This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 24 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Frailty thy name is Woman." These famous lines appears in A) King Lear. B) Othello. C) Macbeth. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hamlet. 2. The name of the first Shakespeare's playing company was ..... A) Blackfriars. B) The Lord Chamberlain's Men. C) Groundlings. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Lord Chamberlain's Men. 3. When was the first folio of William Shakespeare published? A) After the Tempest (play he wrote) was first played at the globe theatre. B) After his death. C) After he wrote the mid summers night dream. D) Before his death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After his death. 4. What was Shakespeare's wifes name? A) Anika. B) Anne. C) Amy. D) Anna. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anne. 5. Hamlet accidentally kills ..... A) Leartes. B) His mother. C) Himself. D) Claudius. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His mother. 6. Which play was NOT written by William Shakespeare? A) Hamlet. B) Taming of the Shrew. C) Dr. A.S. Faustus. D) Romeo and Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr. A.S. Faustus. 7. William Shakespeare wrote over 150 poems. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. He is not a character from Macbeth ..... A) Duncan. B) Gertrude. C) Malcolm. D) Donalbain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gertrude. 9. Which of Shakespeare's plays was being performed during the Globe theater fire? A) Henry VIII. B) Macbeth. C) A Midsummer Night's Dream. D) Romeo and Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry VIII. 10. The year of death of Shakespeare A) 23 April 1616. B) 25 May 1678. C) 14 October 1789. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 23 April 1616. 11. It is a play that presents us with a story of ..... A) Amor. B) Melancholic. C) Tragedia. D) Marriage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Amor. 12. What was his parent's family business? A) Geese selling. B) Blacksmithing. C) Glove making. D) Goats farming. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glove making. 13. Which category of play is Romeo and Juliet? A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) Historical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 14. Which is not one of the four great tragedies of William Shakespeare? A) Macbeth. B) Julius Caesar. C) King Lear. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Julius Caesar. 15. When did the first Globe theatre open? A) 1780. B) 1300. C) 1600. D) 1599. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1599. 16. Most of his plays were performed at the Globe A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. The name of Shakespeare's play where a young man and a girl love each other but cannot be together because of their families, is ..... A) Hamlet. B) Macbeth. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) The King of Lear. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romeo and Juliet. 18. Who are the Scots at war with at the beginning of the play? A) Ireland. B) Norway. C) Finland. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Norway. 19. What is the name of the school that Shakespeare probably attended? A) Stratford Grammar School. B) Oxford University. C) King's New School. D) London School of Rhetoric. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) King's New School. 20. True or False:There are no records that state Shakespeare actually went to the school in the small town where he lived. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. What happened in 1573? A) There was an earthquake in London. B) Shakespeare died. C) A terrible disease broke out. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A terrible disease broke out. 22. A sonnet consists of 14 lines. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 23. Shakespeare had: A) One child. B) Two children. C) Three children. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three children. 24. What is the evidence provided in the text to support the claim that William Shakespeare is considered one of the best writers? A) His plays are still being performed in theaters and studied at schools even today. B) He wrote long poems and short poems called sonnets. C) He organized a group of actors to perform his plays. D) He wrote 10 plays about great kings which are known as the history plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His plays are still being performed in theaters and studied at schools even today. 25. This theater company was called Lord Chamberlain's Men, which later became known as the ..... A) Lord's Men. B) Chamberlain's Men. C) Queen's Allies. D) King's Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) King's Men. 26. What was Shakespeare's first play? A) Henry VI Part II. B) Hamlet. C) The Tempest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Henry VI Part II. 27. Name one thing that influenced Shakespeare's works. A) Deer poaching. B) Being a butcher. C) His father. D) The countryside. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The countryside. 28. In addition to plays, Shakespeare wrote many sonnets A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 29. Form Term:a measured amount of syllables in a line A) Pun. B) Bank verse. C) Comedy. D) Meter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Meter. 30. Screaming, crying, perfect storms. A) WS. B) TS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TS. 31. By ..... , Shakespeare was a member of a theater company. A) 1590. B) 1592. C) 1593. D) 1591. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1592. 32. William Shakespeare's first theater was called the Globe Theater. