This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When did he live? A) Between the late 15th century and the early 16th century. B) Between the late 16th century and the early 17th century. C) Between the late 17th century and the early 18th century. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Between the late 16th century and the early 17th century. 2. What supernatural creature can be found in many of Shakespeare's plays? A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 3. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. Which was first novel of William Shakespeare? A) Tempest. B) Macbeth. C) Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tempest. 5. In what month was he born and also die? A) May. B) April. C) June. D) March. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) April. 6. True or False:Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. Shakespeare's father was ..... A) A shoemaker. B) A school teacher. C) A clock-maker. D) A glove-maker. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A glove-maker. 8. William Shakespeare had three children. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. Which two places in England did William Shakespeare spend most of his time? A) Clacton-on-Sea and Cambridge. B) Stratford-upon-Avon and London. C) Southend-on-Sea and London. D) Stratford-upon-Avon and Ipswich. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratford-upon-Avon and London. 10. Acting groups were all A) Male. B) Female. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Male. 11. When did Shakespeare leave London to retire to his home in Stratford? A) 1608. B) 1605. C) 1610. D) 1612. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1610. 12. How many plays and sonnets do most scholars believe Shakespeare wrote? A) 20 plays and 100 sonnets. B) 30 plays and 150 sonnets. C) 37 plays and 154 sonnets. D) 40 plays and 200 sonnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 37 plays and 154 sonnets. 13. William Shakespeare died at the age of? A) 100. B) 52. C) 25. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 52. 14. First person pronouns that might be used in a memoir/autobiography. A) You/your/yours. B) I/me/my. C) He/she/it. D) They/Them/Themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I/me/my. 15. What did he study? A) Latin, Science and History. B) Latin, Greek and Law. C) Latin, Greek and History. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latin, Greek and History. 16. Recognized as the greatest writer of the English language A) William Shakespeare. B) Romeo Julieta. C) Julio William Shakespeare. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Shakespeare. 17. What is the 4th of these events in The Tragedy of Macbeth? A) Macbeth envisions the bloody dagger. B) Macbeth arranges the murder of Banquo. C) Witches prophesy that Macbeth will be king. D) Macbeth fights fiercely and improves his reputation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth arranges the murder of Banquo. 18. This is the golden age of something good and right and real. A) TS. B) WS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TS. 19. What is Shakespeare's nickname? A) The Beard. B) Biddle the Bard. C) The Bard. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bard. 20. Attention, spoilers! What really happened to Juliet? A) Who takes the potion that Friar Lawrence gave him and dies. B) She decides to take her own life and stabs herself with the dagger to die next to her loved one. C) She kisses Romeo to drink the remains of the poison and dies next to her lover. D) Seeing his loved one dead, he stabs himself with Romeo's sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She decides to take her own life and stabs herself with the dagger to die next to her loved one. 21. Which play is related in your book? A) Hamlet. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Othello. D) The Merchant of Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romeo and Juliet. 22. During the Elizabethan Era, unexplained events were blamed on ..... A) Fairies. B) Monsters. C) Ghosts. D) Witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Witches. 23. What was the name of the theatre before it was called the Globe? A) The Curtain. B) The Rose. C) The Theatre. D) The Swan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Theatre. 24. William Shakespeare was born in 1594 A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Which stage of life is described as having a lean and slippered pantaloon and a big manly voice? A) Justice. B) Soldier. C) Childishness. D) Old Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Old Age. 26. It is a play that presents a love story between two families ..... A) Enemies. B) Known. C) From the same place. D) Unknown. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enemies. 27. What was the greatest tragedy of Shakespeare's life? A) His acting career never took off. B) His young son died. C) He didn't love his wife. D) His theater burned down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His young son died. 28. Romeo's friend is A) Lorenzo. B) Balthazar. C) Benvoglio. D) Giovanni. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benvoglio. 29. Attending plays is a common denominator between the contrasting classes during Shakespeare's time because everyone became ..... even just for a couple of hours. A) Happy. B) Equal. C) Enemy. D) Sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Equal. 30. According to Iago ..... What does Desdemona give to Cassio? A) A letter. B) A handkerchief. C) A hat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A handkerchief. 31. How does Capulet react at the end of the play? A) He shakes Montesco's hand to seal peace. B) He swears eternal hatred to the Montague family. C) He decides to unite the mausoleums of both families. D) He apologizes to Montesco for his share of the blame. