This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In 1613 William Shakespeare ..... A) Became a co-owner of Globus. B) Retired to Stratford. C) Wrote "Romeo and Juliet". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Retired to Stratford. 2. Where was William Shakespeare born? A) Stratford-on-Avon. B) Prattville-on-Avon. C) Avon-on-Stratford. D) Avalon, England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford-on-Avon. 3. Romeo and Juliet's families were: A) Enemies. B) Friends. C) Indiferentes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enemies. 4. Which of the following plays was mentioned in the video as being written by Shakespeare? A) The Lion King. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) The King and I. D) Singing in the Rain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romeo and Juliet. 5. Those who believe that Edward de Vere wrote the plays are called "Edwardians." A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 6. Shakespeare's pseudonym: A) Andalusian Swan. B) Avon Swan. C) Mantua Swan. D) Father of the Psychological Novel. E) Petrarch Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Avon Swan. 7. In the first four lines, the speaker claims that the person to whom he is speaking: A) Has several qualities that make them similar to a summer day. B) Is better than a summer day in several ways. C) Is not quite as nice as a typical summer day. D) Enjoys summer days more than any other season. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is better than a summer day in several ways. 8. The Globe theatre was the first theatre in London. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Happens in Romeo and Juliet: A) Romeo escapes with Juliet to Mantua. B) Tybalt kills Benvolio in a fight. C) Friar Juan marries Romeo and Juliet. D) Rosalina murders her cousin. E) Romeo commits suicide believing that Juliet has died. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Romeo commits suicide believing that Juliet has died. 10. When the theaters closed for some time, he A) Wrote. B) Paint. C) Wrote songs. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wrote. 11. Choose the portrait of William Shakespeare. A) . B) . C) . D) . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) . 12. When does Romeo and Juliet get married? A) Right after the mask party. B) Before the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt. C) After Romeo finds out that he must leave Verona. D) When Lord Capulet forces them, upon learning of their love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Before the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt. 13. Which of the following is not a type of Shakespeare play? A) Tragic Comedies. B) Musicals. C) Tragedies. D) Histories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Musicals. 14. What is the name of Othello's aide who tries to destroy him? A) Lago. B) Brutus. C) Cassio. D) Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lago. 15. What work does a Mason do? A) Repair machinery. B) Work with stones. C) Carry Luggage. D) Make Pots. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Work with stones. 16. William Shakespeare was ..... A) Greek. B) British. C) German. D) American. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) British. 17. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write? A) 200. B) 100. C) 50. D) 154. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 154. 18. Shakespeare wrote only comedies and tragedies. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. If the weather was good, plays were performed ..... A) Around sunset. B) In the middle of the night. C) In the early morning hours. D) In the afternoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the afternoon. 20. Which of the following best describes Lady Macbeth's death? A) He dies off stage. B) She sleepwalks outside the palace wall. C) He declares his own guilt and stabs himself with a knife. D) Macduff kills her in revenge for the murder of his own wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He dies off stage. 21. How many new words did he introduce (coin) in the English language? A) Exactly 1, 203 words. B) Almost 3, 000 words. C) Nearly 1, 500 words. D) About 2, 100 words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Almost 3, 000 words. 22. What was the atmosphere of the Globe? A) Guiet and calm. B) Live and noisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Live and noisy. 23. They remain from Shakespeare A) 36 works in all. B) 36 plays in addition to the Sonnets. C) Hundreds of incomplete works. D) 20 tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 36 plays in addition to the Sonnets. 24. How did people know when a play was going to be held? A) They opened the roof. B) A light flashed. C) A bell rang. D) A flag was hoisted. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A flag was hoisted. 25. Shakespeare was the greatest playwright in history. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 26. What is Shakespeare's standard poetic form? A) Rhyme royal. B) Blank verse. C) Sonnet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blank verse. 27. Shakespeare says the subject will live on forever in his "eternal lines." What does this mean? A) People will read about her in his poems. B) She will die and go to heaven. C) She will fall out of line. D) People will know her because of her beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People will read about her in his poems. 28. Shakespeare was NOT known for being ..... A) A playwright. B) An actor. C) A founder of a theatre company. D) A director. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A director. 29. Into whom does Edgar transform himself? A) A man named Poor Tom. B) Lear's servant. C) Goneril and Regan's servant. D) A copy of his brother Edmund. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A man named Poor Tom. 30. Published by John Hemminge and Henry Condell, and published seven years after his death, this was the first collected work of Shakespeare. A) The First Folio. