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SEMESTER II
CORE:SHAKESPEARE - 265C
Multiple Choice Questions.
1. William Shakespeare born in the year______
A. 23 April 1564
B. 15 July 1580
C. 25 December 1600
D. 1 January 1601
ANSWER: A
2. How many plays did William Shakespeare write?
A. 10
B. 15
C. 27
D. 37
ANSWER: D
3. How many Acts are in William Shakespeare's plays?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Six
ANSWER: C
4. The Tempest is the last play written by ___________
A. Wordsworth
B. William Shakespeare
C. Henry Ibsen
D. Christopher Marlow
ANSWER: B
5. What was the name of the London theatre that Shakespeare is commonly associated with?
A. The World's Theatre
B. The Orb Theatre
C. The Globe Theatre
D. The Dream Theatre
ANSWER: C
6. By which year is it thought that William Shakespeares plays were being regularly performed in London?
A. 1592
B. 1596
C. 1600
D. 1602
ANSWER: A
7. Who said that Shakespeare in his comedies has only heroines and no heroes?
A. Ben Jonson
B. John Ruskin
C. Thomas Carlyle
D. William Hazlitt
ANSWER: B
8. Which was Shakespeare's shortest play?
A. Hamlet
B. The comedy of errors
C. The Tempest
D. King Lear
ANSWER: B
9. The Globe Theatre burnt down in the year_________
A. 1615
B. 1613
C. 1620
D. 1614
ANSWER: B
10. "...curst be he that moves my bones." these phrases appears on Shakespeare's __________
