William Shakespeare Quiz 11 (60 MCQs)

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1. What does the author claim we can learn by comparing the words writers use?
2. What did original performances of Shakespeare's plays have in common with modern Broadway plays?
3. William Shakespeare and his wife had .....
4. What was the name of Othello's wife?
5. Theater group that Shakespeare joined:
6. Biographies are written in
7. How many siblings did Shakespeare have?
8. Shakespeare wrote more than 100 sonnets. Which term best describes his output?
9. Where did he live all his life?
10. Romeo and Juliet would be an example of what type of play?
11. Roni:What should we do for our assignment?You: .....
12. In his childhood, Shakespeare primarily studied .....
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.
14. Among the "anti-Stratfordian" theorists, what name is not presented as a possible author behind Shakespeare's works?
15. What is the name of the theatre that Shakespeare was a part owner of?
16. The ghost asks Hamlet to .....
17. Which play was one of the first performed at the Globe Theatre?
18. Which Shakespeare play talks about betrayal and ambition?
19. Which period of Shakespeare's writing includes plays like Hamlet and Macbeth?
20. What type of drama is his most famous work?
21. What was the name of theater that was built specifically for William Shakespeare's work?
22. Shakespeare's theater was called:
23. The number of plays Shakespeare wrote
24. What is the name of the people who stood below the stage during performances?
25. What do the characters in the works of William Shakespeare most often talk about?
26. Did the theatres need to have a licence by a member of the aristocracy?
27. I will confess to you that I love him.
28. What proof does the speaker offer for his assertion in Sonnet 18, that his Friend's "eternal summer shall not fade" ?
29. What play doesn't belong to W.Shakespeare?
30. You, with your words likes knives and swords and weapons that you use against me.
31. What is the approximate birth year of William Shakespeare?
32. Which character is known for their loyalty and is ultimately banished for it?
33. Form Term:a play within a play
34. Don't you see the starlight, starlight? Don't you dream impossible things?
35. What was the original (first) name of Shakespeare's acting company?
36. Which of the following indicates a shift in the tone?
37. What does Prospero invite Alonso and his company to do after the wedding?
38. Who does Prospero forgive but demand the return of his dukedom?
39. Betrayal, power and ambition are central themes of.
40. What did the bubonic plague cause the theaters in London to do?
41. True or False:Shakespeare did not attend a university.
42. Shakespeare's surviving work consists of 38 plays, 154 sonnets and some other poems.
43. How many plays has Shakespeare written?
44. Why must Romeo and Juliet separate?
45. Name the Shakespearean play about a Scottish king.
46. Shakespeare has no offspring
47. Who is the author of the play "Romeo and Juliet" ?
48. She should keep in mind there is nothing that I do better than revenge.
49. What is the name of the public theater associated with the figure of Shakespeare?
50. Because women couldn't go out to plays .....
51. They watched the ..... rehearse their play.
52. Shakespeare's father was a farmer.
53. How many children did King Lear have?
54. This is the last time I'm asking you why you break my heart in the blink of an eye.
55. His wife was .....
56. Shakespeare was playwright and also worked as
57. Willilam Shakespeare was a shareholder of the theatre called .....
58. Othello kills Desdemona .....
59. The word theatre comes from ..... in Latin which means "seeing place" .
60. William's parents, and himself, what religion did they profess?