1-When and where was William Shakespeare born?
Ans-23rd April 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon.
2-What do you understand by the word ‘Avon’ in the birth place of William Shakespeare?
Ans-a river.
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3-Shakespeare was born in Stratford-on-Avon but what county is the town in?
Ans -Warwickshire.
4-How many plays did Shakespeare write?
Ans-37
5-How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
6-What was the reason of Shakespeare’s leaving Stratford? Ans-He was caught stealing a deer from sir Thomas Lucy’s Park.
Ans-154.
7-What is Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis?
Ans- A narrative poem.
8-To whom did Shakespeare dedicate his poem ‘Venus and adonis’
Ans -Henry Wriothesley, third Earl of Southampton.
9-It is believed that Shakespeare was found guilty of deer poaching in the garden of ?
Ans -Thomas Lucy.
10-Who wrote the following lines against Shakespeare “A Groats’ Worth of Wit Bought with a Million of Repentance”
Ans -Robert Greene
11- When did William Shakespeare Begin a successful career in London as an actor?
Ans–Between 1585 and 1592.
12-Who called Shakespeare “An upstart crow beautified with our feathers.”?
Ans -Robert Greene.
13-When and which company of actors was joined by Shakespeare ?
Ans-Burbage’s company of actors in 1587.
14-Who said,”Small Latin and less Greek” about Shakespeare?
Ans– Ben Jonson.
15- In Coriolanus, Coriolanus was publicly killed by-
Ans- Aufidius.
16- Which Play bore Shakespeare’s name as author first time?
Ans- Love’s Labour Lost.
17- “Shakespeare has only heroines and no heroes.” who said these lines?
Ans- Ruskin.
18- Cymbline was written in the early months of the year.
Ans- 1611.
19- When were Shakespeare’s plays written?
Ans- 16th and 17th Century.
20-On which play of Shakespeare is Dryden’s All For Love based?
Ans- Antony and Cleopatra.
21-Which play of Shakespeare was included in the wedding celebrations for the princess Elizabeth?
Ans-The Tempest.
22- Who said that in Shakespeare’s great tragedies character is destiny?—–
Ans -A.C. Bradley
23- What was the name of the theatre that Shakespeare associated with ?
Ans-Globe.
24- Who gave a happy ending to Shakespeare’s play King Lear?
Ans- Nahun Tate.
25- When was The Tempest written?1611.
26- Shakespeare’s Roman plays are based on-
Ans- North’s Plutarch.
27-Which theatre company was owned by William Shakespeare where his masterpieces first performed?
Ans- Globe.
28- The line “What’s in name ?” is from the Play–
Ans- Rumeo and Juliet.
29- Which one is considered to be the last play of Shakespeare?
Ans- Henry Vlll.
30- Who said the following lines about Shakespeare “He was the man who of all modern and perhaps ancient poets had the largest and most comprehensive soul,” ?
Ans -John Dryden.
31- What was the first name of the playing company King’s Men that William Shakespeare partly -owned?
Ans- Lord Chamberlain’s Men.
32- Henry V was composed in the year —
Ans-1598.
33- The title of the Faulkner’s novel ‘The Sound and the Fury’ is taken from Shakespeare’s play-
Ans-Macbeth
34- Shakespeare’s English historical plays are based on-
Ans– Holinshed’s Chronicles
35- What happened to the Globe Theatre in 1613?
Ans- It burnt down.
36- Shakespeare attacks the Puritans in the Play–
Ans-Twelfth Night.
37- Shakespeare took the plot for his play ‘ ‘As You like it’ from-
Ans Thomas Lodge’s Rosalynde.
38- Which tragedy is considered to be the last tragedy of Shakespeare?
Ans- Coriolanus.
39-Which tragedy is considered to be the first tragedy of Shakespeare?
Ans-Romeo and Juliet.
40-How is Sam Wanamaker connected with Shakespeare ?
Ans-He is the great grand child of Shakespeare.
41- “age cannot wither her, nor custom stale”about whom are these lines spoken?
Ans-Cleopatra.
42- “age cannot wither her, nor custom stale “from which play this line has been taken?-
Ans-Antony and Cleopatra
43- In which year was Coriolanus written? –
Ans– 1608
44–Who collaborated with Shakespeare in Henry Iv?
Ans- Thomas Lodge.
45- Where did Shakespeare retire to ?
Ans-Stratford-on-Avon.
46- From which play of Shakespeare did Aldous Huxley take the hint for the title of his novel ‘Brave New world’?
Ans- Tempest.
47- What is the subtitle of Shakespeare’s play ‘Pericles’?