A. in his plays
B. gravestone
C. Sonnet
D. poem
ANSWER: B
11. Who is king of Britain country?
A. Romeo
B. Macduf
C. Lear
D. Macbeth
ANSWER: C
12. Which one of Lears daughters is sent into exile?
A. Goneril
B. Regan
C. Cordelia
D. Juliet
ANSWER: C
13. Which one of Lears counselors reprimands the king for exiling his daughter?
A. Albany
B. Kent
C. Cornwall
D. Edmund
ANSWER: B
14. Who is Gloucesters bastard son?
A. Kent
B. Edgar
C. Albany
D. Edmund
ANSWER: D
15. When Lear tells Regan that Goneril has wronged him, what does Regan advise him to do?
A. Kill himself
B. Banish Goneril
C. Make Regan the sole queen
D. Go to Goneand ask her forgivenessril
ANSWER: D
16. Whom does Lear meet living in a little hovel on the heath?
A. Albany
B. Edgar, in disguise
C. Cordelia
D. Edmund
ANSWER: B
17. How is Gloucester punished for his treason?
A. He is burned
B. He is blinded
C. He is branded with a scarlet letter
D. He is exiled
ANSWER: B
18. Who is leading the army that lands at Dover?
A. Albany
B. Kent
C. Cordelia
D. Lear
ANSWER: C
19. To whom are both Goneril and Regan attracted?
A. Edmund
B. Edgar
C. Albany
D. Cornwall
ANSWER: A
20. What happens to Lear and Cordelia during the battle?
A. They are separated from one another
B. Edmund takes them captive
C. They are both killed
D. Cordelia is killed and Lear is taken captive
ANSWER: B
21. Edgar fights a duel with _____________
A. Albany
B. Gloucester
C. Edmund
D. Lear
ANSWER: C
22. What happens to Cordelia?
A. She kills herself
B. She is hanged in prison
C. She marries Edgar
D. She kills Goneril
ANSWER: B
23. What happens to Lear at the end of the play?
A. His kingdom is restored
B. He kills himself
C. He orders Regan and Goneril executed
D. He dies while weeping over Cordelias body
ANSWER: D
24. In what city does A Midsummer Night's Dream take place?
A. London
B. Venice
C. Rome
D. Athens
ANSWER: D
25. Where does A Midsummer Night's Dream begin?
A. The Woods
B. Theseus's palace
C. Demetrius's house
D. A City Street
ANSWER: B
26. How long does Theseus have until he is married to his fiance at the beginning of the play?
A. 4 days
B. 4 weeks
C. 4 months
D. 4 hours
ANSWER: A
27. What does Theseus tell philostrate to tell the people at the beginning of the play?
A. To pay their taxes
B. To celebrate his wedding
C. To prepare for the winter
D. To rejoice for the end of the war
ANSWER: B
28. How are Hermia and Egeus related?
A. Egeus is Hermia's cousin
B. Egeus is Hermia's god-father
C. Egeus is Hermia's uncle
D. Egeus is Hermia's father
ANSWER: D
29. How did Theseus meet his future bride?
A. At a council
B. At a ball
C. On the street
D. In the war
ANSWER: D
30. Theseus's fiance is from ___________.
A. The Amazon
B. Germany
C. Italy
D. France
ANSWER: A
31. What is the name of Theseus's future bride?
A. Hermia
B. Hippolyta
C. Helena
D. Tatiana
ANSWER: B
32. Who is Gloucester's illegitimate son?
A. Eric
B. Edmund
C. Ethan
D. Edward
ANSWER: B
33. In the first scene, an attendant is carrying a small crown meant for whom?
A. Cordelia
B. The Queen
C. Goneril
D. Regan
ANSWER: A
34. When King Lear announces that he is retiring, what does he want to do with his lands?
A. Choose one of his daughters to be Queen
B. Divide them equally amongst his daughters.
C. Give them equally to his Son-in-laws.
D. Reward his youngest daughter with the lands.
ANSWER: B
35. When Cordelia refuses to profess her undying love for her father(the King), what does her father did?
A. Her father takes back the Jewels
B. Her father disowns her
C. Her father yells at her
D. Her father hits her
ANSWER: B
36. What is the name of the person who stands up for Cordelia when her father disinherits her?
A. Burgundy
B. Albany
C. Kent
D. Gloucester
ANSWER: C
37. Who married Cordelia even though she doesn't have a dowry?
A. The Earl of Gloucester
B. The Lord of Burgundy
C. No one
D. The King of France
ANSWER: D
38. The costumes worn by Shakespearean fools were fairly standardized at the __________
A. Globe Theatre
B. The World Theatre
C. The Orb Theatre
D. The Dream Theatre
ANSWER: A
39. Mercutio is a fool in _________ of Shakespeare's play
A. The Tempest
B. Macbeth
C. King Lear
D. Romeo and Juliet
ANSWER: D
40. Falstaff is a a fool in ____________ of Shakespeare's play
A. Henry 1V
B. Macbeth
C. Romeo and Juliet
D. King Lear
ANSWER: A
41. From which of Shakespeare's plays this famous line taken: Did my heart love til now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I
never saw a true beauty until this nigh'
A. A Midsummer Night's Dream
B. Hamlet
C. Othello
D. Romeo and Juliet
ANSWER: D
42. Which of the following plays of Shakespeare, according to T. S. Eliot, is artistic failure?
A. The Tempest
B. Hamlet
C. Henry IV, Pt I
D. Twelfth Night
ANSWER: B
43. Sir John Falstaff is one of Shakespeares greatest__________
A. comic figures
B. historical figures
C. romantic figures
D. tragic figures
ANSWER: A
44. Isabella is a character in ___________ of Shakespeare plays
A. Measure for Measure
B. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
C. Romeo and Juliet
D. Macbeth
ANSWER: A
45. Who said that Shakespeare in his comedies has only heroines and no heroes?
A. Ben Jonson
B. John Ruskin
C. Thomas Carlyle
D. William Hazlitt
ANSWER: B
46. The famous Globe Theatre Composer was _________ (1582-1633).
A. Robert Johnson
B. Samuel Johnson
C. Ben Johnson
D. George Johnson
ANSWER: A
47. Robert Johnson composed 'Full fathom five' and 'Where the Bee Sucks' written for play________________ by
William Shakespeare.
A. The Tempest
B. King Lear
C. Romeo and Juliet
D. Measure for Measure
ANSWER: A
48. _________ flag in Globe Theatre advertise the type of history play performed
A. White
B. Red
C. Green
D. Black
ANSWER: B
49. ________flag in Globe Theatre advertise the type of comedy play performed
A. Black
B. Red
C. White
D. Green
ANSWER: C
50. ___________flag in Globe Theatre advertise the type of tragedy play performed
A. Green
B. White
C. Red
D. Black
ANSWER: D
51. Which theatre was happened to burnt down in 1613
A. Private theatre
B. Mobile theatre
C. The Globe Theatre
D. Public theatre
ANSWER: C
52. "A Midsummer Night Dream" opens with the upcoming marriage of which couple?
