William Shakespeare Quiz on Life and Works

William Shakespeare Quiz on his life and works will help you in learning. We have discussed questions and answers related to his compositions. As you know, Shakespeare was the most famous playwright and dramatist in the 16th century. He wrote Historical Plays, Romantic Plays, Sonnets, and Poems.

Q. Which work has been called by Shakespeare, ‘the first heir of my invention’?

(a) Hero and Leander

(b) The Rape of Lucrece

(d) The Comedy of Errors

Right Answer – (c) Venus and Adonis

Created on March 24, 2023 By

Ajay Kumar

Shakespeare Quiz on Life and Works

This quiz has questions on William Shakespeare life and works.

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Shakespeare wrote -

romantic comedies

sentimental comedies.

comedies of manners

comedies of humours

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Portia is the heroine of the play -

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Hamlet

The Merchant of Venice

The Tempest

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In which play of Shakespeare do the characters 'Voltemand' and 'Cornelius' appear?

Macbeth

Hamlet

Much Ado About Nothing

The Merchant of Venice

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In which country is the story of Othello set?

Denmark

Greece

England

Venice

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Who is the heroine in Shakespeare's The Tempest?

Miranda

Beatrice

Portia

Viola

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In which play of Shakespeare do we find these lines. "There needs no ghost, my Lord, come from the grave, to tell in this".

Hamlet

Macbeth

Henry IV

King Lear

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Which is not Shakespeare's drama?

Richard III

Titus Andronicus

Hamlet

Edward the Second

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What is the sub-title of the play Twelfth Night?

Or, What you Will

Or, What you Think

Or, What you Like it

Or, What is you Will

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Shakespeare is -

a Renasissance playwright

a Restoration playwright

a Twentieth Century playwright

a Classical playwright

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Ophelia is the beloved of -

Othello

Hamlet

Macbeth

Romeo

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Shakespeare wrote total -

154 sonnets

128 sonnets

145 sonnets

126 sonnets

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The name of Prospero's daughter in the Tempest is -

Cordelia

Desdemona

Miranda

Olivia

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Shakespeare's play Hamlet is influenced by -

Marlowe

Peele

Kyd

Nashe

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William Shakespeare was the third child of:

William Shakespeare and Mary Arden

Jack Shakespeare and Mary William

Joseph Shakespeare and Mary John

John Shakespeare and Mary Arden

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Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice' was produced in :

1598

1597

1599

1596

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Shakespeare was born in :

1564

1464

1364

1664

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"Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The valiant never taste of death but once," These lines have been taken from.

Julius Caesar

The Tempest

The Merchant

Othello

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In which Shakespearean play does Curan appear?

Othello

Macbeth

King Lear

Hamlet

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How many sonnets are addressed to 'Dark Lady' by Shakespeare?

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Others abide our question, thou art free' Who has said this about Shakespeare?

Wordsworth

Milton

Matthew Arnold

Ben Jonson

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King Lear had.........daughters.

two

three

four

five

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Who is Hamlet's beloved in Hamlet?

Olivia

Portia

Ophelia

Cordelia

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A Shakespearean sonnet ends with a ....

couplet

octave

quartet

triplet

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Who called Hamlet "an artistic failure?"

I.A. Richards

T.S. Eliot

Charles Lamb

F.R. Leavis

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"The fault, dear Brutus, is not our stars. But in ourselves that we are underlings." Who said this and in which play?

Cassius in Julius Caesar.

Antony in Julius Caesar.

Caliban in The Tempest.

Antony in Antony and Cleopatra.

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Q. At what age did Shakespeare get married to Anne Hathaway?

(a) 14

(b) 24

(d) 18

Right Answer – (d) 18

Q. William Shakespeare died on

(a) April 20, 1616

(b) April 28, 1616

(d) April 25, 1616

Right Answer – (c) April 23, 1616

Q. “Frailty, thy name is a woman” is a famous line from the play-

(a) King Lear

(b) Hamlet

(d) As You Like It

Right Answer – (b) Hamlet

Q. Which of the following is not a title to a play written by William Shakespeare?

(a) Henry VI

(b) Henry VIII

(d) Henry VII

Right Answer – (d) Henry VII

Q. Who called Shakespeare, “The largest and most comprehensive soul”?

(a) Dr. Johnson

(b) Dryden

(d) I. A. Richards

Right Answer – (b) Dryden

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