This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, and King Lear belong to Shakespeare's third life period, and they have in common that they are ..... A) Comedies. B) Sonnets. C) Tragedies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedies. 2. What effect does the ghost of Hamlet's father have on Hamlet that contributes to the rising action of the play? A) Hamlet becomes confused and indecisive. B) Hamlet examines his motives before acting. C) Hamlet seeks revenge against Claudius. D) Hamlet feels more kindly toward Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet seeks revenge against Claudius. 3. Much Ado About Nothing is a A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comedy. 4. What does canst mean? A) You (informal) can't. B) She can't. C) You (informal) can. D) She can. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You (informal) can. 5. What did he do when he went to London? A) He worked as an actor. B) He worked as a poet. C) He worked as a director. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He worked as an actor. 6. Did he visit Argentina? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 7. It is said that in their tragedies they have died approximately ..... A) About 50 characters, but never the main ones. B) About 60 characters, including main ones. C) About 30 characters, including main ones. D) About 60 characters, but never the main ones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) About 60 characters, including main ones. 8. What is chronological order.? A) A way of arranging events or things according to the time they happen. B) A way of arranging events or things according to how important they are in a story. C) A way of arranging events or things according to what was most interesting first. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A way of arranging events or things according to the time they happen. 9. Who became the king of England after Queen Elizabeth I? A) James I. B) Anne Hathaway. C) Francis Drake. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James I. 10. In which year did Shakespeare die? A) 1616. B) 1585. C) 1596. D) 1608. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1616. 11. When did Shakespeare die? A) In 1624. B) In 1620. C) In 1616. D) In 1613. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In 1616. 12. How old was William Shakespeare when he died? A) 52. B) 36. C) 56. D) 46. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 52. 13. In addition to plays, Shakespeare also wrote many A) Novels. B) Poems. C) Prose. D) Essays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poems. 14. Which stage of life is described as having spectacles on nose and a pouch on side? A) Soldier. B) Old age. C) Justice. D) Childishness. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Old age. 15. What is William Shakespeare's birthdate? A) May 1515. B) April 1965. C) June 1454. D) April 1564. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) April 1564. 16. How many times a year was it believed that William bathed a year A) 7 !. B) 3 !. C) 1 !. D) 365 !. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1 !. 17. Which famous theater did Shakespeare co-own? A) Broadway. B) Shakescene. C) Globe. D) Upstart crow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Globe. 18. When was Skakespeare born? A) 1764. B) 1546. C) 1674. D) 1564. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1564. 19. Which monarch reigned for most of Shakespeare's life? A) Mary, Queen of Scots. B) King Henry II. C) King Richard III. D) Queen Elizabeth I. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Queen Elizabeth I. 20. Shakespeare died at the age of ..... A) 54. B) 53. C) 62. D) 52. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 52. 21. A story/play that ends UNHAPPILY A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) Sadness. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 22. In which year did Shakespeare's company buy the Globe theater? A) 1598. B) 1600. C) 1597. D) 1599. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1599. 23. The dramatic climax, or turning point, in The Tragedy of Hamlet occurs when- A) Claudius reacts guiltily during the performance of the players. B) Hamlet, Ophelia, Claudius, Gertrude, and Laertes all die. C) Hamlet finally commits himself to seek bloody revenge. D) Gertrude promises to protect Hamlet but betrays him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet finally commits himself to seek bloody revenge. 24. Which play is not attributed to William Shakespeare? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Hamlet. C) Macbeth. D) Pride and Prejudice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pride and Prejudice. 25. Who delivers the famous soliloquy in Act V, scene i, giving up magic? A) Prospero. B) Antonio. C) Alonso. D) Ariel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prospero. 26. We do not know the true spelling of William Shakespeare's name A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. The cousin goes in search of him and finds a sad Romeo madly in love with Rosalina, a girl who does not reciprocate his feelings. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 28. Shakespeare is a father of ..... kids. A) 4. B) 3. C) 5. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 29. Where do Hermia and Lysander decide to escape from? A) Troy. B) Greece. C) Sparta. D) Athens. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Athens. 30. William's mother, Mary, came from this wealthy family: A) Biden. B) Hathaway. C) Arden. D) Forbes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arden. 31. In what century was William Shakespeare active as a playwright? A) XV century. B) Century XVI. C) 16th century and 17th century. D) N.A:. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 16th century and 17th century. 