| a. Thomas More. | ||
| b. Francis Bacon. | ||
| c. Earl of Oxford. | ||
| d. John Shakespeare. |
| a. 1564 | ||
| b. 1580 | ||
| c. 1577 | ||
| d. 1550 |
| a. A dialogue between two characters | ||
| b. A character's final words before dying | ||
| c. A speech delivered by a character intended to be spoken to only the audience | ||
| d. A rhyming line |
| a. The conclusion of a play | ||
| b. The end of the first scene of a play | ||
| c. The first death on stage in a play | ||
| d. The turning point of the action in the play |
| a. The length of a written line | ||
| b. The measured pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables | ||
| c. The height of the stage | ||
| d. The number of words in a line |
| a. "Doctor Faustus" | ||
| b. "The Faerie Queen" | ||
| c. "Titus Andronicus" | ||
| d. "The Jew of Malta" |
| a. Humanism | ||
| b. The rise of Queen Elizabeth | ||
| c. The popularity of theater | ||
| d. The life of Shakespeare |
| a. Death | ||
| b. Theater | ||
| c. Drama | ||
| d. Rebirth |
| a. William | ||
| b. John | ||
| c. Hamlet | ||
| d. Hamnet |
| a. Catholicism | ||
| b. Buddhism | ||
| c. Protestantism | ||
| d. Mormonism |
| a. The Lord Chamberlin's Men | ||
| b. Elizabeth's Men | ||
| c. The Globe's Men | ||
| d. Will's Men |
| a. Nobility | ||
| b. Peasants | ||
| c. Yeomen | ||
| d. The gentry |
| a. A horror play, featuring supernatural forces | ||
| b. A sophisticated comedy with a surprising ending | ||
| c. A drama, featuring players representing mythic or allegorical figures | ||
| d. A performance of a classical play in contemporary language |
| a. Ben Johnson | ||
| b. Christopher Marlow | ||
| c. Philip Sidney | ||
| d. Thomas Kyd |
| a. Thomas More | ||
| b. William Shakespeare | ||
| c. Christopher Marlowe | ||
| d. Philip Sydney |
| a. Christopher Marlow | ||
| b. William Shakespeare | ||
| c. Philip Sidney | ||
| d. The Earl of Oxford |
| a. King James I. | ||
| b. King Henry | ||
| c. Queen Victoria | ||
| d. King Richard |
| a. Elizabeth Marlowe | ||
| b. Joan Shakespeare | ||
| c. Anne Hathaway | ||
| d. Juliet Shakespeare |
| a. Queen Elizabeth | ||
| b. Queen Victoria | ||
| c. Queen Anne | ||
| d. Queen Gertrude |
| a. A politician | ||
| b. A teacher | ||
| c. A glover | ||
| d. A professional actor |
| a. Viola and Orsino | ||
| b. Sir Toby and Maria | ||
| c. Malvio and Maria | ||
| d. Viola and Sir Toby |
| a. Highly sexual | ||
| b. Not comedic at all | ||
| c. Satirical and political | ||
| d. Grounded in religion |
| a. Highly sexual | ||
| b. Violent | ||
| c. Satirical | ||
| d. Dull and political |
| a. Oberon | ||
| b. Robin Goodfellow | ||
| c. Demetrius | ||
| d. Hermia |
| a. Titania | ||
| b. Lysander | ||
| c. Hermia | ||
| d. Oberon |
| a. Paris | ||
| b. Naples | ||
| c. Athens | ||
| d. London |
| a. Hippolyta | ||
| b. Egeus | ||
| c. Helena | ||
| d. Hermia |
| a. France | ||
| b. Denmark | ||
| c. Illyria | ||
| d. England |
| a. Orsino | ||
| b. Sir Toby | ||
| c. Antonio | ||
| d. Cesario |
| a. Viola's twin brother | ||
| b. Viola's eventual lover | ||
| c. A clown | ||
| d. Olivia's uncle |
| a. Antonio | ||
| b. Maria | ||
| c. Olivia | ||
| d. None of the above |
| a. Peter Quince | ||
| b. Francis Flute | ||
| c. Nick Bottom | ||
| d. Tom Snout |
| a. An Athenian craftsman | ||
