This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 26 (55 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many children did W. Shakespeare have? A) Three children:one son and two daughters. B) Two children:a son and a daughter. C) Two children:two daughters. D) Three children:one daughter and two sons. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Three children:one son and two daughters. 2. -What is the most recognized work? A) Macbeth. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Othello. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romeo and Juliet. 3. How many kids did W. S. have? A) 1. B) 3. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 4. How many witches, predicting his future greatness, does Macbeth encounter on his journey? A) 2. B) 3. C) 4. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 5. In 1598 Shakespeare's company of actors built the theatre in 28 days and called it ..... A) The Shakespeare Theatre. B) The Globe Theatre. C) The Big Theatre. D) The Theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Globe Theatre. 6. As an adult, Shakespeare became a successful ..... A) Actor. B) Playwright. C) Manager of an acting company. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 7. William was part of a theater company called A) Lord Woodstock's Men. B) Lord Mowbray's Men. C) Lord Chamberlain's Men. D) Lord Bolingbroke's Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lord Chamberlain's Men. 8. What was the name for primary school in Shakespeare's time? A) Stratford Grammar School. B) Petty School. C) London Grammar School. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petty School. 9. How does Hamlet react to the appearance of the ghost? A) He is happy to see his father and to be able to ask him everything. B) He fears that he wants to hurt him. C) He wants to help him rest in peace so that he stops suffering. D) He doubts what the ghost tells him and tries to confirm it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He doubts what the ghost tells him and tries to confirm it. 10. What was the name of the theater with which William Shakespeare is associated? A) The Globe Theatre. B) The London Theatre. C) The Royal Theatre. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Globe Theatre. 11. Who was Shakespeare's wife? A) Anne Hathaway. B) Meryl Streep. C) Judith Shakespeare. D) Elizabeth, The First. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anne Hathaway. 12. This character seems lonely as his father is dead. A) Romeo. B) Hamlet. C) Macbeth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 13. Shakespeare was born in 1616. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 14. What is the ending of Othello? A) Othello commits suicide after realizing that he murdered Desdemona in vain. B) Othello leaves and abandons Desdemona. C) Othello promotes Iago to the position of ensign. D) They are all incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Othello commits suicide after realizing that he murdered Desdemona in vain. 15. Romeo and Juliet was written by Shakespeare in his A) Youth. B) Adult years. C) Senior years. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Youth. 16. William had never gone to school. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. How many variations of the spelling of his name are recorded? A) 23. B) 80. C) 55. D) 39. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 80. 18. Who is the first to discover Romeo's presence at the Capulets' party? A) Teobald. B) Lord Capulet. C) Benvolio. D) Count Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teobald. 19. What did Shakespeare write in his last will and testament for his wife? A) A house. B) A large sum of money. C) His entire estate. D) The second-best bed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The second-best bed. 20. Shakespeare's literary heritage accounts ..... A) 38 plays and 154 sonnets. B) 154 plays and 38 sonnets. C) 34 plays and 158 sonnets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 38 plays and 154 sonnets. 21. Why might Shakespeare find it unusual for people to study his plays as great works of literature? A) His plays were meant to be acted out and watched rather than read. B) He didn't think that he was a very good writer at all. C) He was actually not even the person who wrote famous plays. D) He was very private, and didn't want anybody to enjoy his plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His plays were meant to be acted out and watched rather than read. 22. How many words did Shakespeare make up? A) 2, 000. B) 1, 300. C) 1, 258. D) 1, 700. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1, 700. 23. William Shakespeare was the part of owner of ..... A) Dancing company called the King's Men. B) Singing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men,. C) Playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men. D) Writing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playing company called the Lord Chamberlain's Men. 24. What are the names of Shakespeare's parents? A) James Shakespeare & Mary Arden. B) John Shakespeare & Elizabeth Arden. C) Jeff Shakespeare & Anne Arden. D) John Shakespeare & Mary Arden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Shakespeare & Mary Arden. 25. Juliet seemed dead, but Romeo's letter about that ..... A) He didn't get it. B) He got it. C) Received, but did not have time to read it. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He didn't get it. 26. According to Bottom, what elements of the play need to be changed so that the ladies can endure it? A) The suicide of Pyramus and the roar of the lion. B) Oberon's attack. C) Jocasta's suicide. D) The kidnapping of Thisbe and the howling of the wolf. