This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does "Rough winds 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. 2. The Taming of the Shrew? A) Comedy. B) History. C) Tragedy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 3. Shakespeare wrote plays and also A) Novels. B) Sonnets. C) Short stories. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonnets. 4. William Shakespeare wrote ..... plays. A) No. B) 3. C) Many. D) 37. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 37. 5. William Shakespeare is a famous ..... A) -dramatist. B) -novelist. C) -story-teller. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -dramatist. 6. His father was a: A) Painter. B) A glove maker. C) Writer. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A glove maker. 7. How old was Williams son hamnet when he died? A) 63. B) 12. C) 11. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 11. 8. In what year was William Shakespeare born? A) 1616. B) 1458. C) 1501. D) 1564. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1564. 9. What is the setting of the play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'? A) Ancient Rome. B) Ancient China. C) Ancient Greece. D) Ancient Egypt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient Greece. 10. While at the restaurant, Amy said, "I would like a heavy serving of appetizers." Here statement contains ..... A) Oxymoron. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oxymoron. 11. William Shakespeare left Stratford for London to ..... A) Work in the family business. B) Become an actor. C) Write plays. D) Go to university. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Become an actor. 12. What is the ghost looking for? A) May the truth be known and his death be avenged. B) Let everyone know the truth and remember it. C) Let Hamlet discover the truth so he can accept what happened. D) May Hamlet not suffer for his death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) May the truth be known and his death be avenged. 13. Richard III is a tragedy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. True or False:Shakespeare met and married a very young Anne Hathaway. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 15. William Shakespeare's extant works, including collaborations, consist of ..... A) 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems. B) 154 plays, 3 sonnets, 39 long narrative poems. C) 3 plays, 39 sonnets, three long narrative poems. D) 49 plays, 15 sonnets, five long narrative poems. E) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems. 16. Folio has two groups of works:comedies and tragedies A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 17. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write in total? A) 154. B) 88. C) 147. D) 126. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 154. 18. Even though we study Shakespeare, he had no influence over the English language. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. The first author to compile his works was ..... A) Christopher Marlowe. B) Flight johnson. C) Charles Dickens. D) Francis Bacon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flight johnson. 20. Queen of England when Shakespeare started writing A) Victoria. B) Megan. C) Anne. D) Elizabeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elizabeth. 21. What type of poem is this? A) Sonnet. B) Ballad. C) Haiku. D) Rap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnet. 22. In which the two lovers must overcome social and family obstacles. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 23. Which play is odd? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Hamlet. C) Othello. D) Henry V. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry V. 24. How many children did he have? A) 1. B) 2. C) 86. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8. 25. Who does Romeo ask for help to get married? A) Juliet's Lullaby. B) Juliet's cousin. C) Prince Paris. D) Fray Lorenzo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fray Lorenzo. 26. Shakespeare dramatised stories from sources such as ..... A) Petrarch. B) Holinshed. C) Petrarch and Holinshed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Petrarch and Holinshed. 27. Iago's hypocritical statements contribute to A) Othello dismisses Cassio. B) Othello to be ascended by Roderic. C) Othello dismisses Iago. D) They are all incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Othello dismisses Cassio. 28. True or False. All of Shakespeare's plays have been translated into every major language. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Who does Macbeth see sitting in his chair during the banquet? A) In addition. B) To the ghost of Banquo. C) To the ghost of Duncan. D) Lady Macbeth. E) None of the other options. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To the ghost of Banquo. 30. What is Elena's reaction to being pursued by Demetrio and Lisandro? A) Elena leaves in the company of Demetrio. B) Elena feels happy for the attention she receives. C) Elena thinks they are both making fun of her. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elena thinks they are both making fun of her. 31. Romeo and Juliet could have been presented in two hours A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. Which of the following is a comedy written by Shakespeare? A) Hamlet. B) A Midsummer Night's Dream. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Midsummer Night's Dream. 33. Which of the following phrases best describes Lady Macbeth's death? A) He declares his own guilt and stabs himself with a knife. B) They found her in the lake with a crown of flowers on her head. C) Macduff kills her in revenge for the murder of his wife. D) She sleepwalks outside the castle walls. E) He dies off stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) He dies off stage. 34. What happened to the original Globe Theater? A) It was taken as part of a treaty with Greece. B) It was torn down so that a newer, better theater could be built. C) The Vikings tore it down. D) It burned down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It burned down. 35. Which one of the following plays is NOT Shakespeare's play? