This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the author claim we can learn by comparing the words writers use? A) How many different words they use. B) How the use of language has changed over time. C) What's impressive about the way they use words. D) What words writers and rappers use most often. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What's impressive about the way they use words. 2. What did original performances of Shakespeare's plays have in common with modern Broadway plays? A) They were all two acts long. B) They contained lots of music and singing. C) They were nominated for numerous awards. D) They debuted in a large theater in a big city. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They debuted in a large theater in a big city. 3. William Shakespeare and his wife had ..... A) Two sons and one daughter. B) Two daughters and one son. C) A son and a daughter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two daughters and one son. 4. What was the name of Othello's wife? A) Helena. B) Desdemona. C) Portia. D) Lady Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desdemona. 5. Theater group that Shakespeare joined: A) The Globe. B) Chaberlain's men. C) Blackfriars. D) Jacob. E) The Spinning Wheel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chaberlain's men. 6. Biographies are written in A) Third Person. B) Onomatopoeia. C) First Person. D) Second Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third Person. 7. How many siblings did Shakespeare have? A) 1. B) 4. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 8. Shakespeare wrote more than 100 sonnets. Which term best describes his output? A) Optimistic. B) Prolific. C) Sparse. D) Friendly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prolific. 9. Where did he live all his life? A) In Stratfort. B) In France. C) In Edinburgh. D) In London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In London. 10. Romeo and Juliet would be an example of what type of play? A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) Historical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 11. Roni:What should we do for our assignment?You: ..... A) I don't think so. B) I think we should do a small presentation. C) I doubt that. D) Are you sure?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I think we should do a small presentation. 12. In his childhood, Shakespeare primarily studied ..... A) Logic and Mathematics. B) Latin Grammar and Literature. C) Spelling and Geography. D) Argumentation and Calligraphy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Latin Grammar and Literature. 13. Rafael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland, News from Scotland and James I's Demonology were the main sources used by William Shakespeare. A) Falso. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 14. Among the "anti-Stratfordian" theorists, what name is not presented as a possible author behind Shakespeare's works? A) Christopher Marlowe. B) Flight johnson. C) Edward de Vere. D) Francis Bacon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flight johnson. 15. What is the name of the theatre that Shakespeare was a part owner of? A) The Rose. B) The Swan. C) The Globe. D) The Curtain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Globe. 16. The ghost asks Hamlet to ..... A) Break up with Ophelia. B) Leave the country. C) Fight with Horatio. D) Punish the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punish the king. 17. Which play was one of the first performed at the Globe Theatre? A) Othello. B) Macbeth. C) Julius Caesar. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Julius Caesar. 18. Which Shakespeare play talks about betrayal and ambition? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Othello. C) Summer night Dream. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macbeth. 19. Which period of Shakespeare's writing includes plays like Hamlet and Macbeth? A) Later period. B) Middle period. C) Early period. D) Unknown period. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Middle period. 20. What type of drama is his most famous work? A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) Historical drama. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 21. What was the name of theater that was built specifically for William Shakespeare's work? A) The Stage. B) The Nook. C) The Globe. D) William's Theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Globe. 22. Shakespeare's theater was called: A) Cinemark. B) Globe. C) Fox. D) MJR. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Globe. 23. The number of plays Shakespeare wrote A) 20. B) 17. C) 37. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 37. 24. What is the name of the people who stood below the stage during performances? A) Groundhogs. B) Groundlings. C) Orchestra. D) Actors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groundlings. 25. What do the characters in the works of William Shakespeare most often talk about? A) About hatred. B) About love. C) About jealousy. D) About death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About love. 26. Did the theatres need to have a licence by a member of the aristocracy? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 27. I will confess to you that I love him. A) William. B) Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William. 28. What proof does the speaker offer for his assertion in Sonnet 18, that his Friend's "eternal summer shall not fade" ? A) The speaker's love will prevent the friend from dying. B) Death will not brag after the speaker's friend dies. C) The friend will live in heaven. D) The sonnet will immortalize the friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sonnet will immortalize the friend. 