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The suicide of Pyramus and the roar of the lion. 27. Shakespeare was successful playwright. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Shakespeare's stages were famous for their elaborate scenery A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 29. Actors consider the play to be ..... A) Boring. B) Difficult. C) Exciting. D) Unlucky. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unlucky. 30. Who utters the final words "there has never been a more disconsolate story than that experienced by Juliet and her Romeo" ? A) The choir that begins the work. B) Lord Capulet. C) Mr. Montague. D) The Prince of Verona. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Prince of Verona. 31. He was the ..... son of his parents. A) -first. B) -second. C) -third. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -third. 32. True or False:Only the middle and upper classes could attend the theatre. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. Juliet wishes ..... A) That Romeo would visit her on her balcony and declare his love. B) That she and Romeo could be married quickly before her parents realized it. C) That she could change their (family) names so she and Romeo can be together. D) That Romeo would reveal himself and take her from her family's house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That she could change their (family) names so she and Romeo can be together. 34. Shakespeare wrote plays before he became an actor. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 35. What is shakespeare's longest play? A) Hamlet. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Macbeth. D) King Lear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 36. Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, but what county is the town in? A) Durham. B) Norfolk. C) Sussex. D) Warwickshire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Warwickshire. 37. William Shakespeare married in 1582 at the age of ..... A) 20. B) 18. C) 28. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 18. 38. Name Shakespeare's last play. A) Macbeth. B) Hamlet. C) The Death is coming. D) The Tempest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Tempest. 39. William Shakespeare's father made A) Boots. B) Hats. C) Gloves. D) Coats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gloves. 40. William Shakespeare was a playwright and a novelist. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 41. Why is Iago angry at Othello? A) Because he has not appointed him as lieutenant. B) Because he has not been taken into account in the distribution of the loot. C) Because in Cyprus he sent him to the rear. D) They are all incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he has not appointed him as lieutenant. 42. What theme found in the play is most clearly illustrated in Lady Macbeth's efforts to persuade her husband to murder Duncan in Act I, Scene 7, lines 47-54? A) The association of cruelty with masculinity. B) The differences between perception and reality. C) The question of whether fate or free will controls events. D) The differences between being a king and being a tyrant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The association of cruelty with masculinity. 43. During Shakespeare's time, Queen ..... reigned over England. A) Anne. B) Emily . C) Margaret. D) Elizabeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elizabeth. 44. What was the name of Shakespeare's son who died? A) Tudor. B) Sean. C) Hamnet. D) John. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamnet. 45. The name of the theater where Shakespeare usually acted was: A) The Opal. B) The Red Ring. C) The Rose. D) The Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe. 46. How long has Shakespeare been dead? A) More than 300. B) More than 400. C) More than 100. D) More than 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) More than 400. 47. He spent last years of his life in his old little house in Stratford. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 48. "Twelfth Night" is a comedy. Knowing this, what can you infer about the ending of the play? A) One of the characters dies. B) It probably includes a wedding. C) It's very funny. D) It contains several sonnets. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It probably includes a wedding. 49. This is one of Shakepeare's plays A) A Christmas Carol. B) Hamlet. C) Aquaman. D) Titanic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 50. What does Juliet do to avoid marrying Count Paris? A) He escapes with Romeo to Mantua. B) He fakes his own death. C) He threatens everyone with suicide. D) He asks his mother for advice and help. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He fakes his own death. 51. Which time period was Shakespeare born in? A) 1300s. B) 1600s. C) 1500s. D) 1400s. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1500s. 52. At the heart of Shakespeare's works are: A) The love. B) The power. C) The best feelings of man. D) Doubt about human existence and passions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Doubt about human existence and passions. 53. The Renaissance emerged in: A) France. B) Italia. C) Portugal. D) Spain. E) Netherlands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italia. 54. What is the tone of the sonnet? A) Loving tone then honest. B) Mocking tone then loving or realistic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mocking tone then loving or realistic. 55. Was shakespeare an introvert or extrovert? A) Introvert. B) Extrovert!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extrovert!. ← PreviousRelated 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