Famous Playwright, Poet And Others MCQs

Option A: The conclusion of a play

Option B: The end of the first scene of a play

Option C: The first death on stage in a play

Option D: The turning point of the action in the play

Correct Answer: The conclusion of a play ✔

Option A: 1564

Option B: 1580

Option C: 1577

Option D: 1550

Correct Answer: 1564 ✔

Option A: Short story

Option B: Tragedy play

Option C: Comedy play

Option D: Poetry

Correct Answer: Poetry ✔

Option A: A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines.

Option B: A Shakespearean sonnet consists of the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-ef,g-g.

Option C: A sonnet is only written in Italian.

Option D: The last two lines of a sonnet are a rhyming couplet.

Correct Answer: A sonnet is only written in Italian. ✔

Option A: “A Lover’s Complaint”

Option B: “Venus and Adonis”

Option C: “The Phoenix and Turtle”

Option D: “The Rape of Lucrece”

Correct Answer: “A Lover’s Complaint” ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Spain

Option C: France

Option D: Italy

Correct Answer: Italy ✔

Option A: A poem about death

Option B: A poem about love

Option C: A poem about writing poetry

Option D: A poem about Shakespeare and his father

Correct Answer: A poem about love ✔

Option A: Blank verse

Option B: Old English

Option C: Authorial narration

Option D: Prose

Correct Answer: Blank verse ✔

Option A: In a hunting accident

Option B: By Venus

Option C: By execution

Option D: By old age

Correct Answer: In a hunting accident ✔

Option A: 12

Option B: 67

Option C: 154

Option D: 200

Correct Answer: 154 ✔

Option A: The Bible

Option B: A Christopher Marlowe play

Option C: Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Option D: An early Shakespeare play

Correct Answer: Ovid’s Metamorphoses ✔

Option A: Prose

Option B: Unrhymed iambic pentameter

Option C: Rhyming verse

Option D: Rhyming couplets

Correct Answer: Unrhymed iambic pentameter ✔

Option A: 15th century

Option B: 16th century

Option C: 14th century

Option D: 17th century

Correct Answer: 15th century ✔

Option A: Richmond

Option B: Queen Elizabeth

Option C: Richard III

Option D: The princes

Correct Answer: Richard III ✔

Option A: Clarence

Option B: King Edward IV

Option C: Tyrell

Option D: Richmond

Correct Answer: King Edward IV ✔

Option A: Lady Anne

Option B: Queen Elizabeth

Option C: Duchess of York

Option D: Margaret

Correct Answer: Lady Anne ✔

Option A: Falstaff

Option B: Henry V

Option C: Nim

Option D: Catherine

Correct Answer: Henry V ✔

Option A: Catherine

Option B: Alice

Option C: The Hostess

Option D: Nim

Correct Answer: Catherine ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Spain

Option C: France

Option D: Denmark

Correct Answer: France ✔

Option A: In a tower

Option B: In a pit

Option C: In a prison

Option D: In another country

Correct Answer: In a tower ✔

Option A: That it is a satire of European monarchies

Option B: That none of the characters undergo

Option C: That it is historically accurate

Option D: That it is an incomplete play and possibly not authored by Shakespeare

Correct Answer: That none of the characters undergo ✔

Option A: Comedy

Option B: History

Option C: Tragedy

Option D: Epic poem

Correct Answer: Tragedy ✔

Option A: Macbeth

Option B: Banquo

Option C: Duncan

Option D: Donalbain

Correct Answer: Duncan ✔

Option A: Denmark

Option B: Norway

Option C: England

Option D: France

Correct Answer: Denmark ✔

Option A: Claudius

Option B: Horatio

Option C: Hamlet

Option D: Marcellus

Correct Answer: Marcellus ✔

Option A: Polonius

Option B: Claudius

Option C: Horatio

Option D: Fortinbras

Correct Answer: Claudius ✔

Option A: Macbeth

Option B: Banquo

Option C: Macduff

Option D: Malcolm

Correct Answer: Macbeth ✔

Option A: Macbeth

Option B: Lady Macbeth

Option C: Duncan

Option D: Macduff

Correct Answer: Macbeth ✔

Option A: The children of Macbeth

Option B: The children of Banquo

Option C: The children of Macduff

Option D: The children of the witches

Correct Answer: The children of Banquo ✔

Option A: Laertes

Option B: Ophelia

Option C: Gertrude

Option D: Fortinbras

Correct Answer: Ophelia ✔

Option A: “The violent trio”