Ans- Prince of Tyre.
48- Who made a freudian interpretation of Hamlet ?
Ans–Ernest Jones.
49- Which of the following lines are from the epitaph of Shakespeare.His name is writ in water/He requested not to write anything/ he left everything to us/…. curst be he that moves my bones.
Ans- curst be he that moves my bones.
50- Who is the heroine in the play Cymbeline?
Ans-Imogen.
51-Pericles came out in the year-
Ans-1609.
52- Shakespeare’s Hamlet is based on Kyd’s play –
Ans–The Spanish tragedy.
53- Who wrote the poem Venus and Adonis?
Ans-William Shakespeare
54 – The plot of Venus and adonis is based on the passage from-
Ans- Ovid’s Metamorphoses .
55- Venus and Adonis is written in the stanzas of-
Ans- Six lines.
56- Who wrote “Shakespeare’s Sonnets Reconsidered.”?
Ans- Samuel Butler.
57- In ‘The Winter’s Tale’ Perdita is finally married to-
Ans- Florizel.
58- What is the tragic flaw in Othello?
Ans-jealousy / jealous of nature.
59- ” Good friend, for Jesus ‘ sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here,
Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones. These lines have been taken from ?
Ans-Shakespeare’s Tomb.
60- Who wrote ‘Tales from Shakespeare’? —
Ans-Charles lamb and Mary lamb.
61-Perdita is the daughter of- Ans-Leontes.
62- Shakespeare chiefly wrote-
Ans-Romantic comedies & Tragedies.
63- Where from these lines have been taken -“Fear no more the heat o’ the sun,
Nor the furious winter’s rages;
Thou thy worldly task hast done,
Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages”?
Ans-Cymbeline.
64- Who is the writer of ‘Preface to Shakespeare’ ? Ans- Dr.Johnson.
65- Shelly’s ‘Arial to Mirinda’ was inspired by Shakespeare’s play- Ans-The Tempest.
66- Which of the following plays of Shakespeare is not a tragedy? Hamlet/Macbeth/twelfth night/Othello
Ans-Twelfth Night.
67- Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece belong to the category of-
Ans-Narrative poems.
68- Who wrote the critical book ‘Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays’? Ans- Hazlitt.
69- In Coriolanus, Auffidies is a……….?
Ans-Volscian General.
70-Which character does not belong to The Tempest-Celiban/Ariel/Desdemona/prospero.
Ans-Desdemona
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71-Select the term that is often called for the England’s National poet,William Shakespeare(Master Dramatist /Supreme Poet/ Bard of London/ Bard of Avon)
Ans -Bard Of Avon.
72- “Sweet are the uses of adversity” is taken from the Play –
Ans-As You Like It.
73-When Alfred Tennyson died, a copy of drama of William Shakespeare was found on the coverlet of his bed. Which drama was it? Ans- Cymbeline.
74- The story of Othello is set in the country—.
Ans-Venice.
75- Who wrote the celebrated book ‘Shakespearean Tragedy’?
Ans- A.C. Bradley
76- “Frailty, thy name is woman !” is taken from-
Ans-Hamlet.
77- What is the name of the husband of Hermione in Shakespeare’s play Winter’s Tale?
Ans- Leontes.
78- What was the name of the King of Scotland murdered by Mecbeth in the play Macbeth?
Ans-Duncan
79- Shylock is a character in Shakespeare’s-
Ans- Merchant of Venice.
80- “Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend.” By whom are these lines spoken in Hamlet?
Ans- Polonius.
81- Leontes is the king of-
Ans- Sicilly.
82- Which play of Shakespeare is known to be his most delightful comedy?
Ans-Twelfth Night.
83- Who is known as the fourth-witch among Shakespeare’s women characters?
Ans-Lady Macbeth.
84-The lines”There’s a divinity that shapes our ends,Rough-hew them how we will.” are from the play-
Ans- Hamlet.
85- Which play of Shakespeare did inspire Milton to write Comus?
Ans-The Tempest.
86- Who is Hamlet’s beloved in Hamlet ?
Ans-Ophelia.
87- The name of Macbeth’s wife in the Shakespearean play is-Cordelia /Calpurnia/Desdemona /None of the above.
Ans-None of the above
88- In which play of Shakespeare the hero dies at the end of 4th act, but the play continues to V act ?
Ans-Antony and Cleopatra.
89- Who said that The Tempest plan is regular ?
Ans- Johnson.
90- The line “Life is a tale told by an idiot”has been taken from- .
Ans- Macbeth.
91- Who has spoken the following words in Shakespeare’s Macbeth ?