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 33. Bonus! In what time period was Shakespeare born? A) The 1500's. B) The 1600's. C) The 1700's. D) The 1400's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The 1500's. 34. What happens to Queen Gertrude? A) She is wounded by Hamlet. B) She is wounded with the poisoned sword. C) Drink from the poisoned cup. D) She is killed by Laertes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drink from the poisoned cup. 35. What is one of the first professional writers that Shakespeare is considered to be? A) Poet. B) Journalist. C) Novelist. D) Playwright. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Playwright. 36. What was the name of his theatre? A) The Robe. B) The Globe. C) The Wardrobe. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Globe. 37. This phrase refers to the undocumented years of Shakespeare's life: A) "the London years". B) "the lost years". C) "the long years". D) "the last years". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "the lost years". 38. Where is he from? A) England. B) Ireland. C) Scotland. D) America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England. 39. Shakespeare is often called ..... A) The British National Poet. B) The English National Poet. C) The English International Poet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The English National Poet. 40. Dave:So what do you think of my singing? John:It's really good, but I suggest to try singing in a high tune. Dave:Thanks, John. John:No problem, Dave! From the dialogue above, John is ..... A) Asking for an opinion. B) Giving help. C) Giving attention. D) Giving an opinion. E) Asking for help. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Giving an opinion. 41. Name of the theater that Willian and his friends founded? A) Stratford Upon-Avon. B) Lord Chamberlain's Men,. C) Globe Theatre. D) Taming of the Shrew. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Globe Theatre. 42. Malcolm invites him to the coronation at Scone. A) Falso. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 43. What's the total number of words that his plays are made of? A) 884, 429 words. B) 984, 429 words. C) 684, 429 words. D) 784, 429 words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 884, 429 words. 44. In which year was The Tempest first performed? A) 1620. B) 1611. C) 1616. D) 1607. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1611. 45. He helped build a new theatre called ..... A) London. B) The Earth. C) The Star. D) The Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe. 46. How many poems did he write in total? A) 35. B) 36. C) 37. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 36. 47. William Shakespeare is ranked among top 10 poets? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 48. Shakespeare lived in the ..... century: A) 13th and 14th. B) 14th and 15th. C) 15th and 16th. D) 16th and 17th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 16th and 17th. 49. Juliet's cousin, Lady Capulet's nephew A) Tybald. B) Paris. C) Scale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tybald. 50. Where did Shakespeare live his final years? A) Cambridge. B) Stratford. C) London. D) Oxford. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratford. 51. The film "Shakespeare in Love" is based on his life. A) True. B) False. C) We don't know. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. Which sentence best describes how the character of Macbeth changes after he murders Duncan? A) He begins to suffer from hallucinations. B) He begins to feel that life is meaningless. C) He becomes determined to die honorably in battle. D) He becomes quick to kill anyone he sees as a threat.Part B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He becomes quick to kill anyone he sees as a threat.Part B. 53. Shakespeare's father was prosecuted for ..... A) Stealing a car. B) Robbing a bank. C) Selling wool on the black market. D) Selling books on the black market. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Selling wool on the black market. 54. How does the scarf get to Casio? A) Bianca gives it to her. B) Emilia leaves him in his room. C) Iago leaves him in his room. D) If it's Desdemona. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iago leaves him in his room. 55. What is the main theme of Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest'? A) Love. B) Revenge. C) Power. D) Forgiveness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Forgiveness. 56. Shakespeare was a writer before he became an actor A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. William Shakespeare was part of an acting company known as the ..... which became the ..... when James I became king in 1603. A) Lord Chambermaid's Men; King James' Men. B) Lord Chamberlain's Men; King's Men. C) King's Men; King James' Men. D) Chamberlain's Men; Men in Black. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Chamberlain's Men; King's Men. 58. With reference to the diction used in the sonnet, what is the tone? A) Diction such as nothing, dun, wires, reeks in the first twelve lines indicate a mocking tone. The first twelve lines humorously make fun of his love's appearance. B) Diction such as love and rare in the couplet indicate that the speaker's tone is sincere and genuine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction such as nothing, dun, wires, reeks in the first twelve lines indicate a mocking tone. The first twelve lines humorously make fun of his love's appearance. 59. Which of these works is NOT by Shakespeare: A) Hamlet. B) The shipwreck. C) Much ado about nothing. D) The Taming of the Shrew. E) A Midsummer Night's Dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The shipwreck. 60. The Great Fire in London happened in what year? A) 1664. B) 1665. C) 1666. D) 1667. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1666. ← 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