This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Authors > William Shakespeare > William Shakespeare – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books William Shakespeare Quiz 7 (47 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where is William Shakespeare buried? A) Holy Trinity Church. B) London. C) Verona. D) Somewhere in the shores of England. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Holy Trinity Church. 2. What are William Shakespeare's kids name? A) Hamnet Shakespeare, Judith quiney, and Susanna hall. B) John. William. crystall. C) Katie, bobby, harry. D) Nikki, Benjamin, Alisha. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hamnet Shakespeare, Judith quiney, and Susanna hall. 3. The pattern of end rhymes in poem is called A) Rhythm. B) Meter. C) Rhyme scheme. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhyme scheme. 4. How long of a journey was it to Stratford from London? A) 2-3 days. B) 2-3 months. C) 2-3 weeks. D) 2-3 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2-3 days. 5. How many islands make up Venice, Italy? A) 50. B) 100. C) 18. D) 118. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 118. 6. When is the accepted date for Shakespeare's death? A) October 31, 1616. B) April 23, 1620. C) April 23, 1616. D) December 25, 1616. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April 23, 1616. 7. Who is Romeo's father? A) Mercutio. B) Lady Montague. C) Romeo. D) Lord Montague. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Montague. 8. A serious work of drama in which the hero suffers catastrophe or serious misfortune, usually because of their own actions A) Tragedy. B) Act. C) Aside. D) Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedy. 9. What option is correct? A) William shakespeare. B) William shakespeare. C) William Shakespeare. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) William Shakespeare. 10. A man is "sudden and quick in quarrel" during the age of the A) Lover. B) Pantaloon. C) Schoolboy. D) Soldier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Soldier. 11. How much money does Bassanio need? A) 3000 Pounds. B) 3000 Franc. C) 3000 Euros. D) 3000 Ducats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3000 Ducats. 12. What was his last play? A) King Lear. B) Otello. C) Macbeth. D) The Tempest. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Tempest. 13. What Date Was William Shakespeare born? A) February 23 1555. B) January 25 1550. C) April 23 1556. D) May 24 1545. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) April 23 1556. 14. William Shakespeare expressed his grief and loss by ..... A) Writing. B) Dancing. C) Acting. D) Singing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing. 15. At its peak, how many people were dying per week in London from the plague? A) 1200. B) 15000. C) 1000. D) 800. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1000. 16. ..... fatal flaw is his impulsiveness. He is immature, impatient and makes decisions without considering the consequences. A) Henry V's. B) Romeo's. C) Hamlet's. D) Richard III's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romeo's. 17. What was/is The First Folio? A) The first play Shakespeare ever published. B) The current complete collection of Shakespeare's works. C) The first printed audience playbill ever. D) The first published collection of Shakespeare's plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The first published collection of Shakespeare's plays. 18. Shakespeare wrote a play that is a twist on his son's name. What is the title of that play? A) King Lear. B) Hamlet. C) Julius Caesar. D) Othello. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamlet. 19. Which one of the following was not a position in which William's father served in Stratford? A) Ale-taster. B) An actor. C) An alderman. D) Dealer of leather goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An actor. 20. What time did most plays at The Globe Theatre begin? A) Noon or 2:00 PM. B) 10:00 AM. C) 6:00 PM. D) 1:00 PM or 3:00 PM. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noon or 2:00 PM. 21. What does William manage to do that his father failed to accomplish years earlier? A) He is able to move his family to London. B) He becomes bailiff of Stratford. C) He is able to secure a coat of arms for the Shakespeares. D) He is able to openly announce his religious faith. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is able to secure a coat of arms for the Shakespeares. 22. In what theater were most of Shakespeare's plays performed? A) The Rose. B) The Queen's Theatre. C) The Curtain. D) The Globe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Globe. 23. When did William Shakespeare start writing A) 1592. B) 1590. C) 1595. D) 1594. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1592. 24. What is the setting of Romeo and Juliet? A) France. B) Europe. C) Verona. D) Venice. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verona. 25. Which play is known to be Shakespeares first? A) Romeo and Juliet. B) Hamlet. C) Henry VI Part 1. D) Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry VI Part 1. 26. What usually comes before a story/play A) Back story. B) Prologue. C) Analogue. D) Proposal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prologue. 27. Who was the queen of England when Shakespeare lived? A) Ellie. B) Catherine. C) Michele. D) Elizabeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elizabeth. 28. When were his first two poems published? A) 1609. B) 2019. C) 1599. D) 1593. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1593. 29. Shakespeare was married to? A) Judi Dench. B) Margaret Thatcher. C) Queen Elizabeth. D) Anne Hathaway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anne Hathaway. 30. Henry VI and Richard II are examples of ..... A) Tragicomedies. B) Tragedies. C) Histories. D) Comedies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Histories. 31. How many words and phrases did Shakespeare create? A) 3000. B) 200. C) 1700. D) 2500. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 3000. 32. How and where does Romeo commit suicide? A) With a dagger in the orchard. B) With a sword in Juliet's bedchamber. C) With poison in Juliet's tomb. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With poison in Juliet's tomb. 33. How many of Shakespeare's plays are classified as histories? A) 14. B) 18. C) 10. D) 7. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 10. 34. Which of these idioms originates from Shakespeare's plays? A) HAVE A GREEN THUMB. B) GREEN-EYED MONSTER. C) GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GREEN-EYED MONSTER. 35. ) What did he leave his wife when he died? A) All of his property. B) Clothes. C) Jewelry. D) The bed and the bed clothing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bed and the bed clothing. 36. What is Shakespeare famous for? A) Non-Fictional Stories. B) Song Writing. C) Travelling the world. D) Play Writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Play Writing. 37. The Elizabethan Era is named after ..... A) Queen Elizabeth II. B) Queen Elizabeth I. C) Queen Elizabeth IV. D) Queen Elizabeth III. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen Elizabeth I. 38. He loved English! He invented ..... A) A new machine. B) The telephone. C) New words. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New words. 39. Shakespeare's sonnet 18 compares the 'fair youth' to.. A) His heartbeat. B) Nature. C) Spring day. D) Summer's day. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Summer's day. 40. When Shakespeare didn't like a word or couldn't find the perfect word he would ..... A) Copy other famous writers. B) Use a thesaurus. C) Make up new words. D) Repeat other words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make up new words. 41. In the second stage of life, man A) Mewls and pukes. B) Goes to school unwillingly. C) Cries in his nurses lap. D) Sings and plays. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Goes to school unwillingly. 42. Which is the Open Yard? A) 8. B) 6. C) 7. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 43. The 7th stage of man is also described as A) Childhood. B) Second childhood. C) Adulthood. D) Infancy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adulthood. 44. What is another name for The Globe? A) Theater-in-the-round. B) Universe. C) The Earth. D) Statford-upon-Avon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theater-in-the-round. 45. How many plays did Shakespeare wright A) More than 50. B) Less than 20. C) 30-40. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 30-40. 46. How were performances of plays announced? A) Raised the flag on the top of the hut. B) Announced it with a speaker. C) Stood by the front door. D) Handed out posters / flyers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raised the flag on the top of the hut. 47. What kind of work is "The Merchant of Venice" ? A) A historical play. B) A tragicomedy. C) A tragedy. D) A comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A tragicomedy. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesAuthors QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesWilliam Shakespeare Quiz 1William Shakespeare Quiz 2William Shakespeare Quiz 3William Shakespeare Quiz 4William Shakespeare Quiz 5William Shakespeare Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books