a)26 April 1567
b)26 April 1566
c)26 April 1565
d)26 April 1564
42) William Shakespeare was....... child of John and Mary:
a)second
b)fourth
c)third
d)fifth
43) He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of_______ in______.
a)18, 1582
b)17, 1581
c)16, 1580
d)15, 1579
44) Which of the following statement is correct:
a)Shakespeare's first child Susanna was born in 1583.
b)In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.
c) both a and b.
d) None of above.
45)Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:
a)7
b)8
c)9
d)10
46)After __________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.
a)two
b)three
c)four
d)five
47)Shakespeare's only son Hamnet died in------------?
a) 1595
b) 1596
c)1597
d)1598
48)Shakespeare is buried inside the:
a)Westminster Abbey
b)Trinity Church
c)Protestant Cemetery
d)None of above
49)By -------- Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:
a)1590
b)1591
c)1592
d)1593
50)Who declared him as Britain's greatest dramatist in 1598?
a)Queen Elizabeth
b)Francis Meres, a lawyer
c)Burbage, an actor
d)King James
51) Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:
a)About 1611
b) About 1610
c)About 1609
d) About 1608
Answers:
41)d
42)b
43)a
44)c
45)b
46)c
47)b
48)b
49)c
50)b
51)b
52) Shakespeare"s father died in:
a) 1600
b) 1601
c) 1602
d) 1603
53) Shakespeare joined the Chamber lain's Men Theatrical Company as a:
a) Actor and playwright
b) Playwright and poet
c)Playwright and writer
d)None of above
54) How many from his plays were published in his lifetime:
a) Only sixteen
b) Only seventeen
c) Only eighteen
d) Only nineteen
55) In which year Globe theater got fire and destroyed?
a)1610
b)1611
c)1612
d)1613
56)Shakespeare dedicated his long narrative poem Venus and Adonis to---------------.
a) Henry Wriothesley, the third earl of Southampton
b) Thomas Wriothesley,forth earl of Southampton
c)William Fitzwilliam, first earl of Southampton
d) Henry Wriothesley, the second earl of Southampton
57) During which period London theaterrs remained closed on account of the plague?
a) 1592
b) 1593
c) 1594
d) 1595
58) Which roles have played by Shakespeare in Hamlet and As you like it?
a) Fortinbras, Corin
b)Leartus, Silvius
c)Osric, Touchstone
d) Ghost, Old servant Adam
59) In ....... year Shakespeare bought the largest house in Stratford, called New place:
a) 1595
b) 1996
c) 1597
d) 15598
60) In 1599 which famous actor and his brother Cuthbert set a new playhouse on the Bank side, called the Globe?
a) Augustine Phillipps
b) John Heimnge
c) Henry Condell
d) Richard Burbage
61) In Shakespeare's literary output, the period 1604-1608 is the period of:
a) Comedy plays
b) Historical plays
c) Great Tragedies
d) None of above
62) "Under the green wood tree" is a song in:
a) Love's labour's lost
b) As you like it
c) A mid Summer night's dream
d) Much ado about nothing
63) :Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show
To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe.
He was not of an age, but for all time".
Who wrote above lines for Shakespeare:
a) Jonson
b) Bacon
c) Wordsworth
d) none of above
64) Seven Ages of Man appears in " As you like it". Which character's speech it is?
a) Amiens
b) Orlando
c) Oliver
d) Jaques
65) "To be or not to be that is the question", is famous line of which of Shakespeare's plays?
a) Othello
b) Macbeth
c) Hamlet
d)King Lear
66) Following are the lines of:
"I'm your wife if you marry me
If not, I'll die your maid to be your fellow
You may deny me, but I'll be your servant Whether you deny or not".
a) Hamlet
b) Romeo and Juliet
c) Tempest
d) Othello
67) Which of the following are characters of "Much ado about nothing":
a) Hero, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leonato
b) Hero, Orlando, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato
c) Mirrinda, Borachio, Antonio, Claudio, Leanato
d) Hero, Boradio, Antonio, Claudio, Horatio
68) Which of the following is in correct sequel ?
a)Comedy of errors, A mid summer night's dream, Much ado about nothing, Henry 6 part three.
b)A mid summer night's dream,Romeo and Juliet, As you like it, King Lear,Pericles.
c)All's well that ends well, The tempest, As you like it, As you like it,A mid summer night's dream,Much ado about nothing.
d)King Lear, Macbeth, Othello, Measure for measure, Henry 8, Romeo and Juliet.
69)Who was killed by Hamlet unintentionally?
a) Leartus
b)Polonius
c) Forinbras
d) Horatio
70) Who is second Prince of Arragon in "Much ado about nothing"?
a) Leonato
b) Balthasar
c) Don John
d) Don Pedro
71) Which character spoke following lines?
"What's Montague? It is nor hand nor foot,
Nor arm nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man, O be some other name!
What's in a name?