“The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures; ‘its the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil”
A. First wtitch . B. Second witch
C. Third witch. D. None of these
Ans- D.None of these (These lines are spoken by Lady Macbeth)
92- In which Play the hero and heroine die together?-
A.Antony and Cleopatra B.Othello
C. Romeo and Juliet D.Macbeth
Ans–C
93- Which play of Shakespeare has North’s Version of Plutarch’s ‘Life of Cauis Martius Coriolanus as its source ? Ans- Coriolanus.
94- Who said “Ohters abide our question, thou art free” about Shakespeare?
Ans -Matthew Arnold.
95- Trace in the following list, the play which does not belong to the category to which the rest do:
A.Othello B.King Lear
C.Hamlet D.The Tempest
Ans -D
96- which of the following is not a Roman play? :A Antony & Cleopatra. B. coriolanus
C.Titus andronicus D. Timon of Athens
Ans -D
97-Who acted as the chorus throughout the play in Shakespeare’s Pericles? Ans-Gower.
98- The collective name given to some of Pre shakespearean playwrights, like Marlow, Kyd Peele and Green –
Ans-University wits.
99- In its mingling of tragedy and comedy the English novel reveals the influence of —Ans-Shakespeare.
100- Whom does Polonius send to France to spy on Laertes? Ans-Reynaldo.
101-The lines “Cowards die many times before their deaths ,The valiant never tastes of death but once !” has been taken from-Ans-Julius Caesar.
102- “Hang there like fruit, My soul,
Till the tree die.” who speaks these lines in Shakespeare’s play Cymbeline?
Ans- Posthumous.
103- Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra are Shakespeare’s-
Ans-Roman plays.
104- How many characters die during the course of the play Hamlet? Ans-Eight.
105- Who speaks the following lines in merchant of Venice?
“The quality of Mercy is not strained,
It droppeth at the gentle rain from heaven, Upon the place beneath; it is twice blessed,
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.” Ans-Portia.
106- “Hang there like fruit, my soul,
Till the tree die.” Who considers these lines as ” The tenderest lines in Shakespeare .”?
Ans-Tennyson
107- Who wrote a critical work “Shakespeare and his Predecessors” ?
Ans-Frederick Boas.
108- The lines ,”To be or not to be”who spoke in the play Hamlet? Ans- Hamlet.
109- The famous lines-
“The lunatic, the lover, and the poet
Are of imagination all compact”
who speaks in A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Ans–Theseus.
110- The song ” When daffodils begin to peer” is taken from the Play of Shakespeare? Ans -The Winter’s Tale.
111. “In Milton there is always an appearance of effort; in Shakespeare scarcely any”who made this remark? ———— Matthew Arnold.
112- “With this key (Sonnet) Shakespeare unlocked his heart.”The words are from ——-Wordsworth.
113- “This Royal throne Of Kings this sceptred Isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden,Demi-Paradise.”who speaks these lines in Richard II ? ——John of Gaunt.
114-Auden’s ‘The Sea and the Mirror’ was inspired by Shakespeare’s play —– The Tempest.
115-Dryden’s play dealing with the story of Antony and Cleopatra is named — All For Love.
116-Who remarked in Shakespeare’s tragedies “Character is not Destiny, but there is Character and Destiny”? —- Nicoll.
117-Who is the messenger of the Fairies in The Tempest? —–Ariel.
118- Which poem was contributed by Shakespeare to Robert Chester’s Love’s Martyr ? —-The Phoenix And The Turtle.
119-The romantic comedy the Spanish Gypsy by Thomas Middleton bears some similarities with Shakespeare’s . —-As You Like It.
120- “How came he dead? I’ll not be juggled with: To hell, allegiance! Vows, to the blackest devil!” Who speaks these lines in Hamlet? —-Laertes.
121- “Dear son of a memory, great heir of fame. “Who said this about Shakespeare ? —-Milton.
122- Coriolanus, Coriolanus is the surname of —— Caius Marcius.
123-What is Rape of Lucrece ? —- A narrative poem of Shakespeare.
124-“If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it.” Which play of Shakespeare opens with this line ? —- Twelfth Night
125 -” Marlowe simply prepared the way for the master who was to follow.” Who is the master referred to in this remark? —-Shakespeare.
126- what is the name of the wife of Pericles in Shakespeare’s play Pericles?
A. Marina B.Thaisa
B.Dionyza. D. None of These
Ans -D
127-“The time is out of Joint! O cursed Sprite, That ever I was born to set it right.” who made this speech in Hamlet?