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) The Taming of Screw. C) A Midsummer Night's Dream. D) Medea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medea. 36. 'To be or not to be, that is the question?' is from which play? A) As You Like It. B) Henry V. C) Hamlet. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 37. "The three unities" in drama do NOT include: A) Unity of action. B) Unity of time. C) Unity of place. D) Unity of plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unity of plot. 38. Who is Macbeth's ally that drives him to achieve his darkest purposes to be king? A) Lady Macduff. B) Lady Macbeth. C) The witches. D) Malcolm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lady Macbeth. 39. What is Shakespeare criticizing in this apparent love poem? A) People should be aware of inner beautyDo not judge the outward appearance but the mind. B) People are superficial, beauty is more important than intelligence/conversation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People should be aware of inner beautyDo not judge the outward appearance but the mind. 40. What was the name of William Shakespeare's only son? A) Hamnet. B) James. C) John. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamnet. 41. What do we call a dramatic poem whose character is a really existing ruler? A) Historical drama. B) Central drama. C) Analytical drama. D) Royal drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Royal drama. 42. Shaskespeare loved language and invented new words and expressions that we still use today A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. James Burbage built London's first ..... A) Bridge. B) Theater. C) Tavern. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theater. 44. What idea does Claudius convey with the paradoxical phrase With mirth in funeral and with dirge in marriage(Act I, Scene 2, line 12)? A) He regrets marrying Gertrude. B) He is relieved that his brother died. C) He has mixed emotions over recent events. D) He feels ashamed of his actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He has mixed emotions over recent events. 45. Which of the following is NOT a play written by William Shakespeare? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Macbeth. C) A Midsummer's Night Dream. D) Edward the Second. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edward the Second. 46. When you want to give your opinion, you say: A) I think, I belive. B) I thing, I velive. C) I thing, I believe. D) I think, I believe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I think, I believe. 47. Shakespeare works and retires in this place: A) Verona. B) Stratford-on-Avon. C) London. D) Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratford-on-Avon. 48. True or False:The Globe theatre was closed down by Protestants in 1642. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. He invented lots of new English ..... and expressions. A) Words. B) Letters. C) Sounds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words. 50. What is "Hast" from shakespeare Language? A) Hurry. B) Were. C) Have. D) Happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have. 51. Oberon hears Helena begging in vain for Demetrius's love and orders the goblin to A) Do not apply the magic nectar to Helena so that she never falls in love with Demetrius. B) Bring Lisandro to the forest to make the two fall deeply in love. C) Bring Demetrio to the forest make the two fall deeply in love. D) Apply the filter to the eyelids of the young Athenian so that it corresponds to the lady. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Apply the filter to the eyelids of the young Athenian so that it corresponds to the lady. 52. Why is it called the Renaissance? A) Because the values of the Middle Ages were reborn:God was the center of the universe. B) Because the values of Prehistory were reborn:people lived in caves again. C) Because Greco-Roman values were reborn:people changed their religion, they worshiped Zeus. D) Because the values of classical (Greco-Roman) antiquity were reborn:the human being was placed at the center of science and the arts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because the values of classical (Greco-Roman) antiquity were reborn:the human being was placed at the center of science and the arts. 53. The work presented by the artisans about Pyramus and Thisbe is based on the idea A) Of a love not authorized by parents. B) Of the love that every father authorizes his daughters. C) Of the death of Pyramus at the hands of a Goblin. D) Of the love between fairies and forest elves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Of a love not authorized by parents. 54. What is the name of the London theater most often associated with William Shakespeare? A) The Globe. B) Blackfriars Theatre. C) The Old Vic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Globe. 55. There is a superstition among actors that the title of one of Shakespeare's plays can only be said on stage and only during the performance. They usually just call it "the Scottish Play" . Talking about ..... A) Hamlet. B) Macbeth. C) Othello. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macbeth. 56. Who played female roles in Elizabethan theatre? A) Young men. B) Old women. C) Anyone who wanted to. D) Young girls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Young men. 57. A play that usually ends in the death of a hero is called a ..... A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) Monologue. D) Soliloquy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 58. What can you conclude about Shakespeare's acting company from its name? A) It was sponsored by Queen Elizabeth I. B) It was made up of men only. C) It was the most popular company in London. D) It was originally formed in Shakespeare's hometown of Stratford. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was made up of men only. 59. What was the name of the theater Shakespeare performed at? A) The Globe. B) The Theatre. C) The Earth. D) The Goblet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Globe. 60. Renaissance artists were largely inspire by "the ..... " A) Greeks. B) Classics. C) Romans. D) Religions. 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