This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How old was Shakespeare when he died? A) 62. B) 52. C) 42. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 52. 2. What was the name of the acting company Shakespeare worked for in London? A) The Hope. B) The Swan. C) The Rose. D) Lord Chamberlain's Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Chamberlain's Men. 3. Where was the Globe Theatre situated? A) In London. B) In Liverpool. C) In Cardiff. D) In Stratford-upon-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In London. 4. What are his short poems called? A) Sonnets. B) Sonnets. C) Poets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sonnets. 5. Which year did he do the play, Romeo and Juliet? A) 1623. B) 1543. C) 1622. D) 1597. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1597. 6. Shakespeare helped build a new theatre called The Globe. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 7. The topic of doubt is addressed in: A) Hamlet. B) Othello. C) Macbeth. D) The Lear King. E) Romeo and Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 8. The bard, William, had the last name of: ..... A) Hathaways. B) Arden. C) Rowles. D) Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shakespeare. 9. The Montecchi and Capuletti families are at an end A) Argued even more. B) Challenged each other to a duel. C) Reconciled. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reconciled. 10. What was the name of the theater company you belonged to? A) The men of the king. B) The king's men. C) The king's lions. D) The lion king. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The king's men. 11. How many brothers and sisters did Shakespeare have? A) 6. B) 5. C) 3. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 12. Shakespeare was part of a theatrical group called A) The Royal Troupe. B) The Elite Theater. C) The King's Men. D) The President's Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The King's Men. 13. Why did Viola decide to put on men's clothes? A) Because she looked good in them. B) Because she tried to look like a boy. C) Because she was a criminal. D) Because it was Halloween. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because she tried to look like a boy. 14. The renaissance arises as opposition to: A) Avant-garde. B) Romance. C) Modernism. D) Surrealism. E) Medievalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Medievalism. 15. In Shakespeare's time, classical literature referred to ..... A) Roman mythology. B) Greek mythology. C) The Bible. D) Greek and Roman mythology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greek and Roman mythology. 16. What was the original shape of the Globe Theatre? A) Square. B) Round. C) Rectangular. D) Octagonal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Round. 17. What vision does Macbeth have before killing Duncan? A) He sees a bloody ax lodged in Duncan's forehead. B) He sees a pale maiden crying in the moonlight. C) He sees a floating head that urges him to shed blood. D) He sees a floating dagger pointing him at Duncan's camera. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He sees a floating dagger pointing him at Duncan's camera. 18. My diet was going well until the new chocolate store went in down the street, chocolate is my Achilles' heel. What is the allusion referring to? A) Literature/mythology. B) Religious. C) Historical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literature/mythology. 19. True or False:Fashionable, Gnarled, Disheartened, Puking, and Swagger are all words that were invented by William Shakespeare. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. Jane:Roxy, what do you think of the cake I bake? Roxy:It' really delicious! I love it! Jane:yes! From the dialogue above, Jane is ..... A) Giving an item. B) Asking for help. C) Requesting for attention. D) Asking for an opinion. E) Giving opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Asking for an opinion. 21. What was the name of the theater where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed? A) The Globe. B) The Swan. C) The Rose. D) The Theatre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Globe. 22. In which genre can you find Hamlet? A) Romance. B) History. C) Comedy. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tragedy. 23. The theater company I worked for for several years was called ..... A) The globe Men. B) King's Men. C) Popular Men. D) Lord Chamberlain's Men. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Chamberlain's Men. 24. What is expressed in the Octave of a sonnet? A) Dilemma. B) Nothing important. C) Resolution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dilemma. 25. The mistakes that the Goblin makes when administering the magical nectar cause A) Both Lysander and Demetrius become infatuated with Helena. B) Hippolyta falls deeply in love with Oberon, her husband. C) Aegeus allows Helena to marry whoever she wants. D) The actors perform the play in the palace and Egeo changes his mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both Lysander and Demetrius become infatuated with Helena. 26. To evoke understanding in a person? A) Flaw. B) Wordplay. C) Resonate. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Resonate. 27. The real estate agent said his new farm listing was like the Garden of Eden. What is the allusion referring to? A) Literature/mythology. B) Religious. C) Historical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Religious. 28. What is the work William Shakespeare wrote? A) "Titus Andronicus". B) "The Comedy of Errors". C) "The Taming of the Shrew". D) All the answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the answers are correct. 29. When was the first film production of a Shakespeare play made? A) 1900. B) 1925. C) 1950. