Shakespeare General Knowledge(GK) Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) and Answers

Questions

1 In which year was William Shakespeare born?

A 1534

B 1564

C 1555

D 1594

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Answer: 1564

2 By which year is it thought that William Shakespeares plays were being regularly performed in London?

A 1592

B 1596

C 1600

D None

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Answer: 1592

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3 During his lifetime, Shakespeare wrote a total of

A 28 plays and 144 sonnets

B 38 plays and 154 sonnets

C 48 plays and 164 sonnets

D None of these

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Answer: 38 plays and 154 sonnets

4 How old was Shakespeare when he died?

A 47 years old

B 52 years old

C 57 years old

D None of these

View Answer

Answer: 52 years old

5 How old was Shakespeare when he married Anne Hathaway?

A 16 years old

B 17 years old

C 18 years old

D None of these

View Answer

Answer: 18 years old

6 In which play would you find a character called Lady Capulet?

A Romeo and Juliet

B The Tempest

C Twelfth Night

D None of these

View Answer

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

7 In which play would you find a character called Starveling?

A The Merry Wives of Windsor

B Othello

C A Midsummer Nights bream

D None of these

View Answer

Answer: A Midsummer Nights bream

8 In which play would you find a character called Touchstone?

A Alls Well That Ends Well

B As You Like It

C King Lear

D None of these

View Answer

Answer: As You Like It

9 In which play would you find the following quote When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain?

A Taming of the Shrew

B The Merry Wives of Windsor

C Macbeth

D none of the above

View Answer

Answer: Macbeth

10 In which play would you find the following quote? A pair of star-crossd lovers take their life.

A Henry V

B Much Ado About Nothing

C Romeo and Juliet

D none of the above

View Answer

Answer: Henry V

11 In which play would you find the following quote? Rest, rest, perturbed spirit!

A The Merchant of Venice

B Hamlet

C Comedy of Errors

D None

View Answer

Answer: Hamlet

12 In which play would you find the following quote? The quality of mercy is not straind, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath.

A The Merchant of Venice

B Henry IV

C Two Gentlemen of Verona

D none

View Answer

Answer: The Merchant of Venice

13 In which play would you find the following quote? What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?

A A Midsummer Nights bream

B Titus Andronicus

C Loves Labours Lost

D None

View Answer

Answer: A Midsummer Nights bream

14 In which town or city in England was Shakespeare born?

A Stratford-upon-Avon

B Warwick

C London

D None

View Answer

Answer: Stratford-upon-Avon

15 What was his mothers maiden name?

A Mary Akle

B Mary Bowden

C Mary Arden

D None

View Answer

Answer: Mary Arden

16 What was the name of the London theatre that Shakespeare is commonly associated with?

A The Worlds Theatre

B The Orb Theatre

C The Globe Theatre

D None

View Answer

Answer: The Globe Theatre

17 Where was William Shakespeare buried?

A Stratford-upon-Avon

B Westminster Abbey

C There are no records that tell us.

D None

View Answer

Answer: Stratford-upon-Avon

18 Which play is generally accepted as being Shakespeares first?

A Taming of the Shrew

B Henry VI

C Romeo and Juliet

D None

View Answer

Answer: Henry VI

19 William and Anne had a daughter (Susanna) and also ?

A Twins

B Triplets

C Quadruplets

D None

View Answer

Answer: Twins

20 When was William Shakespeare born?

A 23 April 1564

B 15 July 1580

C 25 December 1600

D 1 January 1601

View Answer

Answer: 23 April 1564

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