A. Polonius . B.Ophelia
C. Hamlet D. None of these
Ans-C
128- “We are such stuff
As dreams are made of, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep.” Who speaks these lines in The Tempest ?
A. Mirinda. B. Prospero.
C. Ferdinand . D. Gonzalo
Ans-B
129- What is the source of Shakespeare’s Winter’s Tale? —-Greene’s Pondosto.
130- Shakespeare was educated at the University of —
A. London B. Cambridge
C. Cambridge D.None of these
Ans- D
131- About Total’s Miscellany a character in Shakespeare’s play says, “I had rather than Forty shillings I had my book of songs and Sonnets here.”What is the name of speaker and the play ?
A. Prospero in the tempest.
B. Polonius in Hamlet.
C. Slender in The Merry Wives of Windsor
D. Feste in Twelfth Night
Ans-C
132-The song.” Jog on, jog on, the footpath way” is taken from the play of Shakespeare —–The Winter’s Tale.
133- “He was not of an age,but for all times; Nature herself was proud of his designs !” Who praises Shakespeare in these lines ? —-Ben Jonson.
134-Forbidden planet, a science fiction flim inspired by Shakespeare’s play —-The Tempest.
135-Hamlet’s dilemma in Act lll, Scene II ‘To be or not to be…?’ means-
A.To kill claudius or not to kill him?
B. To kill Gertrude or not to kill him?
C.To marry Ophelia or not to marry her?
D.To live or to die?
Ans-D
136-Which of the following plays does not belong to the group of Shakespeare’s great tragedies?
A. Hamlet B. Macbeth
C. Measure For Measure . D. Other
Ans- C.
137 -Forbiden Planet , a science fiction filim came out in the year. —1954
138- Shakespeare is the grandest thing we have yet done…….. Indian Empire will go, at any rate, some day but this; Shakespeare does not go; he lasts forever with.”who remarked this about Shakespeare? —-Carlyle.
139-Rape of Lucrece is written in stanza of-
A. 3 Lines B. 6 Lines C.7 lines D.8 Lines
Ans.C
140-What is the dominating passon in Othello? —Jealousy.
141-The line,”The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” is taken from the play —Henry vi 2
142-To whom did Shakespeare dedicate poems ‘Venus and Adonis’ and ‘The Rape of the Lucrece’
A. Earl of Southampton. B.Dark lady
C. His wife . D. None of These
Ans-A
143-What was the name of Macbeth’s wife?
A. Cordelia B.Calpurnia C. Portia . D. None Of these
Ans-D
144-At the banquet, Macbeth sees the ghost of-
A.Banqo B.Duncon
C.Macduf D. Lady Macbeth
Ans-A
145-How many sonnets are addressed to ‘W.H’.by Shakespeare?
A. 125 B. 124. C. 122. D. 126
Ans-D
146-What was the name of the daughter of Prospero in The Tempest ?
A. Miranda. B. Viola
C. Portia . D. Calpurnia
Ans-A
147-“The rest is silence” Who speaks these words before his death in Hamlet?
A. Hamlet. B. Polonius
B. Laertes. D.Claudiu
Ans-A
148-How many sonnets are addressed to ‘Dark Lady’ by Shakespeare?
A. 27. B.26. C. 29. D. 28
Ans-D
149-How many daughters had King Lear?
A .Two B.Three C.Four D.Five
Ans -B
150-Juliet, the heroine of Romeo and Juliet was…….. years old.
A. 13 B. 14 C. 16 D.18
Ans-B
151-In which play Shakespeare has presented ‘a royal criminal’?
A. King Lear. B. Henry IV
C. Richard III D.Henry VIII
Ans. C
152-In As You Like It, Rosalind loves-
Ans-Orlando
153-Who has written the critical essay ‘Shakespeare’s English Kings’?
Ans-Walter Pater.
154-The Comedy of Errors, William Shakespeare’s shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, is based on-
A. Hollished Chronicle
B.Lives of Plutarch
C. Menarchemi by Plautus
D. None of these
Ans-C
155-Shylock, the Jew is a character in the play-
A. Merchant of Venice. B. Hamlet
C. Mecbeth . D. Othello
Ans -A
156-What is the name of the wife of Brutus in Julius Caesar?
A.Viola B. Portia. C. Mirinda D. Ophelia Ans -B 157-What is the dominant note in Shakespeare’s tragedies?
A. Supernaturalism. B.Destiny is character
C.Character is destiny D. Heroism
Ans-C
158-“Affection may one day smile again; and till then, sit thee down,sorrow”this line has been taken from Shakespeare’s play-
A. Hamlet B.Love’s Labour Lost.
C.Macbeth . D. Comedy of Errors
Ans-B
159-What is the name of the school master in the Play Love’s labour lost?