That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet,"
a) Desdemona
b) Juliet
c) Rosalind
d) Hero
72) Who is the second attending gentlewoman on Hero? Ursula and_________.
a) Margaret
b) Emilia
c) Helena
d) Celia
73) " Some born great, some achieve greatness
And some have greatness thrust upon them".
Above lines are taken from which of following plays?
a) Macbeth
b) Othello
c) Twelfth night
d) As you like it
74) Which of the following play was written in 1601?
a) Othello
b) Hamlet
c) King Lear
d) Macbeth
75) "Antony and Cleopatra" and "Macbeth" was in:
a) 1606
b)1607
c)1608
d)1609
76) Which of the following was written first:
a) Henry six
b) Henry seven
c) Henry five
d) None of above
77) Which of the following are King Lear's daughters?
a) Desdemona, Goneril and Cordelia
b) Goneril, Ophelia and Regan
c)Goneril, Regan and Cordelia
d) Regan, Cordelia and Beatrice
78) Shakespeare wrote _____ plays?
a) 32
b) 34
c) 36
d) 38
79) With the accession of King James to the English throne, Lord Chamberlain's Man was renamed:
a) King Lear
b) Gentleman
c) King's Man
d) None of above
80) Uneasy lies the head that_____( King Henry four, part two):
a) Wears a crown
b) Wears a hat
c) Wears a wig
d) none of these
52)b
53)c
54)b
55)d
56)a
57)b
58)d
59)c
60)d
61)b
62)b
63)a
64)d
65)c
66)c
67)a
68)c
69)b
70)d
71)b
72)a
73)c
74)b
75)a
76)a
77)c
78)c
79)c
80)a
81) Which of the following is the earliest comedy of Shakespeare?
a) A mid summer night's dream
b) Much ado about nothing
c)As you like it
d)Love's labour's lost
82) "Twelfth night" is a:
a)Tragedy
b) Comedy
c) Problem play
d) Both a and b
83) Who was villain in Othello?
a) Claudius
b) Iago
c) Egeus
d) None of above
84) Which of the following are tragedies of Shakespeare?
a) Hamlet, Othello and Troilus and Cressida
b) Coriolanus, Timon of Athens and Titus Andronicus
c) King Lear, Measure for measure and The merchant of Venice
d) Macbeth, Much ado about nothing and Antony and Cleopatra
85) Which of the following tragedy is not written by Shakespeare?
a) Hamlet
b)Macbeth
c) King Lear
d) King Oedipus
86) Othello was a :
a) General of England
b)General of Denmark
c) Prince of England
d) Prince of Denmark
87) ------------- was father of Desdemona?
a) Othello
b) Brabantio
c) Iago
d) Gratiano
88) Othello was sent to fight with:
a) French army
b) German army
c) Ottomans
d) None of above
89) Desdemona was killed by :
a) Iago
b) Casio
c) Othello
d) Brabantio
90) Othello gave Desdemona ------------- as a token of love:
a) Ring
b) Handkerchief
c) Pendant
d) Bengals
91) Desdemona was :
a) wife of Othello
b) daughter of Othello
c) both a and b
d) none of above
92) " A man can die but once" is one of quote of following plays:
a) Henry 6 part three
b) Henry 4 part two
c) Henry 6 part one
d) Henry 4 part one
93) "I have no other but a woman's reason
I think him so, because I think him so"
Which of Shakespeare's play contain above lines?
a) The two gentle men of Verona
b) Merry wives of Windsor
c) The noble Kinsman
d) Measure for measure
94)" What piece of work is a man
How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty,
In form and moving how express and admirable
In action! how like an angle
In apprehension! how like a God:
The beauty of the World, the paragon of animals_____
And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?
Above lines are taken from Hamlet's which act?
a) act 1 scene two
b) act 2 scene two
c) act 3 scene two
d) act 4 scene two
95) Which of the following is Hamlet's mother?
a) Beatrice
b) Margaret
c) Gertrude
d) Rosalind
96) Following are the characters of:
Apemantus, Alcibiades, Flavius, Lucullus, Sempronius
a) Coriolanus
b) Cymbeline
c) Timon of Athens
d) Winter's tale
97) Who is the heroin of The Tempest?
a) Ophelia
b) Desdemona
c) Miranda
d) Helena
98) Hamlet consist of --------------- acts:
a) 3
b) 4
c) 5
d) 6
99) Which of Shakespeare's play is his only play that has never been adopted for film or Television?
a) Taming of the Shrew
b) The two Noble Kinsmen
c) Troilus and Cressida
d) Cymbeline
100) Which of Shakespeare's play features Sir John Falstaff?
a) The merry wives of Windsor
b) Troilus and Cressida
c) King John
d) Titus Andronicus
Answers:
81)d
82)b
83)b
84)b
85)d
86)a
87)b
88)c
89)c
90)b
91)a
92)b
93)a
94)b
95)c
96)c
97)c
98)c
99)b
100)a
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