1. Shakespeare was writer from-
a) England
b) Wales
c) Ireland
d) Scotland
Answer: England
2. Where was Shakespeare born?
a) London
b) Coventry
c) Startford-upon Avon
d) Durham
Answer: Startford-upon Avon
3. William Shakespeare was a famous-
a) dramatist
b) novelist
c) esseyist
d) critic
Answer: dramatist
4. William Shakespeare is a/an ___
a) English
b) American
c) Scottish
d) Irish
Answer: English
5. Which of the following is a comedy written by Shakespeare?
a) As You Like It
b) King Lear
c) Macbeth
d) Hamlet
Answer: As You Like It
6. William Shakespeare was not the author of-
a) Titus Andronicus
b) Taming of the Shrew
c) White Devil
d) Hamlet
Answer: White Devil
7. Which one is not written by Shakespeare?
a) Macbeth
b) Hamlet
c) Measure for Measure
d) The Time Machine
Answer: The Time Machine
8. Hamlet is a play written by-
a) Milan
b) Shaw
c) Ibsen
d) Shakespeare
Answer: Shakespeare
9. Who wrote the world famous tragic play King Lear?
a) John Milton
b) William Shakespeare
c) George Bernard Shaw
d) Christopher Marlowe
Answer: William Shakespeare
10. William Shakespeare authored-
a) Pride & Prejudice
b) Waiting for Godot
c) Sound and Music
d) Romeo and Juliet
Answer: Romeo and Juliet
11. Macbeth is a ___ by Shakespeare.
a) novel
b) short story
c) verse
d) play
Answer: play
12. Othello gave Desdemona ___ as a token of love?
a) ring
b) handkerchief
c) pendent
d) bangles
Answer: handkerchief
13. The Merchant of Venice is a Shakespearean play about-
a) a jew
b) a Roman
c) a Turk
d) a Moor
Answer: a jew
14. Which of the following school of literary writing is connected with a medical theory?
a) comedy of manners
b) theater of the absurd
c) heroic tragedy
d) comedy of humours
Answer: comedy of humours
15. Othello is a Shakespeare's play about-
a) a jew
b) A Turk
c) A Roman
d) A Moor
Answer: A Moor
16. 'Orlando' is a character of Shakespeare's-
a) Hamlet
b) King Lear
c) Tempest
d) As You Like It
Answer: As You Like It
17. Which one of the following is a comedy?
a) All's Well that Ends Well
b) Hamlet
c) Timon of Athens
d) Antony and Cleopatra
Answer: All's Well that Ends Well
18. 'Calliban' is a character in -
a) King Lear
b) Othello
c) Man and Superman
d) Tempest
Answer: Tempest
19. 'Hamlet' by Shakespeare is -
a) a comdey
b) a tragic comedy
c) an epic
d) a tragedy
Answer: a tragedy
20. In Shakespeare tragedy, the hero is -
a) an ordinary man
b) a high ranking man
c) a sacrilegious man
d) none of these
Answer: a high ranking man
21. Which is the rhyme scheme of Shakespearean sonnet?
a) abab cdcd efef gg
b) abba cdcd efg efg
c) abab cde cde efg efg
d) abba cde cde eegg
Answer: abab cdcd efef gg
22. Who is contemporary of William Shakespeare?
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) Lord Tennyson
c) John Milton
d) All of them
Answer: Christopher Marlowe
23. How many plays did Shakespeare compose?
a) 154
b) 37
c) 29
d) 36
Answer: 37
24. Shakespeare was died in -
a) 1592
b) 1616
c) 1618
d) 1614
Answer: 1616
25. Shakespeare was not -
a) a dramatist
b) a playwright
c) a poet
d) a story writer
Answer: a story writer
