1. 'Macbeth' is -
a) a play
b) a novel
c) an essay
d) a poem
Answer: a play
2. Shakespeare is the writer of -
a) The Tempest
b) The Idea of University
c) The Hairy Ape
d) Riders to the Sea
Answer: The Tempest
3. "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" - is quoted from?
a) Macbeth
b) As You Like It
c) Tempest
d) Othello
Answer: Macbeth
4. In what year did Shakespeare die?
a) 1570
b) 1586
c) 1630
d) 1616
Answer: 1616
5. I have read ___ Shakespeare.
a) A
b) An
c) The
d) None
Answer: None
6. How many Sonnets did Shakespeare compose?
a) 151
b) 148
c) 128
d) 154
Answer: 154
7. Hamlet by Shakespeare is -
a) a comedy
b) a tragic-comedy
c) an epic
d) a tragedy
Answer: a tragedy
8. "Frailty the name is woman" is a famous dialogue from?
a) Hamlet
b) Macbeth
c) Othello
d) Tempest
Answer: Hamlet
9. "Frailty thy name of woman" here frailty is -
a) a noun
b) a pronoun
c) a verb
d) an adjective
Answer: a noun
10. Early plays of Shakespeare's are -
a) Comedy
b) Tragedy
c) Tragic-comedy
d) Romantic
Answer: Comedy
11. 'Brutus' is a famous character of Shakespeare in -
a) King Lear
b) Julius Caeser
c) The Tempest
d) Hamlet
Answer: Julius Caeser
12. Shakespeare lived during the reign of -
a) Elizabeth I
b) Elizabeth II
c) Queen Victoria
d) King Charles
Answer: Elizabeth I
13. Shakespeare, a ___ writer, entertained audiences by writing many tragic and comic plays.
a) numeric
b) obstiinate
c) dutiful
d) prolific
Answer: prolific
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14. Shakespearean play consists of ___.
a) three acts
b) two acts
c) four acts
d) five acts
Answer: five acts
15. William Shakespeare is a famous ___ century English Playwright/
a) fifteenth
b) sixteenth
c) seventeenth
d) eighteenth
Answer: sixteenth
16. Which of the following is not true about Shakespeare?
a) poet
b) playwright
c) novelist
d) actor
Answer: novelist
17. Which of following is written by Shakespeare?
a) Dr. Faustus
b) Pilgrim's Progress
c) The Preface to Fable
d) Twelfth Night
Answer: Twelfth Night
18. Which is known as Shakespeare's Swansong?
a) Hamlet
b) Macbeth
c) The Tempest
d) Twelfth Night
Answer: The Tempest
19. Which character is from 'Romeo and Juliet'?
a) Brutus
b) Ophelia
c) Benvolio
d) Olivia
Answer: Benvolio
20. 'Ophelia' is an important character in the Shakespearean play-
a) Macbeth
b) The Tempest
c) Hamlet
d) King Lear
Answer: Hamlet
21. 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
22. Shakespeare was famous for all but one of the following:
a) comedies
b) tragedies
c) bourgeoisic drama
d) tragic-drama
Answer: bourgeoisic drama
23. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?
a) Alliterative verse
b) Connet form
c) Iambic pentameter
d) Daetylic Haxameter
Answer: Iambic pentameter
24. Shakespeare did not wrote play about which king?
a) King Henry
b) King Charles
c) King John
d) King Richard
Answer: King Charles
25. Who said 'Brutus, you too!'?
a) King Lear
b) Macbeth
c) Hamlet
d) Julius Ceaser
Answer: Julius Ceaser
