This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Drama > Play By Sakespear – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Play By Sakespear Quiz 1 (47 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is the author of "The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus" ? A) Christopher Marlow. B) Philip Sidney. C) The Earl of Oxford. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christopher Marlow. 2. In the play, "Henry V, " who is the daughter of the King of France? A) The Hostess. B) Catherine. C) Nim. D) Alice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catherine. 3. Shakespeare often employed which of the following stylistic forms in his dramas? A) Authorial narration. B) Blank verse. C) Prose. D) Old English. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blank verse. 4. Who is King of Scotland at the start of the play, "Macbeth" ? A) Donalbain. B) Macbeth. C) Duncan. D) Banquo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Duncan. 5. In the play, "Macbeth, " how does Macbeth kill Duncan? A) He strangles him. B) He shoots him. C) He beheads him. D) He stabs him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He stabs him. 6. In the play, "Richard III, " who speaks of "the winter of our discontent" (I.i.1)? A) Richmond. B) The princes. C) Richard III. D) Queen Elizabeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Richard III. 7. For his poems, Shakespeare is thought to have drawn upon all of the following for influence and ideas EXCEPT: A) Early scientific studies. B) The works of earlier poets. C) Greek mythology. D) European history. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The works of earlier poets. 8. Where does the sonnet form originate from? A) England. B) Spain. C) France. D) Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italy. 9. At the end of the play "Richard III, " what happens to Richard? A) He was sent into exile. B) He is killed. C) He is crowned king. D) He is arrested. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is killed. 10. In the play, "Henry V, " who is the Queen of France? A) Queen Isabel. B) Queen Nim. C) Queen Montjoy. D) Queen Alice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Queen Isabel. 11. Who directly challenges Richard for the throne in the play, "Richard III" ? A) Queen Elizabeth. B) Tyrell. C) King Edward IV. D) The Earl of Richmond. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Earl of Richmond. 12. In verse, "meter" refers to which of the following? A) The length of a written line. B) The measured pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. C) The height of the stage. D) The number of words in a line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The measured pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. 13. In the play, "Twelfth Night, " what does Viola refer to herself as when she disguises herself as a man? A) Orsino. B) Cesario. C) Antonio. D) Sir Toby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cesario. 14. What type of play is "Richard III" ? A) Tragedy. B) Comedy. C) Lyric. D) History. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) History. 15. In "Hamlet, " which character is left alive at the end of the play? A) Horatio. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) Gertrude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Horatio. 16. At the end of the play, "Twelfth Night, " who is discovered to have been secretly married? A) Viola and Orsino. B) Sir Toby and Maria. C) Malvio and Maria. D) Viola and Sir Toby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sir Toby and Maria. 17. In the play, "Henry V, " what country does Henry wish to conquer? A) England. B) Spain. C) France. D) Denmark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) France. 18. In the play "Richard III, " where does Richard imprison the young princes? A) In a tower. B) In a pit. C) In another country. D) In a prison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In a tower. 19. According to Dr. Roger Dunkle, in ancient times, what was considered a tragedy? A) A story that ended with a marriage. B) A comedic performance. C) A worship of the gods. D) A song for the prize or sacrifice of a goat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A song for the prize or sacrifice of a goat. 20. In the narrative poem, "The Rape of Lucrece, " who is Lucretia? A) A fairy queen. B) A villainess. C) A Roman matron. D) A beggar woman. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A Roman matron. 21. In the play, "Richard III, " who does Richard hire to kill the young princes? A) Tyrell. B) Richmond. C) Clarence. D) Ratcliffe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tyrell. 22. In the play, "Macbeth, " who asks "Whence is that knocking? " (2.11.55) A) Macduff. B) Duncan. C) Macbeth. D) Lady Macbeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Macbeth. 23. In the play, "Richard III, " who is manipulated into marrying Richard? A) Queen Elizabeth. B) Margaret. C) Lady Anne. D) Duchess of York. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lady Anne. 24. The play, "Hamlet, " takes place in which of the following countries? A) Denmark. B) Norway. C) England. