This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 19 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Romeo and Juliet" differ from other plays of his time because it is a mix of comedy and tragedy. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 2. Juliet's suitor. A) Tybald. B) Paris. C) Scale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Paris. 3. What event caused Shakespeare to stop writing for a period of time? A) Financial problems. B) Death of his son. C) Illness. D) The Globe Theater fire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe Theater fire. 4. Which was the 3rd event leading up to Hamlet sailing for England in Act IV? A) Claudius reacts to the players' performance. B) Hamlet kills Polonius in Gertrude's chamber. C) Gertrude tells Claudius that Hamlet is, indeed, mad. D) Claudius reveals his plan to have Hamlet killed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gertrude tells Claudius that Hamlet is, indeed, mad. 5. Where does Romeo meet Juliet? A) In the streets of Verona. B) At the Capulet ball. C) At Prince Escalus. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the Capulet ball. 6. How does the play "King Lear" end for King Lear? A) He regains his throne and kingdom. B) He dies of old age in peace. C) He dies tragically. D) He is banished to France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He dies tragically. 7. What job(s) did William Shakespeare have? A) He was an actor, poet and playwright. B) He was an actor. C) Era Youtuber. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was an actor, poet and playwright. 8. Which daughter ultimately remains loyal to King Lear throughout the play? A) Goneril. B) Regan. C) Cordelia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cordelia. 9. On the plot of the tragedy Hamlet, point out the correct statement. A) Claudius kills the king on stage. B) Laertes kills King Claudius. C) Horatio is Hamlet's best friend. D) Gertrudis listens to the ghost and changes her attitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Horatio is Hamlet's best friend. 10. Where was William Shakespeare baptized? A) Stratford-upon-Avon. B) London. C) Oxford. D) Cambridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford-upon-Avon. 11. Romeo, take me somewhere we can be alone. A) Taylor Swift. B) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Taylor Swift. 12. Where did William Shakespeare study? A) Stratford Grammar School. B) Oxford university. C) Secondary school. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford Grammar School. 13. Where did Shakespeare retire until the end of his life? A) Stanford. B) New York. C) Stratford. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratford. 14. By 1601 Will had been writing hit plays for ..... years A) 10. B) 6. C) 3. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 10. 15. Which year was he born in? A) 1582. B) 1592. C) 1523. D) 1564. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1564. 16. Who was Romeo's first love? A) Juliet. B) Laura. C) Venus. D) Rosalinda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rosalinda. 17. Shakespeare was ..... years old when he married. A) 33. B) 15. C) 45. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 18. 18. The phases of Shakespeare's theatrical production are: A) Two, the youthful one and the more mature one. B) A single phase. C) Quattro. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quattro. 19. Whats the name of the william shekespeares theatre A) Star cinema. B) The globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The globe. 20. Dramaturgy during the seventeenth century A) Experiences notable development. B) Remains one of the trendy genres. C) It is less important than short stories. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Experiences notable development. 21. When and where was Shakespeare baptized? A) 2018, St. Thomas Church. B) 1564, Holy Trinity Church. C) 1980, First Baptist Church. D) 1425, St. Matthew's Church. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1564, Holy Trinity Church. 22. Before killing xx, Macbeth has a xx in which he sees xx floating and pointing at Duncan's chambers. A) Banquo-vision-a witch. B) Duncan-vision-a dagger. C) Lady Macbeth-a battle-a crown. D) Duncan-a battle-a dagger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duncan-vision-a dagger. 23. W. Shakespeare stopped writing in ..... A) 1613. B) 1614. C) 1612. D) 1616. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1613. 24. William Shakespeare married to ..... A) -Ann. B) -Mary. C) -Elizabeth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -Ann. 25. Why was it constantly closed for long periods in 1603-1610? A) Criticism of politicians against the content of the performances. B) The spread of bubonic plague. C) Little interest. D) Repairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The spread of bubonic plague. 26. They are two contemporary playwrights of William Shakespeare: A) Christopher Marlowe y Henrik Ibsen. B) Ben Jonson y Christopher Marlowe. C) Henrik Ibsen and Arthur Miller. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ben Jonson y Christopher Marlowe. 27. How many plays did he write? A) 52. B) 38. C) 14. D) 48. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 38. 28. William Shakespeare is one of the most influential figures in human civilization. A) True. B) False. C) No information. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. How many plays are attributed to Shakespeare? A) 37. B) 35. C) 39. D) 38. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 38. 30. To which age did William Shakespeare belong. A) Neo-classical age. B) Elizabethan age. C) Romantic age. D) Victorian age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elizabethan age. 31. Bintang:I think everyone should have a pet.Rona: ..... Pet is very expensive.Bintang:In my opinion, pet can make us to be more responsible. A) I don't know. B) I don't think so. C) I agree. D) I am sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I don't think so. 32. Who is still alive at the end of "King Lear" ? A) Cordelia. B) King Lear. C) Goneril. D) Edgar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edgar. 