A. Hermia and Lysander
B. Oberon and Titania
C. Theseus and Hippolyta
D. Titania and Bottom
ANSWER: C
53. What does Puck transform Nick Bottom into in "A Midsummer Night Dream"
A. A fairy
B. A goat
C. A woman
D. An ass
ANSWER: D
54. In which city is the play "A Midsummer Night Dream" takes place.
A. Aberdeen
B. Athens
C. Aberlore
D. Andover
ANSWER: B
55. Which of these characters is not an immortal in the play "A Midsummer Night Dream"?
A. Cobweb
B. Quince
C. Mustard Seed
D. Oberon
ANSWER: B
56. What other name is Puck known by in the play "A Midsummer Night Dream"?
A. Robin Goodfellow
B. Robin Red Breast
C. Robin of Loxley
D. Robin of Sherwood
ANSWER: A
57. Where do Lysander and Hermia plan to be married?
A. Theseus palace
B. Lysander aunts house
C. The temple of Diana
D. A forest glade
ANSWER: B
58. What does Oberon want that Titania refuses to give him?
A. Her attendant, an Indian prince
B. Her magic wand
C. Her maid-in-waiting
D. Her love
ANSWER: A
59. Whom does Demetrius love at the end of the play "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
A. Titania
B. Hippolyta
C. Helena
D. Hermia
ANSWER: C
60. Who tells Demetrius that Lysander and Hermia are planning to elope?
A. Hermia
B. Flute
C. Puck
D. Helena
ANSWER: D
61. Who blesses Theseus and Hippolyta with a magical charm at the end of the play?
A. Puck
B. Oberon
C. Titania
D. Oberon and Titania
ANSWER: D
62. Who suggests that the audience consider whether the entire play has been a dream?
A. Snout
B. Puck
C. Titania
D. Peaseblossom
ANSWER: B
63. Of whom is Hippolyta the queen in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"?
A. The Pygmies
B. The Centaurs
C. The Amazons
D. The Babylonians
ANSWER: C
64. Shakespeare's plays were performed in _________.
A. the Globe theater
B. the Dionysia festival
C. both the Globe theater and the Blackfriars theater
D. the Blackfriars theater
ANSWER: C
65. Henry IV came to power by deposing ____________ monarch.
A. Mary I
B. Richard II
C. Richard III
D. Henry III
ANSWER: B
66. Who is second in charge to both the Duke and Angelo?
A. Escalus
B. Friar Thomas
C. Claudio
D. Lucio
ANSWER: A
67. How many quatrains and couplet in Shakespearean Sonnets?
A. 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
B. 2 quatrains and 2 couplet
C. 3 quatrains and 2couplet
D. 4 quatrains and 1 couplet
ANSWER: A
68. Claudio is charged with__________ crime.
A. cheating
B. fornication
C. gambling
D. theft
ANSWER: B
69. Isabella, Claudio's sister, is in training to be a ____________
A. nun
B. wife
C. nurse
D. teacher
ANSWER: A
70. Why does the Duke gives Angelo power over Vienna?
A. he thinks Angelo is a better leader than he
B. to test Escalus's sense of duty
C. so Angelo can clean up the city
D. he wishes for a vacation
ANSWER: C
71. What does Escalus think of Claudio's punishment?
A. he thinks it is deserved
B. he thinks it is overly harsh
C. the laws for the crime should be rewritten
D. he doesn't believe in mercy for Claudio
ANSWER: B
72. Under what condition, Angelo let Claudio to live?
A. if Isabella will sleep with him
B. Claudio will be banished
C. if Isabella marries him
D. if the Duke resigns
ANSWER: C
73. Which woman sleeps with Angelo in the play?
A. Kate Keepdown
B. Isabella
C. Juliet
D. Mariana
ANSWER: D
74. What is Angelo's reaction at receiving the Duke's position?
A. he is glad for the power
B. he secretly thinks he will be better than the Duke
C. he is humbled by the power
D. he doesn't want the position
ANSWER: C
75. What evidence is there that Claudio committed fornication or lechery?
A. a prostitute's testimony
B. his fiancee is pregnant
C. Lucio catches him
D. Juliet informs on him
ANSWER: B
76. Which of these characters is aware of the Duke's disguise before the end?
A. Friar Thomas
B. Isabella
C. The Provost
D. Angelo
ANSWER: A
77. Who convinces Isabella to advocate for her brother?
A. Claudio himself
B. The Duke, in disguise
C. Lucio
D. the Provost
ANSWER: C
78. What is the rhyme scheme of Shakespearean Sonnet?
A. abab cd efef gg
B. abab cdcd efef gg
C. ab cdcd efef gg
D. abab cdcd efef
ANSWER: B
79. ________ play have been performed by Shakespeare's company at the Court of James I on December 26, 1604
A. Measure for Measure
B. King Lear
C. Henry IV
D. A Midsummer Night Dream
ANSWER: A
80. _______ is a history play by William Shakespeare.
