ..... A) Baptised on 26 April 1564. B) Was baptised on 26 April 1564. C) Baptised on 23 April 1564. D) Was baptised on 23 April 1654. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was baptised on 26 April 1564. 7. What does "Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" mean? A) Strong winds destroy spring flowers. B) Strong winds cannot touch the flowers. C) Strong winds don't stand a chance against his love. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Strong winds destroy spring flowers. 8. Who tells Prince Hamlet that the King Hamlet was murdered? A) Horatio. B) The ghost. C) Marcellus. D) Reynaldo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The ghost. 9. What did Shakespeare leave to his wife in his will? Check all that apply. A) Nothing. B) Everything he owned. C) 3 cows. D) The 2nd best bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The 2nd best bed. 10. Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular ..... A) Poems. B) Tragedies. C) Comedies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragedies. 11. Why did William Shakespeare write his own epitaph and have it engraved on his tombstone. A) He didn't trust any other writers to do it. B) He wanted to scare people so they never disturbed his grave. C) He had written a play about his death. D) He wanted to always get the last word. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wanted to scare people so they never disturbed his grave. 12. A division within a play, much like chapters of a novel A) Act. B) Aside. C) Dialogue. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Act. 13. What was the age of William Shakespeare when he retired from active service to Stratford around 1613? A) 51. B) 49. C) 62. D) 53. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 49. 14. An English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language, and the world's preeminent dramatists A) William Shakespeare. B) Homer. C) Edgar Allen Poe. D) Stephen King. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Shakespeare. 15. Shakespeare started the A) Globe Theater. B) Glass Theater. C) Trinity Theater. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Globe Theater. 16. Name the play within the play The Hamlet. A) King Priam. B) The Murder of Gonzago. C) The Death of Hamlet. D) Julius Caesar. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Murder of Gonzago. 17. What is the correct punctuation mark to indicate the writer has deliberately missed out a word, sentence, or whole section from a text, without altering its original meaning? A) !. B) . C) ?. D) ,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 18. According to the poem, the second stage in a man's life is the A) Schoolboy. B) Lover. C) Soldier. D) Old man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Schoolboy. 19. In which place is the play Hamlet set? A) Dublin. B) Denmark. C) Egypt. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denmark. 20. What School did Shakespeare go to? A) King Edward VI School. B) Franklin. C) Lincoln. D) Allendale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King Edward VI School. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 5William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8William Shakespeare Quiz 9William Shakespeare Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books