This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 21 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The famous quote "To be or not to be ..... " comes from A) Macbeth. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Hamlet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 2. How old was Shakespeare when he retired? A) 53. B) 52. C) 54. D) 55. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 52. 3. Why did men play women's roles in Shakespeare's plays? A) Because theaters were too dirty and dangerous. B) Because it was against the law for women to be onstage. C) Because women did not like the theater. D) Because women were busy being mothers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because it was against the law for women to be onstage. 4. Which of Shakespeare's plays is the shortest? A) The Tempest. B) King Lear. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) The Comedy of Errors. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Comedy of Errors. 5. William had a small family A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 6. What is Williams most popular play? A) Hamlet. B) Macbeth. C) Romeo and juliet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 7. When he retired in 1612, he had written ..... plays. A) 38. B) 37. C) 39. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 37. 8. Casio has a love affair with ..... A) Desdemona. B) Bianca. C) Emilia. D) Elena. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bianca. 9. It is, therefore, a completely romantic work. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 10. The Queen during Shakespeare's time studied different languages at the age of 10. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 11. Shakespeare visited his family ..... a year. A) Many times. B) Three times. C) Twice. D) Once. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Once. 12. When did London's first theatre open? A) 1656. B) 1676. C) 1593. D) 1576. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1576. 13. Why is there a myth that Shakespeare uses a large vocabulary? A) Experts have not been interested in studying playwrights other than Shakespeare. B) There was previously no way to examine the extent of Shakespeare's vocabulary. C) Playwrights from Shakespeare's time were known for writing concisely. D) There is more information available about Shakespeare and his plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) There is more information available about Shakespeare and his plays. 14. What did Anne Hathaway inherit from her husband? A) Second best bed. B) Wardrobe. C) The best bed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second best bed. 15. Which of these professions did shakespeare not do? A) Playwright. B) Poet. C) Teacher. D) Actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teacher. 16. What illness killed millions in Europe and Asia and closed many theaters? A) Black Death. B) Chicken Pox. C) Mumps. D) Influenza. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black Death. 17. Which of the following is NOT a genre of plays written by William Shakespeare? A) Science Fiction. B) Comedies. C) Tragedies. D) History Plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Science Fiction. 18. Why is it thought that Shakespeare was gay? A) Because he played female characters. B) Because he wrote sonnets to a "beautiful young man" . C) Because he left his wife a "second-class" bed. D) Because he wrote songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he wrote sonnets to a "beautiful young man" . 19. Form Term:a 10-syllable line of UNRHYMED verse; follows a stressed/unstressed syllable pattern. A) Intertwining plots. B) Meter. C) Blank verse. D) Iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blank verse. 20. Read the sentence and mark the incorrect interpretation: "There is no art that reveals the condition of the mind in a face. He was a gentleman in whom I founded my complete trust." A) It is difficult to know the true intentions. B) We always show our true identity. C) Faces we see, hearts we do not know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We always show our true identity. 21. Shakespeare produced most of his work between 1589-1613. Who ruled England during that time? A) Queen Elizabeth I. B) Queen Victoria. C) King Ferdinand. D) King Odysseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queen Elizabeth I. 22. At the end of his career, W. S. created a new type of drama. What were the innovations in his works created during this period? A) Analytical drama-only men played in it. B) Spectators could usually see real duels on stage. C) Leaving the stage behind, the story took place in different locations of the city (moving theater). D) At the end of the plays, there was no catastrophe, forgiveness took its place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the end of the plays, there was no catastrophe, forgiveness took its place. 23. Why did Romeo kill Tybalt? A) He was getting on his nerves. B) Because Tibald wanted to harm Romeo's sister. C) He was jealous of his courtship of Julia. D) To avenge his friend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To avenge his friend. 24. Character who drowns in Hamlet: A) Polonium. B) Ophelia. C) Horacio. D) Hamlet. E) Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ophelia. 25. How is Greek tragedy seen in Elizabethan tragedy? A) The tragic flaw. B) The influence of fate. C) Downfall. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 26. The theater closed some time because of: A) Money issues. B) The plague. C) Lack of audience. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plague. 27. During his life Shakespeare wrote 37 plays, several longer poems and ..... A) 257 sonnets. B) 154 sonnets. C) 56 sonnets. D) 137 sonnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 154 sonnets. 