This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which was NOT a famous tragedy written by Shakespeare? A) Hamlet. B) Macbeth. C) Oedipus Rex. D) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oedipus Rex. 2. What does Montesco do at the end of the play? A) He tells Capulet that he will have the two bodies buried together. B) He tells Capulet that he will have a gold statue created in honor of Juliet. C) He tells Capulet that he will have a gold statue made of the two lovers. D) He tells Capulet that their families will unite in honor of their children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He tells Capulet that he will have a gold statue created in honor of Juliet. 3. What university did Shakespeare attend? A) He was not university educated. B) Harvard. C) London. D) Stratford-on-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was not university educated. 4. TRUE OR FALSEMany of Shakespeare's words, phrases, and stories are still used today. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. Hamlet's father dies: A) Poisoned. B) In combat. C) Stabbed. D) Killed by Laertes. E) Accidentally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poisoned. 6. The author of Macbeth is ..... A) Francesco Petrarca. B) Ernest Hemingway. C) William Shakespeare. D) Charles Dickens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Shakespeare. 7. Shakespeare's wife's name was Anne Hathaway. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 8. Which of his plays was performed at the opening of the Estonian Theater on August 24, 1913? A) "Hamlet". B) "Julius Caesar". C) "Romeo and Julia". D) "King Lear". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Hamlet". 9. He died at the age of A) -32. B) -42. C) -52. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -52. 10. What does Juliet do to avoid her wedding to Paris? A) He runs away with Romeo. B) He asks his mother for help. C) He tries to commit suicide. D) He fakes his own death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He fakes his own death. 11. Which of the following is a play of Shakespeare's? A) Antony and Cleopatra. B) The Seagull. C) Ajax. D) A Doll's House. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antony and Cleopatra. 12. Explain the main theme in Sonnet 130? A) The main idea in most of Shakespeare's sonnets is presented by the final two lines, the rhyming couplet. Many sonnets take love as its subject and use hyperbole or metaphors that compare a woman's beauty to objects in unrealistic ways. B) The main idea in this sonnet is that true love does not exist and that people change and reveal their true nature after some time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main idea in most of Shakespeare's sonnets is presented by the final two lines, the rhyming couplet. Many sonnets take love as its subject and use hyperbole or metaphors that compare a woman's beauty to objects in unrealistic ways. 13. He ..... as an actor A) Worked. B) Workded. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Worked. 14. The open stage of the Elizabethan Theatre allowed plays to move quickly A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What theatre dis He build? A) He built the Globe Theatre. B) He built the Lincoln Center. C) He built the Opera House. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He built the Globe Theatre. 16. My dog is acting like Jekyll and Hyde. What is the allusion referring to? A) Literature/mythology. B) Religious. C) Historical. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literature/mythology. 17. Whose death does Romeo avenge? A) Paris. B) Mercuccio. C) Teobald. D) Benvolio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercuccio. 18. Was William Shakespeare more than a writer? A) Playwright and singer. B) Playwright and painter. C) Playwright and poet. D) Playwright and teacher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Playwright and poet. 19. Romeo's faithful friends A) Tybald. B) Mercucio the Benvolio. C) Escalo and Paris. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercucio the Benvolio. 20. William Shakespeare also known as: A) The Bard of Blood. B) The Bard of Amagh. C) The Bard of Avon. D) The Bard of Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bard of Avon. 21. What is the metaphor in Sonnet 18? A) Comparing his beloved to a summer's day. B) Comparing Shakepeare to a summer's day. C) Comparing Shakespeare to his beloved. D) Comparing his beloved to time. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comparing his beloved to a summer's day. 22. When was the play "Romeo and Juliet" written? A) 1594-1595. B) 1595-1596. C) 1596-1597. D) 1593-1594. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1595-1596. 23. Duncan is a character in which Shakespeare play? A) All's well that ends well. B) Romeo and Juliet. C) Macbeth. D) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 24. The opposite of generous is ..... A) Outgoing. B) Selfish. C) Shy. D) Rude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Selfish. 25. Who did William Shakespeare marry? A) Catherine of Aragon. B) Mary Arden. C) Anne Hathaway. D) Elizabeth I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anne Hathaway. 26. A long, uninterrupted speech given by a character while other characters remain on stage A) Dialogue. B) Aside. C) Monologue. D) Discussion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monologue. 27. Female roles were always played by men A) FALSO. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) TRUE. 28. What does analogy mean? A) Religious studies. B) The structure of the dramatic work. C) 'similar', 'equal to something'. D) The name of a dramatic work. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'similar', 'equal to something'. 29. What did they do to accompany the plays? A) They brought animals. B) Feien is just that. C) The musicians played music. D) They put flowers on the floor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The musicians played music. 