33. Romeo is banished because he is A) Beat Tybalt. B) Pushed Tybalt. C) Killed Tybalt. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Killed Tybalt. 34. What elements does the story of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' have? A) Fairies and Magic. B) Death and Violence. C) Action and War. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairies and Magic. 35. He wrote comedies, tragedies and ..... plays. A) Geography. B) Science. C) History. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) History. 36. You shall not stay along till holy church incorporate two in one. A) William. B) Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William. 37. Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth are ..... A) Tragedies. B) Comedies. C) Tragedies-comedies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedies. 38. In which Italian city does the story of Romeo and Juliet take place? A) Venice. B) Milan. C) Verona. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verona. 39. Where did Shakespeare live A) Stanford. B) Stratford. C) Woodlands. D) Woodsville. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratford. 40. Shakespeare probably attended A) The King School. B) The new King's School. C) The school of the king. D) The King's New School. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The King's New School. 41. What point is the speaker making in the closing couplet?"And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rareAs any she belied with false compare." A) He says that there is no one like his loverShe might not be physically appealing, however she is perfect in terms of her mind. B) He says she is rare. There are few women like her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He says that there is no one like his loverShe might not be physically appealing, however she is perfect in terms of her mind. 42. Which of these titles are not a Shakespeare play? A) Macbeth. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Twelfth Night. D) Charlotte's Web. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charlotte's Web. 43. What is the most quoted writing after the Bible? A) Shakespeare's Novels. B) Shakespeare's Sonnets. C) Shakespeare's Poems. D) Shakespeare's Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shakespeare's Plays. 44. What kind of characters appear in Shakespeare's works? A) Nobility. B) Peasants. C) Citizens. D) Characters from all walks of life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characters from all walks of life. 45. Back at grammar school, he studied Latin grammar, ..... , and rhetoric. A) Latin Literature. B) English Literature. C) Greek Literature. D) French Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latin Literature. 46. In which year do scholars believe Shakespeare was born? A) 1560. B) 1570. C) 1558. D) 1564. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1564. 47. What is the work of the King bee? A) No work. B) Monitoring Work. C) Collect Honey. D) Guard the beehive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monitoring Work. 48. Which acting company did Shakespeare join in 1594? A) The Royal Shakespeare Company. B) The Globe Theater Company. C) The King's Men. D) The Lord Chamberlain's Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Lord Chamberlain's Men. 49. Name the theatre when Shakespeare performed many of his plays? A) The Apollo. B) The Globe. C) The Fox. D) Stratford-on-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Globe. 50. Which of these plays did he not write? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Macbeth. C) Cupid's Revenge. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cupid's Revenge. 51. Which of Shakespeare's plays is a comedy about fairies and humans? A) Macbeth. B) Hamlet. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) Midsummer NIght's Dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Midsummer NIght's Dream. 52. Avon is the pretty river with grass and trees all along its banks. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 53. What is the difference between Ophelia's madness and Hamlet's? A) Ophelia's madness is authentic and caused by external conflicts; Hamlet's madness may be feigned. B) Ophelia's madness results from unclear causes; the causes of Hamlet's madness are clear. C) Ophelia's madness occurs after her conflicts have already arisen; Hamlet's madness occurs before. D) Ophelia's madness is curable and temporary; Hamlet's madness is incurable and permanent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ophelia's madness is authentic and caused by external conflicts; Hamlet's madness may be feigned. 54. What were people who stood in the pit of the Globe Theater called? A) Dirt people. B) Mud boggers. C) Groundlings. D) Ground dwellers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Groundlings. 55. William Shakespeare died on the same day as he was born, at the age of 52. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. Most of Shakespeare's plays are based on his own original ideas. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. Romeo and Juliet rebel against society and their parents and suffer a death ..... A) Tragic. B) Slow. C) Sudden. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragic. 58. In Othello the theme of is addressed. A) The madness. B) Treachery. C) Jealousy. D) The revenge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jealousy. 59. Who is Romeo in love with at the beginning of the play? A) Amelie. B) Juliette. C) Rosaline. D) Diane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosaline. 60. What year was William Shakespeare born? A) 1564. B) 1583. C) 1585. D) 1587. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1564. ← 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