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He shakes Montesco's hand to seal peace. 32. Choose the direct quote by Shakespeare: A) I wish I grew tired of you. B) All that glitters is not gold. C) Love me now and forever. D) Nevertheless, she died. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All that glitters is not gold. 33. A dramatic play that tells the story of a character who meets an untimely and unhappy death or downfall, often because of a specific character flaw or twist of fate. A) Comedy. B) Prologue. C) Tragedy. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedy. 34. Two of William Shakespeare's children were ..... A) Sons. B) Twins. C) Brothers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twins. 35. Where did Shakespeare go when he retired? A) Staratfort-upon-Don. B) London. C) Stratfort-upon-Avon. D) Frankfurt-upon-Main. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratfort-upon-Avon. 36. William Shakespeare wrote ..... drama, ..... sonnets, ..... long poems A) -38, 154, 2. B) -48, 145, 2. C) -88, 155, 2. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -38, 154, 2. 37. When talking about Shakespeare, the English most often use the term ..... A) The Poet (Poeta). B) The Soothsayer (Wieszcz). C) The Bard (Bard). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bard (Bard). 38. Cuantos hermanos tuvo William Shakespeare? A) 8. B) 7. C) 5. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 39. Did W. S. write poetry? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 40. An example of a biography is ..... A) Michael Jordan writing a story about basketball. B) Michael Jordan's mom writing a story about her son's life. C) Michael Jordan writing about himself. D) Michael Jordan's diary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Michael Jordan's mom writing a story about her son's life. 41. Who ends Tybalt's life? A) Benvolio. B) Romeo. C) Paris. D) Mercius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romeo. 42. Who announces to Juliet that Count Paris wants to marry her? A) Juliet's mother. B) Your mistress or nurse. C) Fray Lorenzo. D) Count Paris himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juliet's mother. 43. Romeo fell in love with Juliet A) At a party at Capulet's house. B) At one wedding. C) After a few days. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At a party at Capulet's house. 44. Based on the audio, which one is Shakespear's written masterpiece? A) Lysistrata. B) King Lear. C) Cyclops. D) The Brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King Lear. 45. What is not a theme of the sonnet A) Love despite flaws. B) Unconditional love. C) Ridiculing beauty standards. D) The impossibility of perfection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unconditional love. 46. ..... and the sky turned black like a perfect storm. Rain came pouring down when I was drowning-that's when I could finally breathe. A) TS. B) WS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TS. 47. What type of text is Hamlet? A) Mito. B) Tale. C) Novel. D) Play. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Play. 48. What do Shakespeare's history plays have in common? A) They're almost always about kings, queens, or nobles. B) They present realistic pictures of what life was like in the past. C) They're not tragedies, so the characters never die. D) They're extremely long. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They're almost always about kings, queens, or nobles. 49. Who is Mercutio? A) A cousin of Juliet. B) A cousin of the Prince. C) A cousin of Romeo. D) A faithful servant of Romeo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A cousin of the Prince. 50. -How old was William Shakespeare when he got married? A) 19 years. B) 18 years. C) 22 years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18 years. 51. A light-heard play that makes people laugh is called a ..... A) Tragedy. B) Drama. C) Dialogue. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comedy. 52. We are very shy because we don't know each other, we need to ..... A) Break the ice. B) Green-eyed monster. C) The world is my oyster. D) Love is blind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Break the ice. 53. The most dominant symbol in the work is ..... A) The handkerchief. B) The letter. C) The garment. D) The sword. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The handkerchief. 54. He and his wife had ..... children A) 2. B) No. C) 6. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 55. Where did Shakespeare's wife Anne Hathaway grow up? A) Stratford-upon-Avon. B) London. C) Oxford. D) Cambridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford-upon-Avon. 56. Shakespeare never got married. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 57. What is "does" in shakespeare language? A) Dost. B) Wast. C) Doth. D) Hast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Doth. 58. Who among the following is the contemporary of William Shakespeare. A) Christopher Marlowe. B) William Wordsworth. C) Matthew Arnold. D) Thomas Hardy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christopher Marlowe. 59. It is a classic of literature ..... A) Americana. B) Anglo-Saxon. C) Occidental. D) Europea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anglo-Saxon. 60. Why couldn't W. S. go to university? A) Because his family had no money for it. B) Because he became a father early. C) Because he belonged to a Protestant religious denomination. D) Because he was Catholic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he became a father early. ← 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