30. "Romeo and Juliet" was Shakespeare's only famous play. A) FALSE . B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE . 31. The expedition to Cyprus was to fight against ..... A) The Arabs. B) The Greeks. C) The Indians. D) The turks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The turks. 32. Romeo took his own life A) Pills. B) Poison. C) With a dagger. D) By drowning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poison. 33. How old was William when he got married to Anne Hathaway? A) 26. B) 29. C) 18. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18. 34. William's first work was an actor at one of the two theatres in London. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 35. What is the title of the final four plays written by Shakespeare? A) The Romances. B) The Tragedy Series. C) The Comedy Series. D) The History Series. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Romances. 36. What is the difference between the simultaneous stage and the processional stage? A) Ace. round stage, p. stage is square. B) Ace. in the case of a stage, the audience does not have to move, p. in the case of the stage, yes. C) Ace. stage scenery is made up of horse-drawn carriages, p. stage sets are created by actors. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ace. in the case of a stage, the audience does not have to move, p. in the case of the stage, yes. 37. What is the final stage of life described in the reading? A) Second childishness. B) Schoolboy. C) Lover. D) Infant. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Second childishness. 38. Shakespeare died in A) 1675. B) 1616. C) 1632. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1616. 39. How many plays has William Shakespeare written? A) 31. B) 38. C) 30. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 38. 40. What nationality was William Shakespeare? A) English. B) Welsh. C) American. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English. 41. How old was he when he married? A) 16 years old. B) 20 years old. C) 18 years old. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18 years old. 42. Sad hours seem long. A) William. B) Taylor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William. 43. Whom does Globe Theater belong to? A) John Milton. B) Ben Johnson. C) William Shakespeare. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Shakespeare. 44. During which period did Shakespeare write classic comedies like Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night? A) Middle Period. B) Early Period. C) Final Period. D) Late Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Middle Period. 45. Which of Shakespeare's major tragedies is about a Danish prince seeking revenge? A) Hamlet. B) Othello. C) King Lear. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamlet. 46. To what literary species does the work The Merchant of Venice belong? A) Drama. B) Tragedia. C) In addition. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Comedy. 47. Where is the play 'Romeo and Juliet' set? A) Verona. B) Florence. C) Napoli. D) Rome. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verona. 48. Which of William Shakespeare's many plays, is the longest? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Othello. C) Hamlet. D) Julius Caesar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hamlet. 49. OTELO SE MATA CUANDO DESCUBRE QUE SU MUJER NUNCA LE FUE INFIEL. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 50. TRUE OR FALSE William had one of the biggest houses in Stratford? A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 51. What did studies reveal about Shakespeare's vocabulary? A) His vocabulary is significantly less advanced than playwrights of today. B) He invented new words instead of using already established words. C) He doesn't have a larger vocabulary or create more new words than other playwrights. D) He introduces new words in his later plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He doesn't have a larger vocabulary or create more new words than other playwrights. 52. He worked in London until he died in 1616 A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 53. Desdemona finds Othello perplexed. She drops the handkerchief that Othello had given her, with whom she leaves. Emilia picks up the handkerchief and gives it to Iago. A) Acto II. B) Acto IV. C) Acto I. D) Acto III. E) Act V. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Acto III. 54. When you don't feel well, you feel A) Angry. B) Sick. C) Unhappy. D) Embarassed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sick. 55. The dramatic genre is characterized by: A) Tell a story through a narrator. B) Be performed in a theater or stage. C) Present a feeling. D) Use verses and stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Be performed in a theater or stage. 56. In addition to writing plays, William Shakespeare was also: A) A poet who wrote more than 150 sonnets. B) A successful businessman. C) T.A. D) An actor who acted for royalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) T.A. 57. What is the name of the theater where William Shakespeare's plays were performed? A) The Black Death. B) The Chamberlain's Men. C) The First Folio. D) The Globe Theater. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe Theater. 58. In 1582, William married a farmer's daughter called ..... A) Mary Arden. B) Anne Hathaway. C) Anne of Hesse. D) Anna Gustavsdotter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anne Hathaway. 59. All together, Shakespeare is credited with writing how many plays? A) 37. B) 25. C) 11. D) 52. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 37. 60. The First Folio was published before Shakespeare's death A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. ← 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