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Daemonologie. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The First Folio. 31. Eric:I think our city is very hot at the moment. Era:I don't think so ..... Our city is much cooler than other cities in this country. A) In my opinion. B) He forget it. C) I am thinking of. D) I know it. E) See you. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In my opinion. 32. What did you study A) Quantum physics. B) Res. C) English and history. D) Latin, Greek and History. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latin, Greek and History. 33. Why don't we know much about Shakespeare's early life? A) They didn't keep a lot of records on regular people in his lifetime. B) He was born in a country with no written language. C) Christopher Marlowe actually wrote all of Shakespeare's plays. D) The Queen of England had them all burned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They didn't keep a lot of records on regular people in his lifetime. 34. Till when did Shakespeare produce most of his known work A) 1613. B) 1608. C) 1610. D) 1623. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1613. 35. To be, or not to be, pondered William Shakespeare's troubled protagonist Hamlet. A) Change Shakespeare's to Shakespeares. B) Change Hamlet to hamlet. C) Change To Be, or not to be, to "To be, or not to be, ". D) Make no change. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change To Be, or not to be, to "To be, or not to be, ". 36. When was Shakespeare born? A) 1564. B) 1554. C) 1574. D) 1584. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1564. 37. Juliet was played by a A) Woman. B) Girl. C) Man. D) Boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boy. 38. Shakespeare worked in an acting company called ..... A) The Globe Trodders. B) The London Lads. C) The Queen's Men. D) The Lord Chamberlain's Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Lord Chamberlain's Men. 39. Shakespeare DID NOT WRITE ..... A) Romantic comedies. B) Historical dramas. C) Poetic works. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romantic comedies. 40. When did Shakespeare live? A) During the Renaissance in the 1500s and 1600s. B) During the Renaissance in the 1960s and 1970s. C) During the Medieval rebirth era around 1200. D) He's still alive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) During the Renaissance in the 1500s and 1600s. 41. Shakespeare had just one son, who was called Hamlet after one of his most famous creations. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 42. True or False:William Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, 154 sonnets, and 5 long poems A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 43. What is the date of W.Shakespeare's birth and death? A) 23 August. B) 22 April. C) 28 August. D) 23 April. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 23 April. 44. Through his work, how many new words he is credited to introduce to English language? A) 50 words. B) 350 words. C) 3000 words. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3000 words. 45. Many of his books contain songs. A) True. B) False. C) We don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 46. How much did groundlings pay to watch a play? A) A penny. B) A sixpence. C) An extra dime. D) A farthing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A penny. 47. How many people could fit in the theater? A) 10000. B) 3000. C) 1000. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3000. 48. His mother was mayor of Stratford. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 49. Theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare A) The Star Theatre, 1598. B) The Rocky theatre, 1958. C) The Paris Theatre, 1959. D) The Globe Theatre, 1599. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe Theatre, 1599. 50. William Shakespeare's hometown was called A) London. B) Southampton. C) Stratford. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratford. 51. The ..... caused the death of many people during Shakespeare's time. A) Versatile. B) Troupe. C) Plague. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plague. 52. Oberon plans to use the magic flower to A) Dominate his wife to do his will. B) Make your wife fall in love with something ridiculous. C) Find out what his wife is planning and thwart those plans. D) Make his wife sleep long enough to steal the child. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Make your wife fall in love with something ridiculous. 53. Shakespeare was born in: A) Cambridge. B) London. C) Stratford-upon-Avon. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stratford-upon-Avon. 54. A story of an impossible love A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 55. How many people could watch a play at his theatre? A) 300 people. B) 3, 000 people. C) 30, 000 people. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3, 000 people. 56. "Oh he's so beautiful ..... such a beautiful disaster, " sings Kelly Clarkson. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Oxymoron. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 57. Hey Siti, ..... go star gazing tonight. A) Are you. B) How about. C) Shall them. D) Would you like to. E) I think. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Would you like to. 58. The Globe Theatre was located in central London. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 59. What era did Shakespeare live in? A) Romance. B) Baroque. C) The Age of Enlightenment. D) Renaissance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Renaissance. 60. Macbeth was written by ..... A) William Johnson. B) Ben Johnson. C) Randy Ragsdale. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) William Shakespeare. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 5William Shakespeare Quiz 6William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8William Shakespeare Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books