32. He married at the age of 19 A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 33. What was the name of Shakespeare's theater in London? A) The King's Theatre. B) The Royal Theatre. C) The Globe Theatre. D) The Shakespearean Playhouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Globe Theatre. 34. What was his father's job? A) He was a glove maker. B) He was a shoe maker. C) He was an actor. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was a glove maker. 35. Form Term:a reference to another work of art or literature A) Meter. B) Blank verse. C) Allusion. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allusion. 36. Why was William Shakespeare called the Bard? A) Because he wrote screenplays for movies. B) Because he sang in concerts. C) Because he was a poet, playwright, and actor. D) Because he had a long beard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he was a poet, playwright, and actor. 37. Do not deny him that you love me. A) Taylor. B) William. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William. 38. The definition below describes a (n) ..... "A type of poem that consists of 14 lines and follows a specific rhyme scheme." A) Speech. B) Epic. C) Sonnet. D) Haiku. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sonnet. 39. When was the tragedy 'Hamlet' written? A) 1599. B) 1585. C) 1590. D) 1605. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1599. 40. At the end of the play, xx, led by xx, invades Scotland. A) England-Malcolm. B) Ireland-Donalbain. C) Inglaterra-Macduff. D) Norway-Sweno. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) England-Malcolm. 41. Which book did Orhan Veli and his friends publish that gave rise to the weird movement? A) Romeo ve Juliet. B) Curry. C) A book of poems called Garip. D) Nasreddin Hodja stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A book of poems called Garip. 42. What is hapax legomenon? A) A word or expression typical of a given author. B) A word or expression that appears only once in a document or work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word or expression that appears only once in a document or work. 43. In 1593, many theaters closed because ..... A) They opened a cinema. B) The plague came, a great plague that killed many people. C) It was very hot and they couldn't perform. D) No one was there. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The plague came, a great plague that killed many people. 44. Which house is Romeo from? A) Montesco. B) Capulet. C) None. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Montesco. 45. William's wife was ..... years older that he was. A) 8. B) 10. C) 3. D) 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 46. Were theatre performances popular among people? A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes. 47. How does the metaphor of music in stanza 3 impact on your understanding of the poem? A) Whereas most sonnets use elevated language about love and to idealise woman, Shakespeare writes that although music is easier to listen to. He does sincerely "love" to hear his mistress speak. B) Shakespeare writes that this woman is not perfect and he would rather listen to something more melodic than her babble. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whereas most sonnets use elevated language about love and to idealise woman, Shakespeare writes that although music is easier to listen to. He does sincerely "love" to hear his mistress speak. 48. How were his plays written? A) In a rhyme. B) 15 lines. C) Iambic pentameter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iambic pentameter. 49. The stories told in most of Shakespeare's plays are not original. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 50. What was William Shakespeare's first play performed? A) Hamlet. B) The Lear King. C) Henry VI. D) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry VI. 51. A Midsummer Night's Dream? A) Comedy. B) History. C) Tragedy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comedy. 52. In which play did Shakespeare describe 'The Seven Ages of Man'? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Macbeth. C) As You Like It. D) Hamlet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As You Like It. 53. During his lifetime Shakespeare wrote more than ..... works, including ..... , plays and materials now considered lost A) 40-soap operas. B) 40-series. C) 40-poems. D) 39-movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40-poems. 54. Why did Macbeth so desire to come to power? A) Because he had promised his beloved. B) By the prophecy given by the witches. C) Because he was heir to the throne. D) For the dream he had in his childhood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By the prophecy given by the witches. 55. The tragedy Romeo and Juliet is set in: A) Verona. B) Rome. C) Milan. D) Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verona. 56. Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare's early plays was written between 1594 and ..... A) 1597. B) 1599. C) 1598. D) 1596. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1596. 57. The words spoken between two characters in a play is called ..... A) Dialogue. B) Drama. C) Soliloquy. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 58. The Globe Theatre ..... A) Can hold 20, 000 spectators!. B) Can hold 3, 000 spectators!. C) Can hold 300 spectators!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Can hold 3, 000 spectators!. 59. William Shakepeare was born in A) 1613. B) 1599. C) 1616. D) 1564. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1564. 60. W. Shakespeare was born on ..... A) April 23. B) March 16. C) April 16. D) August 23. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) April 23. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 5William Shakespeare Quiz 6William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8William Shakespeare Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books