Option B: “The Fatal Sisters”

Option C: “The Weird Sisters”

Option D: “The Dead Sisters”

Correct Answer: “The Weird Sisters” ✔

Option A: Helena

Option B: Gertrude

Option C: Parolles

Option D: Mariana

Correct Answer: Helena ✔

Option A: Viola

Option B: Orsino

Option C: Maria

Option D: Feste

Correct Answer: Viola ✔

Option A: Puck’s adventures

Option B: Summertime dreams

Option C: The history of Athens

Option D: Pyramus and Thisbe

Correct Answer: Pyramus and Thisbe ✔

Option A: Puck

Option B: Nick Bottom

Option C: Hippolyta

Option D: Helene

Correct Answer: Puck ✔

Option A: Peter Quince

Option B: Francis Flute

Option C: Nick Bottom

Option D: Tom Snout

Correct Answer: Francis Flute ✔

Option A: Highly sexual

Option B: Violent

Option C: Satirical

Option D: Dull and political

Correct Answer: Highly sexual ✔

Option A: Titania

Option B: Lysander

Option C: Hermia

Option D: Oberon

Correct Answer: Titania ✔

Option A: Hippolyta

Option B: Egeus

Option C: Helena

Option D: Hermia

Correct Answer: Hippolyta ✔

Option A: Orsino

Option B: Sir Toby

Option C: Antonio

Option D: Cesario

Correct Answer: Cesario ✔

Option A: Viola and Orsino

Option B: Sir Toby and Maria

Option C: Malvio and Maria

Option D: Viola and Sir Toby

Correct Answer: Sir Toby and Maria ✔

Option A: Queen Elizabeth

Option B: Queen Victoria

Option C: Queen Anne

Option D: Queen Gertrude

Correct Answer: Queen Elizabeth ✔

Option A: King James I.

Option B: King Henry

Option C: Queen Victoria

Option D: King Richard

Correct Answer: King James I. ✔

Option A: Thomas More

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: Christopher Marlowe

Option D: Philip Sydney

Correct Answer: Thomas More ✔

Option A: A horror play, featuring supernatural forces

Option B: A sophisticated comedy with a surprising ending

Option C: A drama, featuring players representing mythic or allegorical figures

Option D: A performance of a classical play in contemporary language

Correct Answer: A drama, featuring players representing mythic or allegorical figures ✔

Option A: The Lord Chamberlin’s Men

Option B: Elizabeth’s Men

Option C: The Globe’s Men

Option D: Will’s Men

Correct Answer: The Lord Chamberlin’s Men ✔

Option A: William

Option B: John

Option C: Hamlet

Option D: Hamnet

Correct Answer: Hamnet ✔

Option A: Humanism

Option B: The rise of Queen Elizabeth

Option C: The popularity of theater

Option D: The life of Shakespeare

Correct Answer: Humanism ✔

Option A: The length of a written line

Option B: The measured pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

Option C: The height of the stage

Option D: The number of words in a line

Correct Answer: The measured pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables ✔

Option A: A dialogue between two characters

Option B: A character’s final words before dying

Option C: A speech delivered by a character intended to be spoken to only the audience

Option D: A rhyming line

Correct Answer: A speech delivered by a character intended to be spoken to only the audience ✔

Option A: Thomas More.

Option B: Francis Bacon.

Option C: Earl of Oxford.

Option D: John Shakespeare.