| b. A professional actor | ||
| c. A Duke | ||
| d. An Amazonian |
| a. Puck | ||
| b. Nick Bottom | ||
| c. Hippolyta | ||
| d. Helene |
| a. England | ||
| b. Denmark | ||
| c. Spain | ||
| d. France |
| a. Puck's adventures | ||
| b. Summertime dreams | ||
| c. The history of Athens | ||
| d. Pyramus and Thisbe |
| a. Parolles | ||
| b. Lafew | ||
| c. The First Lord | ||
| d. The Clown |
| a. Viola | ||
| b. Orsino | ||
| c. Maria | ||
| d. Feste |
| a. History | ||
| b. Comedy | ||
| c. Tragedy | ||
| d. Epic poem |
| a. Helena | ||
| b. Gertrude | ||
| c. Parolles | ||
| d. Mariana |
| a. A worship of the gods | ||
| b. A song for the prize or sacrifice of a goat | ||
| c. A comedic performance | ||
| d. A story that ended with a marriage |
| a. "The violent trio" | ||
| b. "The Fatal Sisters" | ||
| c. "The Weird Sisters" | ||
| d. "The Dead Sisters" |
| a. Compare Shakespeare to other writers. | ||
| b. Evaluate and examine Hamlet. | ||
| c. Consider anything about Shakespeare's comedies. | ||
| d. Discuss any aspect of Shakespeare's philosophy. |
| a. Laertes | ||
| b. Ophelia | ||
| c. Gertrude | ||
| d. Fortinbras |
| a. King Hamlet's former jester | ||
| b. A friend of Hamlet's from school | ||
| c. The King of Norway | ||
| d. A castle guard |
| a. The children of Macbeth | ||
| b. The children of Banquo | ||
| c. The children of Macduff | ||
| d. The children of the witches |
| a. He shoots him. | ||
| b. He strangles him. | ||
| c. He stabs him. | ||
| d. He beheads him. |
| a. Macbeth | ||
| b. Lady Macbeth | ||
| c. Duncan | ||
| d. Macduff |
| a. Banquo | ||
| b. Macduff | ||
| c. Malcolm | ||
| d. Lady Macbeth |
| a. Macbeth | ||
| b. Banquo | ||
| c. Macduff | ||
| d. Malcolm |
| a. Lennox | ||
| b. Lady Macbeth | ||
| c. The porter | ||
| d. Hecate |
| a. Polonius | ||
| b. Claudius | ||
| c. Horatio | ||
| d. Fortinbras |
| a. Hamlet | ||
| b. Claudius | ||
| c. Horatio | ||
| d. Gertrude |
| a. Claudius | ||
| b. Horatio | ||
| c. Hamlet | ||
| d. Marcellus |
| a. England | ||
| b. France | ||
| c. Scotland | ||
| d. Norway |
| a. Denmark | ||
| b. Norway | ||
| c. England | ||
| d. France |
| a. England | ||
| b. Scotland | ||
| c. France | ||
| d. Norway |
| a. Macbeth | ||
| b. Banquo | ||
| c. Duncan | ||
| d. Donalbain |
| a. Duncan | ||
| b. Lady Macbeth | ||
| c. Lady Macduff | ||
| d. Macduff |
| a. Comedy | ||
| b. History | ||
| c. Tragedy | ||
| d. Epic poem |
| a. He is killed. | ||
| b. He is arrested. | ||
| c. He is crowned king. | ||
| d. He was sent into exile. |
| a. That it is a satire of European monarchies | ||
| b. That none of the characters undergo a remarkable shift in personality over the course of the play | ||
| c. That it is historically accurate | ||
| d. That it is an incomplete play and possibly not authored by Shakespeare |
| a. England | ||
| b. Norway | ||
| c. Denmark | ||
| d. France |
| a. In a tower | ||
| b. In a pit | ||
| c. In a prison | ||
| d. In another country |
| a. Make jokes about Henry | ||
| b. Sing songs about the events | ||
| c. Comment on the plot and themes of the play | ||
| d. Dance upon the stage |
| a. England | ||
| b. Spain | ||
| c. France | ||
| d. Denmark |
| a. Montjoy | ||
| b. Horatio | ||
| c. Falstaff | ||
| d. Nim |
| a. Catherine | ||
| b. Alice | ||