A. King Lear
B. A Midsummer Night Dream
C. Measure for Measure
D. Henry IV, Part 1
ANSWER: D
81. At what tavern do Falstaff and friends congregate in Henry IV, Part 1?
A. The Boars Head
B. The Sows Ear
C. The Pearl & Swine
D. The Ford of Sevens
ANSWER: A
82. Where does the final battle of the play take place in Henry IV, Part 1?
A. Falkirk
B. Yorktown
C. Shrewsbury
D. Shropshire
ANSWER: C
83. Who was king before Henry IV part 1?
A. Richard III
B. Richard II
C. Henry III
D. Edward III
ANSWER: B
84. In battle, what does Falstaff carry in place of a pistol in HenryIV ?
A. A dagger
B. A skin of wine
C. A purse full of gold to bribe his enemies
D. Nothing
ANSWER: B
85. Who kills Hotspur?
A. Kate
B. Falstaff
C. King Henry
D. Harry
ANSWER: D
86. Why does Henry decide to execute Worcester?
A. He deviously chose not to convey Henrys peace offering to Hotspur
B. He is in league with France to overthrow England
C. He stole Henrys daughter and held her for ransom
D. He is a Saracen
ANSWER: A
87. Approximately when was the play HenryIV written?
A. 1564
B. 1582
C. 1596
D. 1612
ANSWER: C
88. What is Glyndwrs nationality?
A. Irish
B. Welsh
C. Scottish
D. Saxon
ANSWER: B
89. What is the Douglass nationality?
A. English
B. Welsh
C. French
D. Scottish
ANSWER: D
90. To what family does Hotspur belong?
A. Percy
B. Woodville
C. Lancaster
D. Plantagenet
ANSWER: A
91. Who is John of Lancaster?
A. Harrys older brother
B. Harrys brother-in-law
C. Harrys nephew
D. Harrys younger brother
ANSWER: D
92. What is Falstaffs favorite literary device?
A. The mixed metaphor
B. The metonym
C. The pun
D. Prosopopoeia
ANSWER: C
93. What is Falstaffs first name?
A. John
B. James
C. Joseph
D. Jasper
ANSWER: A
94. Which captive does Hotspur wish to have released?
A. Bolingbroke
B. York
C. Edmund of Norville
D. Mortimer
ANSWER: D
95. How does the Archbishop of York feel about the king in Henry IV part 1?
A. He loves him as a brother
B. He tolerates him, but only because Henrys reign is so profitable to the church
C. He is an active participant in the rebellion against the king
D. He pretends to love him while secretly hoping for the rebels to defeat him
ANSWER: C
96. Why does Hotspurs father say he will not go to battle in Henry IV part 1?
A. It cannot be won
B. He is too sick
C. He has recently discovered that Henry is his cousin
D. He is wracked with grief over his wifes suicide
ANSWER: B
97. How did Henry obtain the crown?
A. He inherited it from his father
B. He won it in a jousting tournament
C. He took it in a revolution
D. He was given it by the Archbishop of Canterbury after the death of Lord Hastings
ANSWER: C
98. Which of the following traits do Harry and Hotspur have in common?
A. Age
B. Love for Kate
C. Quick temper
D. Sexual promiscuity
ANSWER: A
99. Who kills Falstaff in Henry IV part 1?
A. Harry
B. Hotspur
C. The Douglas
D. Falstaff does not die in the play
ANSWER: D
100. How many characters named Henry are in the play Henry IV part 1?
A. Two
B. One
C. Four
D. Three
ANSWER: C
101. Who has the longest speech in the play Henry IV part 1?
A. Prince Hal
B. Duke of York
C. Falstaff
D. King Henry
ANSWER: D
102. What is commonly believed to be Sir John Falstaff's original name?
A. Sir James Falstaff
B. Sir Joel Falstaff
C. Sir Jonah Falstaff
D. Sir John Oldcastle
ANSWER: D
103. Richard II was written around ___________.
A. 1592
B. 1582
C. 1594
D. 1595
ANSWER: D
104. _____________ is the first play of William Shakespeare's "second tetralogy," a group of four history plays
including Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, and Henry V.
