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William Shakespeare Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. What were the people who paid a penny to stand during a performance called?
2. This is an example of which of the following?
3. What reason does Antonio give for being sad in the opening scene of the play?
4. What is the name of the theatre associated with William Shakespeare?
5. The rhyme scheme of a sonnet depends upon .....
6. Shakespeare often wrote in ....., which is a line of poetry containing 10 syllables that alternate, unstressed/stressed
7. What was the name of Shakespeare's theater company?
8. What was his theatre?
9. What is the rhythmic meter of a sonnet?
10. How is the information provided in the article arranged?
11. What does The Bard mean?
12. The Globe Theatre is on the banks of what river?
13. How does Shylock initially describe his demand for a pound of flesh to Bassanio and Antonio?
14. A humorous work of drama
15. Which of the following is widely considered to be Shakespeare's most popular play?
16. It is believed that he introduced about ..... according to Oxford English Dictionary
17. Shakespeare was born in what town or city?
18. A person or group of people who act as a narrator, commentator, or general audience to the action of the play
19. How would you describe the type of acting actors did?
20. Where was William Shakespeare from?
21. Why was the original Globe built outside of the city limits?
22. How much did Shakespeare write?
23. What was one of Shakespeare's plays?
24. Shakespeare lived almos entirely during the reign of .....
25. How much older than him was Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare's future wife?
26. What was the name of his first play?
27. What are William Shakespeare's themes?
28. What plague had an outbreak when Shakespeare first started theatre
29. What was significant about the date of Shakespeare's death?
30. Shakespeare was a prolific writer during ..... of British theatre
31. List the occupations of Shakespeare?
32. How many lines is a standard sonnet composed of?
33. In what year was the Globe theater built?
34. Thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone, or thinks he/she is alone
35. What was shakespeare Known for
36. The ..... kept calling Shakespeare back again and again demanding more scripts.
37. How many lines make up a Shakespearean sonnet?
38. How many lines does a sonnet contain?
39. In the 5th stage of life, man is described as
40. William Shakespeare .....
41. Who tells Prince Hamlet that the King Hamlet was murdered?
42. What did Shakespeare leave to his wife in his will? Check all that apply.
43. Romeo and Juliet is one of the most popular .....
44. Why did William Shakespeare write his own epitaph and have it engraved on his tombstone.
45. A division within a play, much like chapters of a novel
46. What was the age of William Shakespeare when he retired from active service to Stratford around 1613?
47. An English poet and playwright widely regarded as the greatest writer of the English language, and the world's preeminent dramatists
48. Shakespeare started the
49. Name the play within the play The Hamlet.
50. What is the correct punctuation mark to indicate the writer has deliberately missed out a word, sentence, or whole section from a text, without altering its original meaning?
51. According to the poem, the second stage in a man's life is the
52. In which place is the play Hamlet set?
53. What School did Shakespeare go to?
54. What was William Shakespeare?
55. Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, "My salad days, when I was green in judgment." come from?
56. What was the first name of the playing company King's Men that William Shakespeare partly-owned?
57. Who is the protagonist of the play Hamlet?
58. How many Globe Theaters Are There?
59. To whom did he marry? Why?
60. Which play was written by William Shakespeare?
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