This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is Benvolio? A) A cousin of Romeo. B) A friend of Romeo. C) Capulet's nephew. D) A cousin of the Prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A cousin of Romeo. 2. "To be or not to be, that is the question" . These lines are from A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Macbeth. C) Hamlet. D) The King of Lear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 3. He worked as an actor A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. In Sonnet 18, Shakespeare does all of the following except A) Pay someone some very flattering compliments. B) Compare a persona favorably to a certain moment of the year. C) Suggest that poetry is more interesting than most people. D) Assure the person addressed of some sort of immortality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suggest that poetry is more interesting than most people. 5. How long is a sonnet? A) 1 line. B) 12 lines. C) 14 lines. D) 20 lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 14 lines. 6. Women acted in Shakespeare's time A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 7. Shakespeare's father was a furrier or ..... A) Curate. B) Fur handler. C) Cook. D) A miser. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fur handler. 8. How many plays did W. Shakespeare write? A) 15. B) 30. C) 38. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 38. 9. What was the Globe? A) A Play. B) A sonnet. C) A nobleman. D) A theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A theatre. 10. Romeo and Juliet were: A) Teenagers. B) Seniors. C) Youths. D) Children. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teenagers. 11. Who played the female roles in Elizabethan plays? A) No one. B) Women. C) Men/Boys. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Men/Boys. 12. All the world's a stage A) That is the question. B) And all the men and women are merely players. C) And lovers cannot see. D) That I shall say good night till it be morrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) And all the men and women are merely players. 13. What is William Shakespeare's hometown? A) Stratford on the Avon. B) Dublin. C) Manchester. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford on the Avon. 14. It is NOT a fact from the life of William Shakespeare: A) He died in 1616. B) Born in England. C) He worked as a playwright. D) He had no children. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had no children. 15. He's so nice! He always helps me with my homework and walks home with me. He has ..... A) Break the ice. B) Love is blind. C) Green-eyed monster. D) A heart of gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A heart of gold. 16. True or false?Shakespeare had two kids A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 17. What was The Plague? A) A virus that came from Asia and caused a pandemic throughout Europe. As a result, people wore masks to avoid contagion and theaters closed. B) A virus that came from Asia and attacked the crops of all of Europe. As a consequence there was no food to harvest which caused famine throughout the continent. C) A virus that came from America and caused the death of the entire population of Europe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A virus that came from Asia and caused a pandemic throughout Europe. As a result, people wore masks to avoid contagion and theaters closed. 18. People celebrate his birthday on ..... A) January 4. B) March 27. C) April 23. D) June 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April 23. 19. William began to write plays for company of actors to which he belonged. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 20. Shakespeare spent most of his life working in ..... A) Stratford-on-Avon. B) Verona. C) Venice. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London. 21. How many grandchildren did he have? A) None. B) 1. C) 2. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) None. 22. How old were Romeo and Juliet? A) 16 y 13. B) 15 y 12. C) 11 y 16. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 16 y 13. 23. Romeo and Juliet is one of the most: A) Popular tragedies. B) Popular comedies. C) Popular sonnets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Popular tragedies. 24. How many languages have Shakespeare's plays been translated into? A) Over 20. B) Over 50. C) Over 100. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over 100. 25. Before waking up in the forest, Titania was dreaming that A) The Indian girl had been taken from her. B) Oberon was making fun of her. C) She was in love with a donkey. D) The Goblin had been snooping around his glory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She was in love with a donkey. 26. In which city was Shakespeare born? A) In Stratford-upon-Avon. B) In London. C) In Avon. D) In Stratford. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In Stratford-upon-Avon. 27. What is the acting company he was part of called A) Lord handsome show. B) Master chamberlain. C) Lord chamberlain's men. D) The chamberlains men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord chamberlain's men. 28. Which play was NOT Shakespeare's A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Taming the Shrew. C) Long Day's Journey Into Night. D) HAMLET. E) A Midsummer Night's Dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Long Day's Journey Into Night. 29. London, England, was often shut down completely because of A) The Black Plague. B) The measles. C) Walking pneumonia. D) The influenza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Black Plague. 30. Unlike most playwrights of his time, Shakespeare also worked as an? A) Comedian. B) Woman. C) Actor. D) Postal worker. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Actor. 31. Shakespeare had 3 children:Susanna, Hamnet, & Judith. Of what did Hamnet die when he was 11? A) He didn't die. B) Poison. C) Drowning. D) Plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plague. 