A. Richard I
B. Richard II
C. Richard III
D. Richard IV
ANSWER: B
105. At what castle was Richard imprisoned until he died?
A. Flint Castle
B. Pomfret Castle
C. Barkloughly Castle
D. Bristol Castle
ANSWER: B
106. Who said, 'Sweet love I see, changing his property, Turns to the sourest and most...'?
A. Duke of Aumerle
B. Bishop of Carlisle
C. Queen
D. Sir Stephen Scroop
ANSWER: D
107. How many servants died by Richard's sword before he was struck?
A. 3
B. 2
C. 1
D. 4
ANSWER: B
108. Who was banished from England by King Richard and was never allowed to return?
A. Henry Bolingbroke
B. Edmund of Langley
C. Sir Pierce of Exton
D. Thomas Mowbray
ANSWER: D
109. Where did Bushy, Green, and the Earl of Wiltshire die?
A. Oxford
B. Esssex
C. Berkeley
D. Bristol
ANSWER: D
110. Where and when does King Richard decide to arrange the trial by combat that is to settle the dispute between the
two men?
A. at York upon St. John's day
B. at Bristol upon St. David's day
C. at Winchester upon St. George's day
D. at Coventry upon St. Lambert's day
ANSWER: D
111. What does Richard wish for when he learns that John of Gaunt is dying?
A. He hopes John of Gaunt will soon recover
B. He hopes that he can get to see him once more
C. He hopes God will hint to the physicians that they should speed his end
D. He hopes that Bolingbroke can see his father again
ANSWER: C
112. Which man is put in charge of the country whilst Richard goes to Ireland?
A. Earl of Wiltshire
B. York
C. Northumberland
D. Aumerle
ANSWER: B
113. What does Richard compare to a bucket?
A. his helmet
B. his eyes full of tears
C. a glass of wine
D. his crown
ANSWER: D
114. By what method did Richard suspect they would first try to murder him?
A. by smothering him in his sleep
B. by starvation
C. by poison
D. by torture
ANSWER: C
115. How does Henry IV propose to achieve forgiveness for the responsibility for Richard's death ?
A. He will abdicate in favour of his own son
B. He will make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land
C. He will recall Richard's queen to England
D. He will build a shrine in Canterbury Cathedral
ANSWER: B
116. How many people, biblical figures, or deities are mentioned by name in the play?
A. 38
B. 40
C. 39
D. 41
ANSWER: C
117. How many sonnets were written by Shakespeare?
A. 140
B. 164
C. 154
D. 145
ANSWER: C
118. In which of the following decades were Shakespeare sonnets written?
A. 1580s
B. 1590s
C. 1570s
D. 1610s
ANSWER: B
119. In which year Shakespeare sonnets were published first?
A. 1600
B. 1609
C. 1619
D. 1630
ANSWER: B
120. Which of the following authors did Shakespeare sonnets influence?
A. John Dryden
B. John Keats
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
D. All the above
ANSWER: D
121. Which of the following poets referred to the 'dark lady' sonnet sequence as 'abominably harsh, obscure &
worthless'?
A. Miguel de Cervantes
B. Thomas Campion
C. Ben Jonson
D. William Wordsworth
ANSWER: D
122. Which Latin concept explored by Shakespeare in his sonnets refers to a state which lies between eternity and the
temporal existence of material beings?
A. Aelus
B. Aegae
C. Aevum
D. Aedivum
ANSWER: C
123. The sonnets include a dedication to a mystery man. What are the initials of his name?
A. Mr. W. H.
B. Mr. A. R.
C. Mr. P. S.
D. Mr. W. S.
ANSWER: A
124. The beginning of which quatrain normally marks the 'volta' in Shakespeare sonnets?
A. The fourth
B. The second
C. The first
D. The third
ANSWER: D
125. St. Augustine and Shakespeare are considered forerunners of a group of philosophers which included Martin
Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. What is the name of this group?
