This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Prince who rules Verona in the play Romeo and Juliet A) Fortimbras. B) Sigismund. C) Romeo. D) Polonium. E) Escalus. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Escalus. 2. A story which is said to be a comedy is ..... A) Meant to make people feel angry. B) Meant to make people feel sad and serious. C) Meant to make people laugh. D) Meant to make people feel excited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meant to make people laugh. 3. Romeo reassures Juliet ..... A) That he is armed and will fight her family for her. B) That he not danger because of the strength of his love for her will protect him. C) Of his love for her by proposing marriage to her regardless of their names. D) That he was not spotted when he jumped the walls to see her so no one will ever know. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That he not danger because of the strength of his love for her will protect him. 4. Which description is CORRECT? A) The Globe didn't have a roof. B) The Globe was a tiny theatre. C) Only rich people could visit the Globe. D) There were actresess in the theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Globe didn't have a roof. 5. What town or city was Shakespeare born in? A) London. B) Stratford-upon-Avon. C) Snitterfield. D) A. Oxford. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratford-upon-Avon. 6. Shakespeare's real profession was ..... A) Lawyer. B) Actor. C) Painter. D) Musician. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Actor. 7. Romeo's family is A) The Capulets. B) The Montagues. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Montagues. 8. What was the name of the playhouse built by the Lord Chamberlain's Men? A) The Rose. B) The Square. C) The Swan. D) The Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe. 9. Shakespeare's characters were different from others of his time because ..... A) They were funny. B) They were like real people; some were good and some had flaws. C) They had magical powers. D) They were superheroes no one could relate to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were like real people; some were good and some had flaws. 10. You and I are past our dancing days. A) WS. B) TS. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) WS. 11. Romeo was first in love with A) Valentine. B) Elena. C) Rosaline. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rosaline. 12. 'Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.' Identify the play. A) Twelfth Night. B) A Midsummer Night's Dream. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) Trolius and Cressida. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A Midsummer Night's Dream. 13. Why are the Capulets having a ball? A) It's a trap for the Montagues. B) To celebrate the city of Verona. C) For Juliette to meet Paris. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For Juliette to meet Paris. 14. His longest play, Hamlet, to be performed needs ..... A) 4 hours. B) 1 hour. C) 3 hours. D) 2 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4 hours. 15. How do Romeo and Juliet know each other? A) During the Montague masked ball. B) During the dance at Julieta's presentation party. C) At Juliet's engagement dance with Paris. D) During a masked ball at the Verona festivities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During the dance at Julieta's presentation party. 16. What was the name of the theater that Shakespeare invested in? A) The Globe. B) The Oval. C) The Round. D) The Square. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Globe. 17. How many women actors (actresses) were there during Shakespeare's time? A) 38. B) The exact number is not known. . C) 1, 700. D) 0. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 0. 18. What happens when Titania wakes up? A) She plays Thisbe in the farce. B) He reconciles with Oberon. C) He has lost his memory and does not know how to return to Athens. D) He falls in love with Bottom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He falls in love with Bottom. 19. In which year did the Globe theater burn down? A) 1615. B) 1610. C) 1612. D) 1613. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1613. 20. Three of the following are true. One is a lie. Can you guess which one? A) Shakespeare was a university professor before he started writing plays. B) Shakespeare wrote a curse which is displayed on his grave. C) Shakespeare invented over 1700 words that we still use today. D) Shakespeare died on his birthday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shakespeare was a university professor before he started writing plays. 21. What was the name of the acting company that William Shakespeare was a part of? A) The Globe Company. B) The King's Men. C) The Royal Shakespeare Company. D) The Players Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The King's Men. 22. Which of the following is not a tragedy by Shakespeare? A) King Lear. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Macbeth. D) As You Like It. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As You Like It. 23. A soliloquy is like a window on the character's thoughts A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 24. He wrote three kinds of plays ..... A) Tragedy, Comedy and history. B) Tragic, funny, comical. C) Sad, love, death. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy, Comedy and history. 25. What is the title of the play considered the greatest of Shakespeare's final four plays? A) The Tempest. B) Hamlet. C) Julius Caesar. D) Romeo and Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tempest. 26. How would Shakespeare please the groundlings in his audience? A) With bawdy jokes. B) With poetic language. C) With heart-wrenching romance. D) With stories about kings and nobles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With bawdy jokes. 27. Where did Shakespeare work? A) Cambridge. B) Stratford. C) Oxford. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London. 28. What relationship is there between Duncan and Macbeth: A) Cousins. B) Uncle and nephew. C) Father and son. D) Father-in-law and son-in-law. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cousins. 29. How many sonets did he write? A) He wrote 300 sonnets. B) He wrote 154 sonnets. C) He wrote 54 sonnets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wrote 154 sonnets. 