29. What play doesn't belong to W.Shakespeare? A) King Lear. B) The twelfth night. C) Hamlet. D) Theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theatre. 30. You, with your words likes knives and swords and weapons that you use against me. A) WS. B) TS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TS. 31. What is the approximate birth year of William Shakespeare? A) 1564. B) 1574. C) 1584. D) 1594. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1564. 32. Which character is known for their loyalty and is ultimately banished for it? A) Goneril. B) Cordelia. C) Kent. D) Regan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kent. 33. Form Term:a play within a play A) Inset play. B) Allusion. C) Soliloquy. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inset play. 34. Don't you see the starlight, starlight? Don't you dream impossible things? A) WS. B) TS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TS. 35. What was the original (first) name of Shakespeare's acting company? A) The King's Men. B) The Lord Chamberlain's Men. C) London's Men. D) The Traveling Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Lord Chamberlain's Men. 36. Which of the following indicates a shift in the tone? A) Yet. B) But. C) However. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yet. 37. What does Prospero invite Alonso and his company to do after the wedding? A) Return to Milan. B) Stay the night. C) Go to the grove. D) Set out for Naples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stay the night. 38. Who does Prospero forgive but demand the return of his dukedom? A) Gonzalo. B) Antonio. C) Alonso. D) Sebastian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antonio. 39. Betrayal, power and ambition are central themes of. A) Macbeth. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Hamlet. D) Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Macbeth. 40. What did the bubonic plague cause the theaters in London to do? A) To be closed. B) To be very successful. C) To be burned to the ground. D) To be used as hospitals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be closed. 41. True or False:Shakespeare did not attend a university. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 42. Shakespeare's surviving work consists of 38 plays, 154 sonnets and some other poems. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 43. How many plays has Shakespeare written? A) 43. B) 38. C) 36. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 36. 44. Why must Romeo and Juliet separate? A) Because Romeo abandons her. B) Because Juliet must marry Paris. C) Due to the rivalry of their families who do not accept their relationship. D) Because Romeo is exiled by the prince of Verona. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because Romeo is exiled by the prince of Verona. 45. Name the Shakespearean play about a Scottish king. A) Romeo. B) Macbeth. C) Hamlet. D) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 46. Shakespeare has no offspring A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 47. Who is the author of the play "Romeo and Juliet" ? A) Willian Shakespeare. B) Juliet William Shakespeare. C) William Shakespeare. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Shakespeare. 48. She should keep in mind there is nothing that I do better than revenge. A) TS. B) WS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TS. 49. What is the name of the public theater associated with the figure of Shakespeare? A) The Theatre. B) The Rose. C) Teatro Shakespeare. D) The Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe. 50. Because women couldn't go out to plays ..... A) They used puppets. B) They put animals. C) There were no female protagonists. D) Men disguised themselves as women. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Men disguised themselves as women. 51. They watched the ..... rehearse their play. A) Troupe. B) Nobility. C) Plot. D) Famine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Troupe. 52. Shakespeare's father was a farmer. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. How many children did King Lear have? A) Two daughters. B) Two sons. C) Three daughters. D) Four daughters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three daughters. 54. This is the last time I'm asking you why you break my heart in the blink of an eye. A) William. B) Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taylor. 55. His wife was ..... A) Anne Hathaway. B) Mary Arden. C) Judith Hamnet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anne Hathaway. 56. Shakespeare was playwright and also worked as A) A teacher. B) An artist. C) An actor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An actor. 57. Willilam Shakespeare was a shareholder of the theatre called ..... A) The Theatre. B) The New Globe. C) The New Theatre. D) The Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe. 58. Othello kills Desdemona ..... A) He doesn't kill her, he locks her up. B) Choking her. C) He stabs him with a dagger. D) It doesn't kill her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Choking her. 59. The word theatre comes from ..... in Latin which means "seeing place" . A) Cover. B) Theatron. C) Talents. D) Tandem. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theatron. 60. William's parents, and himself, what religion did they profess? A) Catholicism. B) No religion. C) Protestant. D) Anglican. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Catholicism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 5William Shakespeare Quiz 6William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books