A. Essentialists
B. Existentialists
C. Fatalists
D. Materialists
ANSWER: B
126. Who is the addressee of part two in Shakespeare sonnet?
A. A fair lady
B. A rival poet
C. A dark lady
D. A fair youth
ANSWER: C
127. Which of the following is a theme dealt with in Shakespeare's sonnets?
A. Love
B. Mortality
C. The passage of time
D. All of the above
ANSWER: D
128. In his sonnets, Shakespeare refers to two ways to achieve a minor form of immortality. What are they?
A. Charity and penitence
B. Organ donation and embalming
C. Literature and fatherhood
D. Sculpture and music
ANSWER: C
129. Shakespeare sonnets 18, 60 and 73 all elaborate on the Ovidian concept 'Tempus edax rerum'. What does this
mean?
A. Time, that devours all things
B. Time, that always returns
C. Time, that keeps moving
D. Time, that stops all things
ANSWER: A
130. In the sonnet 18 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day', the tone of the sonnets changes towards what?
A. Indifference
B. Joviality
C. Light-heartedness
D. Romantic intimacy
ANSWER: D
131. In the fourth verse of sonnet 18, we can find vocabulary belonging to which of the following semantic fields?
A. Travel
B. Military
C. Economics
D. Food
ANSWER: C
132. The 'eye of heaven' in the fifth verse of sonnet 18 refers to what?
A. God
B. The sun
C. The moon
D. A raincloud
ANSWER: B
133. In this sonnet, the person has compared his beloved to a _______
A. Winter's day
B. Spring's day
C. Autum's day
D. Summer's day
ANSWER: D
134. What is the meaning of 'eternal summer' in the ninth verse of sonnet 18? But thy eternal summer shall not fade
A. Confidence
B. Love
C. Youth
D. Happiness
ANSWER: C
135. How many of Shakespeare's sonnets dwell on a religious theme?
A. Every one of them
B. 126
C. Just 1
D. The first 17 and the last 17
ANSWER: C
136. Paglia and Frank have similar views on the religious references made throughout the ______ of Shakespeare
sonnet.
A. 18
B. 166
C. 29
D. 14
ANSWER: C
137. In Shakespeare's _____________ the author (who could be any man, not necessarily Shakespeare) starts the
sonnet by speaking of his life.
A. Sonnet 29, When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes
B. Sonnet 18, Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
C. Sonnet 116, Let me not to the marriage of true minds
D. Sonnet 20, A woman's face with Nature's own hand painted
ANSWER: A
138. Shakespeare sonnet ____ is the final member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet shows how Time and
Nature coincide.
A. 18
B. 166
C. 126
D. 130
ANSWER: C
139. Shakespeare sonnets 1 to 126 form a series, addressed to a ___________.
A. old lady
B. beautiful youth
C. dark lady
D. child
ANSWER: B
140. Shakespeare sonnets 127 to 152 are addressed to a ____________ .
A. old lady
B. beautiful youth
C. dark lady
D. child
ANSWER: C
141. Western scholars have traditionally used the term 'witchcraft' to describe ___________
A. The use of supernatural powers to cause misfortune
B. Fictional witches associated with Halloween
C. Magical practices for good used by Wiccans
D. None of the above
ANSWER: A
142. In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth calls on supernatural powers to _________.
A. 'sleek o'er your rugged looks'
B. 'unsex me here'
C. 'hover through fog and filthy air'
D. 'beguile the time'
ANSWER: B
143. The following quot comes from __________ of Shakespeare's play. 'How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to
have a thankless child!'.
A. King Lear
B. As You Like It
C. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII
D. The Life and Death of King John
ANSWER: A
144. In which century was Shakespeare born?
A. 14th
B. 15th
C. 16th
D. 17th
ANSWER: C
145. The group of four plays known as the "major tetralogy" is __________.
A. Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI
B. 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III
C. King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III
D. Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V
ANSWER: D
146. Shakespeare joined the Chamber lain's Men Theatrical Company as a__________.
A. Actor and playwright
B. Playwright and poet
C. Playwright and writer
D. Production and Playwright
ANSWER: C
147. What is the theme of Sonnet18?
A. Love
B. Nature
C. Beauty
D. All the above
ANSWER: D
148. In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play?
A. King John
B. Richard II
C. Henry VIII
D. Henry V
ANSWER: C
149. Which one of the following terms is often called for the England's national poet, William Shakespeare?
A. Bard of London
B. Master Dramatist
C. Supreme Poet
D. Bard of Avon
ANSWER: D
150. When was William Shakespeare baptized?
A. 24 July1564
B. 16 April 1564
C. 26 April 1564
D. 26 August 1564
ANSWER: C
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