Correct Answer: John Shakespeare. ✔

Option A: Taming of the Shrew

Option B: The two Noble Kinsmen

Option C: Troilus and Cressida

Option D: Cymbeline

Correct Answer: The two Noble Kinsmen ✔

Option A: Ophelia

Option B: Desdemona

Option C: Miranda

Option D: Helena

Correct Answer: Miranda ✔

Option A: Beatrice

Option B: Margaret

Option C: Gertrude

Option D: Rosalind

Correct Answer: Gertrude ✔

Option A: The two gentle men of Verona

Option B: Merry wives of Windsor

Option C: The noble Kinsman

Option D: Measure for measure

Correct Answer: The two gentle men of Verona ✔

Option A: wife of Othello

Option B: daughter of Othello

Option C: both a and b

Option D: none of above

Correct Answer: wife of Othello ✔

Option A: Iago

Option B: Casio

Option C: Othello

Option D: Brabantio

Correct Answer: Othello ✔

Option A: General of England

Option B: General of Denmark

Option C: Prince of England

Option D: Prince of Denmark

Correct Answer: General of England ✔

Option A: Hamlet, Othello and Troilus and Cressida

Option B: Coriolanus, Timon of Athens and Titus Andronicus

Option C: King Lear, Measure for measure and The merchant of Venice

Option D: Macbeth, Much ado about nothing and Antony and Cleopatra

Correct Answer: Coriolanus, Timon of Athens and Titus Andronicus ✔

Option A: Tragedy

Option B: Comedy

Option C: Problem play

Option D: Both a and b

Correct Answer: Comedy ✔

Option A: senecan attitude

Option B: patriotism

Option C: love of nature

Option D: platonic ideals Plays by Shakespeare..