28. Which city did Shakespeare move to? A) Cambridge. B) Oxford. C) London. D) Stratford-upon-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) London. 29. Love's a fragile little flame. It could burn out. A) William. B) Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Taylor. 30. In Romeo and Juliet, the two feuding families are ..... A) Montesinos and Capulet. B) Montague and Capulet. C) Montesco and Capuello. D) Montesino and Capuello. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montague and Capulet. 31. Who dies in 1956? A) Father. B) Mother. C) Woman. D) Sin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sin. 32. What is William Shakespeare best known for? A) His plays. B) His paintings. C) His essays. D) His sonnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His plays. 33. "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" the speaker using this literary device comparing what they are not. A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 34. What is depicted on Shakespeare's tomb in Stratford's church? A) A painting. B) A sculpture. C) A tapestry. D) A mosaic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A sculpture. 35. From which of Shakespeare's very renowned plays, has this quote been taken?"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." A) Othello. B) Macbeth. C) Twelfth Night. D) Merchant of Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Twelfth Night. 36. What is the main doctrine of the Renaissance? A) Anthropocentrism. B) Centralism. C) Theocentrism. D) Egocentrism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anthropocentrism. 37. The two lovers live in Verona, a city ..... A) Italian. B) Frances. C) Ingles. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italian. 38. A humorous play that ends happily A) Misfortune. B) Inspire. C) Comedy. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comedy. 39. How many new words did Shakespeare create in the English language? A) 1500. B) 1000. C) 2000. D) 1700. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1700. 40. Who does Capulet want to marry his daughter Juliet to? A) Paris. B) Romeo. C) Probably. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paris. 41. Upon being transformed into a man with the head of a donkey, Bottom imagines that ..... A) His friends were playing a joke on him. B) It's all just a dream. C) Puck is to blame for that situation. D) It's all part of the play rehearsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His friends were playing a joke on him. 42. Does the blank verse rhyme? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 43. Something that is owed or due A) Prosper. B) Debt. C) Tragedy. D) Misfortune. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Debt. 44. Which of the following were NOT used in Elizabethan plays? A) Elaborate scenery. B) Fancy costumes. C) Props. D) Sound effects. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elaborate scenery. 45. Where Romeo and Juliet takes place: A) Castilla. B) Portugal. C) Venice. D) Verona. E) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verona. 46. Why does Count Paris go to the mausoleum where Juliet rests? A) To die with her. B) To cover his mausoleum with flowers. C) To see her one last time. D) Because she knows that Romeo will go see her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cover his mausoleum with flowers. 47. The most famous English theater of the time was A) The Phoenix. B) The Colosseum. C) The Glam. D) It Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It Globe. 48. When did the first women appear on the English stage ..... A) During Shakespeares lifetime. B) The Restoration. C) During 1592. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Restoration. 49. Shakespeare is responsible for ..... words in the English language. A) 100's. B) 1, 000's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1, 000's. 50. "100 Greatest Britons" is one of his famous masterpieces. A) True. B) False. C) We don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. And I'll stay ..... forgetting any other home but this. A) TS. B) WS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) WS. 52. Fact that does not correspond to Romeo and Juliet A) Juliet receives the potion from Friar Lorenzo. B) Paris asks for Juliet's hand. C) Romeo flees to Mantua after murdering Tybalt. D) Theobald kills Mercury. E) Romeo and Juliet do not marry. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Romeo and Juliet do not marry. 53. William Shakespeare's plays have been translated into nearly every language. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 54. Who was william shakespeares friend A) Queen to me. B) King liar. C) Queen elizabeth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Queen elizabeth. 55. William Shakespeare mostly worked in the ..... century. A) 15. B) 16. C) 18. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 16. 56. One of William Shakespeare's best-known revenge plays is "Romeo and Juliet." A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 57. MIGUEL CASSIO WAS A YOUNG MAN FROM FLORENCE WHO FELL IN LOVE WITH DESDEMONA. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 58. W.Shakespeare was born in A) 1654. B) 1267. C) 1736. D) 1564. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1564. 59. Bonus! What did Shakespeare leave on his gravesite? A) A skull. B) A curse. C) An empty grave. D) All of his 37 plays that he wrote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A curse. 60. Desire to do evil A) Frenzy. B) Intention. C) Malice. D) Ascend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malice. ← 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