32. The Globe was an acting company in London A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. To which English ruler can the culmination of theater art be linked? A) Queen Victoria. B) Elizabeth I. C) Stuart Maria. D) II. Elizabeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elizabeth I. 34. What was Shakespeare's fathers job? A) Builder. B) Glove maker. C) Carpenter. D) Tradie. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glove maker. 35. Did he die when he was very old? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 36. How did the famous character Hamlet die? A) Poisoned. B) Loco. C) Hanged. D) In combat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poisoned. 37. What's the name of Shakespeare's theatre? A) The Planet. B) The World. C) The Earth. D) The Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe. 38. Shakespeare wrote ..... in order to impress the new king. A) Hamlet. B) Twelfth Night. C) Henry VIII. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Macbeth. 39. Shakespeare's daughters eagerly read their father's works. A) Falsehood. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Falsehood. 40. What is Shakespeare credited with introducing to the English language? A) 3, 000 words. B) 500 words. C) 1, 000 words. D) 2, 000 words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3, 000 words. 41. Shakespeare's play about one of the English kings is called ..... A) Hamlet. B) Henry V. C) Macbeth. D) The King of Lear. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Henry V. 42. In which act does Hecate appear? A) III. B) II. C) IV. D) V. E) I. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) III. 43. In 1616 Shakespeare died but the great season of English theater lasted until approximately A) 1800. B) To the present day. C) 1642 when the Puritans closed almost all the theaters for religious reasons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1642 when the Puritans closed almost all the theaters for religious reasons. 44. When were Shakespeare's collected plays published? A) 1555. B) 1676. C) 1657. D) 1623. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1623. 45. Summarize the poem in your own words. A) The poet thinks beauty lies withinAppearances do not matter. B) The poem speaks about outer beauty that is more important than inner beauty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The poet thinks beauty lies withinAppearances do not matter. 46. Shakespeare had four sisters and three brothers. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 47. Explain what the speaker means when saying his mistress "treads on the ground" ? A) The object of affection for the speaker is not elevated goddess or angel who floats or glides above the ground; she is a more grounded and physical person who walks with him on earth and has her feet on the ground. B) This woman is not a graceful person. She is unlike most women, he does not appreciate her walking this way. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The object of affection for the speaker is not elevated goddess or angel who floats or glides above the ground; she is a more grounded and physical person who walks with him on earth and has her feet on the ground. 48. Who wrote the pamphlet that made fun of Shakespeare and said he would never be remembered? A) Stratford-upon-Avon. B) Stratford-upon-Thames. C) London. D) Frankfurt-on-Main. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford-upon-Avon. 49. His ..... and poetry are still very popular today. A) Songs. B) Plays. C) Letters. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plays. 50. People say he was a great A) Dancer. B) Singer. C) Actor. D) Writer. E) Artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writer. 51. Which stage of life is described as having a fair round belly and being full of wise saws? A) Schoolboy. B) Infant. C) Lover. D) Justice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Justice. 52. How many film and TV versions of Shakespeare's plays have ever been produced? A) 210. B) 310. C) 410. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 410. 53. Form Term:a speech intended to reveal a character's thoughts A) Pun. B) Allusion. C) Soliloquy. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soliloquy. 54. What was unusual about plays in Shakespeare's time? A) The audience had to watch the performance standing up. B) There were no female actors. C) The audience was very friendly. D) Improvisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There were no female actors. 55. Friar Lorenzo (Lovro) discovers that A) Married Romeo and Juliet. B) Quarreled Romeo and Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Married Romeo and Juliet. 56. Where was he baptised? A) Mexico. B) USA. C) England. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England. 57. William Shakespeare lived during the reign of ..... A) -Queen Elizabeth l. B) -Queen Elizabeth ll. C) -Queen Victoria. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -Queen Elizabeth l. 58. The audience who goes to the theater in this historical period (late 16th century-mid 17th century) A) It is made up mostly of aristocrats. B) It includes mostly people from the humblest class. C) Is diverse and heterogeneous (for the first time in many centuries). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is diverse and heterogeneous (for the first time in many centuries). 59. Who are the 'University Wits'? A) Shakespeare's friends who helped him to write his works. B) Actors with whom Shakespeare played in the theater. C) Shakespeare's jealous rivals who criticized and made fun of his work. D) Rich people who approved of Shakespeare's works. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shakespeare's jealous rivals who criticized and made fun of his work. 60. Quanti figli ha avuto William Shakespeare con Anne Hathaway? A) Quattro. B) Three. C) Uno. D) Due. 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