Correct Answer: patriotism ✔

Option A: Mr. Bennet

Option B: Wickham

Option C: Bingley

Option D: Darcy

Correct Answer: Darcy ✔

Option A: Paganism

Option B: Pre-Christian theology

Option C: Christianity and the Renaissance

Option D: Greek nihilism

Correct Answer: Christianity and the Renaissance ✔

Option A: an intellectual

Option B: a man of action

Option C: a passionate lover

Option D: an over ambitious man

Correct Answer: a passionate lover ✔

Option A: Puritan movement

Option B: Romantic revival

Option C: Neo-classical age

Option D: Metaphysical school

Correct Answer: Romantic revival ✔

Option A: She was poor

Option B: She was arrogant

Option C: Because she was betrayed by the bridegroom

Option D: She was unwilling to marry

Correct Answer: Because she was betrayed by the bridegroom ✔

Option A: The Royal Society of Edinburgh

Option B: The Royal Society ofLondon

Option C: Royal Society of Arts

Option D: Royal Society of Literature

Correct Answer: Royal Society of Literature ✔

Option A: Claudius

Option B: Hamlet

Option C: Polonius

Option D: Rosencrantz

Correct Answer: Polonius ✔

Option A: Direct or epic method

Option B: Documentary method

Option C: Stream of Consciousness technique

Option D: Autobiographical method

Correct Answer: Direct or epic method ✔

Option A: Immortality Ode

Option B: Tintern Abbey

Option C: The Prelude

Option D: The Solitary Reaper

Correct Answer: Tintern Abbey ✔

Option A: Picaresque novel

Option B: Gothic novel

Option C: Domestic novel

Option D: Historical novel

Correct Answer: Domestic novel ✔

Option A: a kind of physical ailment

Option B: a kind of vitamin

Option C: a brother’s attraction towards his sister

Option D: a son’s attraction towards his mother

Correct Answer: a son’s attraction towards his mother ✔

Option A: Queen Victoria’s coronation

Option B: Industrial Revolution

Option C: Women’s Education and Rights

Option D: Rise of Democracy

Correct Answer: Women’s Education and Rights ✔

Option A: Blake

Option B: Eliot

Option C: Johnson

Option D: Shelley

Correct Answer: Blake ✔

Option A: Ben Jonson

Option B: John Ruskin

Option C: Thomas Carlyle

Option D: William Hazlitt

Correct Answer: John Ruskin ✔

Option A: Paradise Lost

Option B: Sonnets

Option C: Lycidas

Option D: Areopagitica

Correct Answer: Paradise Lost ✔

Option A: Coleridge

Option B: Wordsworth

Option C: Keats

Option D: Shelley

Correct Answer: Shelley ✔

Option A: agnosticism

Option B: optimism

Option C: pessimism

Option D: skepticism

Correct Answer: optimism ✔

Option A: Lawrence’s father

Option B: Lawrence’s brother

Option C: Lawrence himself

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: None of these ✔

Option A: Claudius’s son

Option B: Son to the king of Norway

Option C: Ophelia’s lover

Option D: Hamlet’s Mend

Correct Answer: Son to the king of Norway ✔

Option A: Protection of the political rights of the working class

Option B: Recognition of chartered trading companies

Option C: Political rights for women

Option D: Protection of the political rights of the middle class

Correct Answer: Protection of the political rights of the working class ✔

Option A: Kubla Khan

Option B: Christabel

Option C: The Ancient Mariner

Option D: Ode on the Departing Year

Correct Answer: Kubla Khan ✔

Option A: Viola

Option B: Duke

Option C: Olivia

Option D: Malvolio

Correct Answer: Duke ✔

Option A: Sense of injured merit

Option B: Hatred of tyranny

Option C: Spirit of revolt

Option D: All these

Correct Answer: Spirit of revolt ✔

Option A: Milton

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: T. S. Eliot

Option D: Ruskin

Correct Answer: William Shakespeare ✔

Option A: Pumblechook

Option B: Herbert Pocket

Option C: Bentley Drummle

Option D: Jaggers

Correct Answer: Herbert Pocket ✔

Option A: The Pre-Raphaelites

Option B: Ruskin

Option C: Pater

Option D: Matthew Arnold

Correct Answer: Matthew Arnold ✔

Option A: Spenserian Stanza

Option B: Ballad

Option C: Ottava Rima

Option D: Rhyme Royal

Correct Answer: Ottava Rima ✔

Option A: Johnson

Option B: Cromwell

Option C: Shakespeare

Option D: Luther

Correct Answer: Cromwell ✔

Option A: Chastelard

Option B: A Song of Italy

Option C: Atalanta in Calydon

Option D: Songs before Sunrise

Correct Answer: Atalanta in Calydon ✔

Option A: Keats

Option B: Coleridge

Option C: Southey

Option D: Wordsworth

Correct Answer: Keats ✔

Option A: Keats

Option B: Wordsworth

Option C: Shelley

Option D: Byron

Correct Answer: Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Milton

Option B: Coleridge

Option C: Keats

Option D: Johnson

Correct Answer: Keats ✔

Option A: Mexico

Option B: Italy

Option C: France

Option D: Germany

Correct Answer: Mexico ✔

Option A: Darcy

Option B: Wickham

Option C: William Collins

Option D: Charles Bingley

Correct Answer: Wickham ✔

Option A: Earl of Northumberland

Option B: Earl of March

Option C: Earl of Douglas

Option D: Earl of Worcester

Correct Answer: Earl of Northumberland ✔

Option A: Or, What is you Will

Option B: Or, What you Will

Option C: Or, What you Like It

Option D: Or, What you Think

Correct Answer: Or, What you Will ✔

Option A: Act II, Scene I

Option B: Act III, Scene III

Option C: Act IV, Scene III

Option D: Act III, Scene I

Correct Answer: Act III, Scene I ✔

Option A: Browning

Option B: Tennyson

Option C: Swinburne

Option D: Rossetti

Correct Answer: Tennyson ✔

Option A: Mars

Option B: Hercules

Option C: Zeus

Option D: Bacchus

Correct Answer: Zeus ✔