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denmark. 25. The play, "Richard III, " takes place in what country? A) Greece. B) France. C) Norway. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) England. 26. What century does the play, "Henry V, " take place in? A) 14th century. B) 17th century. C) 15th century. D) 16th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15th century. 27. The concept of "prose" refers to which of the following? A) Ordinary speech. B) Non-English word use. C) Rhyming verse. D) Blank verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ordinary speech. 28. In the play, "Macbeth, " according to the witches, who will inherit the Scottish throne? A) The children of Macduff. B) The children of Banquo. C) The children of Macbeth. D) The children of the witches. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The children of Banquo. 29. What concept best distinguishes the difference between the time of the Middles Ages and the Renaissance? A) The life of Shakespeare. B) Humanism. C) The popularity of theater. D) The rise of Queen Elizabeth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humanism. 30. In the play, "Henry V, " the Chorus serves to do which of the following? A) Make jokes about Henry. B) Sing songs about the events. C) Comment on the plot and themes of the play. D) Dance upon the stage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comment on the plot and themes of the play. 31. Who is the author of Utopia? A) Philip Sydney. B) Christopher Marlowe. C) Thomas More. D) William Shakespeare. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thomas More. 32. Blank verse refers to which of the following? A) Rhyming couplets. B) Rhyming verse. C) Prose. D) Unrhymed iambic pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unrhymed iambic pentameter. 33. Who is the central heroine of the play, "Twelfth Night" ? A) Maria. B) Feste. C) Orsino. D) Viola. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Viola. 34. Shakespeare was the author of which of the following plays? A) "Doctor Faustus". B) "The Faerie Queen". C) "Titus Andronicus". D) "The Jew of Malta". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Titus Andronicus". 35. Which of the following playwrights is thought to have had the greatest influence on Shakespeare? A) Philip Sidney. B) Ben Johnson. C) Christopher Marlow. D) Thomas Kyd. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Christopher Marlow. 36. Who kills Macbeth at the end of the play, "Macbeth" ? A) Lady Macduff. B) Macduff. C) Lady Macbeth. D) Duncan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Macduff. 37. In the play, "Twelfth Night, " what country is Orisono from? A) France. B) Denmark. C) Illyria. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illyria. 38. The play, "Macbeth, " is set in what country? A) England. B) Scotland. C) France. D) Norway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scotland. 39. In the play, "Richard III, " who is the mother of Prince Edward? A) Margaret. B) Duchess of York. C) Queen Elizabeth. D) Lady Anne. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Margaret. 40. Fill in the blank. In the play, "Macbeth, " a number of characters refer to the Three Witches as ..... A) "The Weird Sisters". B) "The Fatal Sisters". C) "The violent trio". D) "The Dead Sisters". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Weird Sisters". 41. In the play, "Henry V, " who is the close friend and mentor of young Henry? A) Horatio. B) Nim. C) Falstaff. D) Montjoy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falstaff. 42. In the play, "Macbeth, " who is the goddess of witchcraft? A) Lennox. B) Hecate. C) Lady Macbeth. D) The porter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hecate. 43. In the play, "Twelfth Night, " who rescues Sebastian after his shipwreck? A) Antonio. B) Maria. C) Olivia. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antonio. 44. How many sonnets are attributed to Shakespeare? A) 12. B) 67. C) 154. D) 200. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 154. 45. Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debora Schwartz, Greek "old comedy" was often characterized as being ..... A) Highly sexual. B) Not comedic at all. C) Satirical and political. D) Grounded in religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satirical and political. 46. In drama, what is a "climax" ? A) The turning point of the action in the play. B) The end of the first scene of a play. C) The first death on stage in a play. D) The conclusion of a play. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The turning point of the action in the play. 47. In "Hamlet, " who says that "something is rotten in the state of Denmark" ? A) Marcellus. B) Claudius. C) Hamlet. D) Horatio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marcellus. Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesAmerican Drama QuizDr Faustus By Christopher Marlowe QuizDrama QuizHamlet QuizMacbeth QuizShakespearean Drama QuizShakespearean Tragedy Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books