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1900. 30. Under what nickname is William Shakespeare also known? A) The bard. B) The Bard and The Swan of Avon. C) The Swan of Avon. D) The Avon Asteroid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Bard and The Swan of Avon. 31. Which family does Juliette belong to? A) Montague. B) Capulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capulet. 32. Which play of Shakespeare is famous for soliloquies? A) Hamlet. B) Midsummer Night's Dream. C) Tempest. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 33. IAGO PROMOTED CASSIO TO ARMY LIEUTENANT. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 34. What genre does Othello fall into? A) Comedy. B) Farce. C) Tragedia. D) Tragicomedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedia. 35. A good friend should be ..... A) Rude and selfish. B) Mean and lazy. C) Kind and nice. D) Unfriendly and rude. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kind and nice. 36. What object is going to cause more than one dislike between Othello and Desdemona? A) Handkerchief. B) Garment. C) Dress. D) Love Letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Handkerchief. 37. Surround or close off on all sides A) Frenzy. B) Enclose. C) Ascend. D) Intention. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Enclose. 38. What position does he occupy in the ranking of the most quoted writers in the English Language? A) Second. B) First. C) Third. D) Fourth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second. 39. Which Queen watched some of Shakespeare's plays? A) Elizabeth II. B) Elizabeth I. C) Catherine the Great. D) Henry V. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elizabeth I. 40. How did William Shakespeare described "The Fair Youth" ? A) Handsome. B) Self-centred. C) Universally admired. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 41. "Juliet's beauty shone like the Sun, and the Moon was jealous of her."These words are an example of: A) Figurative Language. B) Tragedy. C) Demise. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative Language. 42. "If hairs be wires" What is the literary device used? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 43. Iago's hypocritical statements contribute to his dismissal of Cassius from his position as his lieutenant. A) Acto II. B) Acto IV. C) Acto III. D) Acto I. E) Act V. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Acto II. 44. William Shakespeare was born in this city: A) London. B) Stratford-upon-Avon. C) Birmingham. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratford-upon-Avon. 45. "My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground" What does the speaker imply about his lover in this line? A) She is powerful, she commands respect. B) She is heavy and is not light on her feet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is powerful, she commands respect. 46. Shakespeare's son, Hamnet, died of A) Cancer. B) Embarrassment about his name. C) Influenza. D) Plague. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plague. 47. Who plans for Juliet to fake her death? A) Teobakdo. B) Benvolio. C) Juliet's Lullaby. D) Fray Lorenzo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fray Lorenzo. 48. Shakespeare wrote 37 plays. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 49. Shakespeare is known as what? A) William Shakespeare. B) The Poet. C) The Bard. D) The Playwright. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bard. 50. Vad hette William Shakespeares fru? A) Nothing (he didn't have any). B) Queen Elizabeth I. C) Anne Hathaway. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anne Hathaway. 51. Juliet asks ..... A) Who has been eavesdropping on her at night. B) If anyone can help her with problems. C) Romeo to tell her what kind of person he is. D) Who has broken into her family grounds and if they mean to steal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Who has been eavesdropping on her at night. 52. William Shakespeare left his hometown for an unknown reason. Where did he show a few years later? A) Paris. B) London. C) America. D) Stratford-Upon-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) London. 53. How long was the time where we have no record of his life A) 12 years. B) 4months. C) 1 and a half years. D) 4 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 years. 54. The Globe Theatre is in A) Madrid. B) Rome. C) Berlin. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London. 55. How did England become a maritime power? A) They defeated the Americans. B) It did not become a maritime superpower. C) They defeated Russia. D) They defeated Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They defeated Spain. 56. Which subplot in "King Lear" involves the illegitimate son who conspires against his legitimate brother? A) The subplot of Cordelia's marriage. B) The subplot of the French invasion. C) The subplot involving Gloucester and his sons. D) The subplot of Lear's division of the kingdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The subplot involving Gloucester and his sons. 57. Prince of Verona A) Tybald. B) Paris. C) Scale. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scale. 58. In the history of cinema so far, more than ..... full-length films have been based on Shakespeare's works. A) 200. B) 300. C) 400. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 400. 59. As a result of migrating Europeans during the Elizabethan era, ..... became a culturally diverse city. A) New York. B) Venice. C) Berlin. D) London. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) London. 60. William shakespeare married A) Mother taresa. B) Anne hathaway. C) Juliet. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anne hathaway. ← 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books