Play By Shakespeare MCQs

Option A: The Dark Lady

Option B: Hamlet

Option C: Christopher Marlow

Option D: Hamnet Shakespeare

Correct Answer: The Dark Lady ✔

Option A: “Tintern Abbey”

Option B: “A Lover’s Complaint”

Option C: “El Cid”

Option D: “The Wasteland”

Correct Answer: “A Lover’s Complaint” ✔

Option A: The Dark Lady

Option B: Shakespeare’s father

Option C: A young man

Option D: A rival poet

Correct Answer: Shakespeare’s father ✔

Option A: Ordinary speech

Option B: Blank verse

Option C: Rhyming verse

Option D: Non-English word use

Correct Answer: Ordinary speech ✔

Option A: The same as an iamb with an unstressed and stressed syllable in a foot

Option B: The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot

Option C: Only one syllable for the length of a foot

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot ✔

Option A: A fairy queen

Option B: A Roman matron

Option C: A villainess

Option D: A beggar woman

Correct Answer: A Roman matron ✔

Option A: When ghosts speak

Option B: When characters speak naturally

Option C: When a lower class character speaks

Option D: When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect

Correct Answer: When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect ✔

Option A: Marlowe

Option B: Swift

Option C: Oxford

Option D: Bacon

Correct Answer: Oxford ✔

Option A: Greek mythology

Option B: European history

Option C: Early scientific studies

Option D: The works of earlier poets

Correct Answer: The works of earlier poets ✔

Option A: Serious letters

Option B: Iambic pentameter

Option C: Rhyming verse

Option D: Couplets

Correct Answer: Serious letters ✔

Option A: Tragedy

Option B: History

Option C: Comedy

Option D: Lyric

Correct Answer: History ✔

Option A: Tyrell

Option B: King Edward IV

Option C: Queen Elizabeth

Option D: The Earl of Richmond

Correct Answer: The Earl of Richmond ✔

Option A: Greece

Option B: France

Option C: Norway

Option D: England

Correct Answer: England ✔

Option A: Lady Anne

Option B: Queen Elizabeth

Option C: Margaret

Option D: Duchess of York

Correct Answer: Margaret ✔

Option A: Buckingham

Option B: Clarence

Option C: Tyrell

Option D: Richmond

Correct Answer: Buckingham ✔

Option A: Ratcliffe

Option B: Richmond

Option C: Clarence

Option D: Tyrell

Correct Answer: Tyrell ✔

Option A: Queen Isabel

Option B: Queen Nim

Option C: Queen Alice

Option D: Queen Montjoy

Correct Answer: Queen Isabel ✔

Option A: Montjoy

Option B: Horatio

Option C: Falstaff

Option D: Nim

Correct Answer: Falstaff ✔

Option A: Make jokes about Henry

Option B: Sing songs about the events

Option C: Comment on the plot and themes of the play

Option D: Dance upon the stage

Correct Answer: Comment on the plot and themes of the play ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Norway

Option C: Denmark

Option D: France

Correct Answer: England ✔

Option A: He is killed.

Option B: He is arrested.

Option C: He is crowned king.

Option D: He was sent into exile.

Correct Answer: He is killed. ✔

Option A: Duncan

Option B: Lady Macbeth

Option C: Lady Macduff

Option D: Macduff

Correct Answer: Macduff ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Scotland

Option C: France

Option D: Norway

Correct Answer: Scotland ✔

Option A: England

Option B: France

Option C: Scotland

Option D: Norway

Correct Answer: England ✔

Option A: Hamlet

Option B: Claudius

Option C: Horatio

Option D: Gertrude

Correct Answer: Horatio ✔

Option A: Lennox

Option B: Lady Macbeth

Option C: The porter

Option D: Hecate

Correct Answer: Hecate ✔

Option A: Banquo

Option B: Macduff

Option C: Malcolm

Option D: Lady Macbeth

Correct Answer: Lady Macbeth ✔

Option A: He shoots him.

Option B: He strangles him.

Option C: He stabs him.

Option D: He beheads him.

Correct Answer: He stabs him. ✔

Option A: King Hamlet’s former jester

Option B: A friend of Hamlet’s from school

Option C: The King of Norway

Option D: A castle guard

Correct Answer: King Hamlet’s former jester ✔

Option A: Compare Shakespeare to other writers.

Option B: Evaluate and examine Hamlet.

Option C: Consider anything about Shakespeare’s comedies.

Option D: Discuss any aspect of Shakespeare’s philosophy.

Correct Answer: Compare Shakespeare to other writers. ✔

Option A: A worship of the gods

Option B: A song for the prize or sacrifice of a goat

Option C: A comedic performance

Option D: A story that ended with a marriage

Correct Answer: A song for the prize or sacrifice of a goat ✔

Option A: History

Option B: Comedy

Option C: Tragedy

Option D: Epic poem

Correct Answer: Comedy ✔

Option A: Parolles

Option B: Lafew

Option C: The First Lord

Option D: The Clown

Correct Answer: Parolles ✔

Option A: England

Option B: Denmark

Option C: Spain

Option D: France

Correct Answer: France ✔

Option A: An Athenian craftsman

Option B: A professional actor

Option C: A Duke

Option D: An Amazonian

Correct Answer: An Athenian craftsman ✔

Option A: Antonio

Option B: Maria

Option C: Olivia

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Antonio ✔

Option A: Viola’s twin brother

Option B: Viola’s eventual lover

Option C: A clown

Option D: Olivia’s uncle

Correct Answer: Viola’s twin brother ✔

Option A: France

Option B: Denmark

Option C: Illyria

Option D: England

Correct Answer: Illyria ✔

Option A: Paris

Option B: Naples

Option C: Athens

Option D: London

Correct Answer: Athens ✔

Option A: Oberon

Option B: Robin Goodfellow

Option C: Demetrius

Option D: Hermia

Correct Answer: Robin Goodfellow ✔

Option A: Highly sexual

Option B: Not comedic at all

Option C: Satirical and political

Option D: Grounded in religion

Correct Answer: Satirical and political ✔

Option A: A politician

Option B: A teacher

Option C: A glover

Option D: A professional actor

Correct Answer: A glover ✔

Option A: Elizabeth Marlowe

Option B: Joan Shakespeare

Option C: Anne Hathaway

Option D: Juliet Shakespeare

Correct Answer: Anne Hathaway ✔

Option A: Christopher Marlow

Option B: William Shakespeare

Option C: Philip Sidney

Option D: The Earl of Oxford

Correct Answer: Christopher Marlow ✔

Option A: Ben Johnson

Option B: Christopher Marlow

Option C: Philip Sidney

Option D: Thomas Kyd

Correct Answer: Christopher Marlow ✔

Option A: Nobility

Option B: Peasants

Option C: Yeomen

Option D: The gentry

Correct Answer: Peasants ✔

Option A: Catholicism

Option B: Buddhism

Option C: Protestantism

Option D: Mormonism

Correct Answer: Protestantism ✔

Option A: Death

Option B: Theater

Option C: Drama

Option D: Rebirth

Correct Answer: Rebirth ✔

Option A: “Doctor Faustus”

Option B: “The Faerie Queen”

Option C: “Titus Andronicus”

Option D: “The Jew of Malta”

Correct Answer: “Titus Andronicus” ✔

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: ✔

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. ✔