30. In which year did Shakespeare first become a published poet? A) 1593. B) 1592. C) 1594. D) 1591. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1593. 31. Shakespeare's plays are mostly about love stories. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 32. What does "to play tricks" mean? A) To play cards. B) To play with toys. C) To fight someone. D) To do or say something to someone that you thing is funny to make them feel embarassed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To do or say something to someone that you thing is funny to make them feel embarassed. 33. Fill in the blank: ..... , Comedies, Love and Drama, Fantasy, and History were the styles of Shakespeare's writings. A) Tragedies. B) History. C) Songs. D) Stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedies. 34. -How many children did William Shakespeare have? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3. 35. Which stage of life is described as sighing like furnace and making woeful ballads? A) Schoolboy. B) Infant. C) Lover. D) Soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lover. 36. Who does Romeo fight before entering the mausoleum where Juliet lies? A) With the spirit of Tybalt. B) With the Capulets' servants. C) With Lord Capulet. D) With Count Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) With Count Paris. 37. Who were the original actors that performed the roles in Shakespeare's plays? A) All men or boys, even the female roles. B) A mix of men and women depending on the role. C) Acrobats and other circus people. D) All women and girls, even the male roles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All men or boys, even the female roles. 38. According to the video, during Shakespeare's time his city only had about ..... houses. A) 100. B) 400. C) 200. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 200. 39. Where did William Shakespeare receive his education? A) King's School at Stratford. B) He didn't receive formal education. C) Oxford University. D) Cambridge University. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) King's School at Stratford. 40. Which of these plays was written by Shakespeare? A) Hamlet. B) A Midsummer Night's Dream. C) Othello. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 41. A person who writes a play is called a(n) ..... A) Protagonist. B) Playwright. C) Narrator. D) Author. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Playwright. 42. Which of the following jobs did Shakespeare's father do? A) Farrier. B) Pastor. C) Glovemaker. D) Actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glovemaker. 43. Most of the comedies are romantic fantasies A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 44. How does Romeo and Juliet end? A) They elope to consolidate their love. B) Both characters die. C) They become happy. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both characters die. 45. The vengeful Oberon wets the queen's eyelids with the magic filter. When he wakes up, the first thing he sees is A) Bottom, who has turned into a donkey. B) Hippolytus, who has come from Athens to look for the queen of the Fairies. C) Lisandro, who has been turned into a donkey by the Duende. D) Demetrio, who has been turned into a donkey by the Goblin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bottom, who has turned into a donkey. 46. One of these is a famous play written by Shakespeare: A) The bet. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Uncle Vanya. D) Cherry Orchard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romeo and Juliet. 47. Which is NOT TRUE about his literary legacy? A) He never wrote comedies. B) He wrote historical dramas. C) He wrote no fewer than 10 tragedies. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He never wrote comedies. 48. Where were William Shakespeare born? A) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. B) Stratford-below-Avon, Warwickshire, England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. 49. According to the reading, how many acts are there in a man's life? A) Five. B) Ten. C) Three. D) Seven. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seven. 50. What was the name of Shakespeare's theater? A) Coliseum. B) Globe. C) Municipal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Globe. 51. What theme is most central to "King Lear" ? A) Love and marriage. B) The consequences of deception. C) The role of the supernatural. D) The corrupting influence of power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The consequences of deception. 52. He wrote Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 53. At what age did Shakespeare get married? A) 20. B) 30. C) 18. D) 25. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18. 54. Attention, spoilers! How does Romeo take his own life? A) He sticks a dagger in his heart. B) He hangs himself with a Juliet ribbon. C) Drink a bottle of poison. D) Dies at the hands of Count Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Drink a bottle of poison. 55. How many words did William Shakespeare introduce into the English language? A) 2000. B) 1800. C) 1600. D) 1700. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1700. 56. Only boys and men played the roles in his plays. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 57. Shakespeare married ..... A) Helen Hathaway. B) Hanna Hathaway. C) Anne Hathaway. D) Anne Hathaway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anne Hathaway. 58. Actors in the Elizabethan era were ..... A) Men only. B) Women only. C) Both men and women. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Men only. 59. Che mestieri ha praticato Shakespeare: A) Theater author. B) Butcher's boy and playwright. C) First an actor, then a playwright. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First an actor, then a playwright. 60. Why does Hamlet hire comedians? A) Because he wants to see King Claudius' reaction to verify what the ghost said. B) Because he wants the queen to know the truth and leave Claudio. C) Because he wants everyone to see the similarity with what happened to the king. D) Because he wants to entertain the court. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he wants to see King Claudius' reaction to verify what the ghost said. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 5William Shakespeare Quiz 7William Shakespeare Quiz 8William Shakespeare Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books