| c. The Hostess | ||
| d. Nim |
| a. Queen Isabel | ||
| b. Queen Nim | ||
| c. Queen Alice | ||
| d. Queen Montjoy |
| a. Falstaff | ||
| b. Henry V | ||
| c. Nim | ||
| d. Catherine |
| a. Ratcliffe | ||
| b. Richmond | ||
| c. Clarence | ||
| d. Tyrell |
| a. Lady Anne | ||
| b. Queen Elizabeth | ||
| c. Duchess of York | ||
| d. Margaret |
| a. Buckingham | ||
| b. Clarence | ||
| c. Tyrell | ||
| d. Richmond |
| a. Clarence | ||
| b. King Edward IV | ||
| c. Tyrell | ||
| d. Richmond |
| a. Lady Anne | ||
| b. Queen Elizabeth | ||
| c. Margaret | ||
| d. Duchess of York |
| a. Richmond | ||
| b. Queen Elizabeth | ||
| c. Richard III | ||
| d. The princes |
| a. Greece | ||
| b. France | ||
| c. Norway | ||
| d. England |
| a. 15th century | ||
| b. 16th century | ||
| c. 14th century | ||
| d. 17th century |
| a. Tyrell | ||
| b. King Edward IV | ||
| c. Queen Elizabeth | ||
| d. The Earl of Richmond |
| a. Tragedy | ||
| b. History | ||
| c. Comedy | ||
| d. Lyric |
| a. Prose | ||
| b. Unrhymed iambic pentameter | ||
| c. Rhyming verse | ||
| d. Rhyming couplets |
| a. Serious letters | ||
| b. Iambic pentameter | ||
| c. Rhyming verse | ||
| d. Couplets |
| a. The Bible | ||
| b. A Christopher Marlowe play | ||
| c. Ovid's Metamorphoses | ||
| d. An early Shakespeare play |
| a. Greek mythology | ||
| b. European history | ||
| c. Early scientific studies | ||
| d. The works of earlier poets |
| a. 12 | ||
| b. 67 | ||
| c. 154 | ||
| d. 200 |
| a. Marlowe | ||
| b. Swift | ||
| c. Oxford | ||
| d. Bacon |
| a. When ghosts speak | ||
| b. When characters speak naturally | ||
| c. When a lower class character speaks | ||
| d. When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect |
| a. In a hunting accident | ||
| b. By Venus | ||
| c. By execution | ||
| d. By old age |
| a. A fairy queen | ||
| b. A Roman matron | ||
| c. A villainess | ||
| d. A beggar woman |
| a. Blank verse | ||
| b. Old English | ||
| c. Authorial narration | ||
| d. Prose |
| a. The same as an iamb with an unstressed and stressed syllable in a foot | ||
| b. The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot | ||
| c. Only one syllable for the length of a foot | ||
| d. None of the above |
| a. A poem about death | ||
| b. A poem about love | ||
| c. A poem about writing poetry | ||
| d. A poem about Shakespeare and his father |
| a. Ordinary speech | ||
| b. Blank verse | ||
| c. Rhyming verse | ||
| d. Non-English word use |
| a. England | ||
| b. Spain | ||
| c. France | ||
| d. Italy |
| a. The Dark Lady | ||
| b. Shakespeare's father | ||
| c. A young man | ||
| d. A rival poet |
| a. "A Lover's Complaint" | ||
| b. "Venus and Adonis" | ||
| c. "The Phoenix and Turtle" | ||
| d. "The Rape of Lucrece" |
| a. "Tintern Abbey" | ||
| b. "A Lover's Complaint" | ||
| c. "El Cid" | ||
| d. "The Wasteland" |
| a. A sonnet is a poem consisting of 14 lines. | ||
| b. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of the rhyme scheme a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g. | ||
| c. A sonnet is only written in Italian. | ||
| d. The last two lines of a sonnet are a rhyming couplet. |
| a. The Dark Lady | ||
| b. Hamlet | ||
| c. Christopher Marlow | ||
| d. Hamnet Shakespeare |
| a. Short story | ||
| b. Tragedy play | ||
| c. Comedy play | ||
| d. Poetry |