A. Sebastian B.Robert
C. Holoferness . D.Tony
Ans-C.
160-Claudious murdered Hamlet’s father by pouring poison into his-
A.Ears B.Nose . C.Mouth D.Eyes
Ans-A
161-Which one is the right chronological order of Shakespeare’s major tragedies?
A. Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
B. Hamlet ,King Lear,Mecbeth, Othello
C. Hamlet,Macbeth, Othello, King Lear D.Macbeth,King Lear, Hamlet ,Othello
Ans- A
162-Characters of Shakespeare’s plays is a collection of lectures by-
A.Lamb B. Hazlitt C.Walter Pater D.Bradley
Ans-B
163-When took place the defeat of Aramda?
A.1554 B.1566 C1590 D.1588
Ans-D
164-Shakespeare used in his pays mostly-
A. Heroic couplet . B.Verse Libre
C. Blank verse. D. Rhyme royal .
Ans-C
165-What is the main source of Shakespeare’s All is Well That Ends Well?
A.Hoinshed Chronicles B. Lives of Plutarch
C.Boccaccio’s Decameron (Day 3 Tale 9)
D. Greens’s Pondosto
Ans-C
166.A.C.Bradley has written to famous books of criticism (1) Shakespearean Tragedy and (2)-
A. Elizabethan drama
B.Shakespeare’s Early Plays
C.Shakeaspeare and Religion
D. Oxford lectures on poetry
Ans-D
167-Venus and Adonis is dedicated to-
A. Baron of Titchfield
B. Earl Of Southampton
C. Henry Wrothesly
D. All of these
Ans-D
168-Shakespeare’s sonnets are in the form-
A. Three quatrains and a rhyming couplet B. One octave and a sestet
C. Seven Heroic Couplets
D. Three quatrains followed by unrhymed couplet
Ans- A
169-In the very end of Shakespeare’s play a proposal was made to Isabella by –
A. Claudio B.Lucio C .Angelo D. The Duke
Ans-D
170.”Give thy thoughts no tongue,
nor any unproportioned thought his act”
These lines have been taken from the Play-A-Othello B- Hamlet C-Macbeth D. King Lear
Ans- B
171-Which play of Shakespeare is unfinished ?
A. Winter’s Tale B. Cymbeline
C. Pericles . D. Henry VIII
Ans- D
172-The early plays of Shakespeare were written between-
A. 1597-1626 B. 1598-1614
C. 1589-1595 . D. 1600-1607
Ans -C
172-In Othello ,who is ‘a gull’d gentleman’ in love with Desdimona-
A. Othello B.Cassio C.Roderigo D. Iago
Ans-C
173-“Things without all remedy
Should be without regard: what is done is done “These lines are from the Play-
A.Macbeth. B.Hamlet
C.Julius Caesar D.Othello
Ans -A
174-When was First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays published?
A. 1613 B. 1622 C. 1623 D. 1633
Ans-C
175-How many plays were in first folio Edition ?
A. 30 . B. 32. C. 36 . D. 37
Ans-36
176-Which play was not included in first Folio Edition ?
A. Cimbeline B.Pericles
C.Winter’s Tale . D. Henry VIII
Ans-B
177.What were the names of two friends of Shakespeare who published the First Folio edition of his plays?
A. Henry and John B.Robert and Fleming
C.Hemings and Candell D.Johan & Tony
Ans-C
178-It is said that Shakespeare based his Julius Caesar on certain incidents of his era.
This is-
A.The rebellion of the Duke Essex
B. Supermacy on land and sea
C.The formation of trade relation with the east
D. The execution of sir Walter Raleigh
Ans -A
179-Who disguises himself as a lunatic begger in King Lear ?
A.Oswald. B.Edger C.Cornwall. D.Albany Ans -A
180-From which play of Shakespeare has the following line been taken?
Life’s but walking shadow..…..
A Tempest. B.Richard II C.MacbethD.Hamlet
Ans- C
181-Who remarked about Shakespeare “In a word, he is the universal poet”?
A.Arnold . B.T.S.Eliot C.Albert D.Long
Ans-Long
183. Macbeth is regarded as the tragedy of-A.Overleaping ambition
B.Excessive of pride
C. Noble in action
D.Jealousy of nature
Ans- A
184-Who is the king of Scotland in the beginning of Shakespeare’s Macbeth ?
A.Macduf B.Duncan C.Malcolm D.Banquo
Ans-B
185.In which Play of Sakespeare has the following speech been made by Iago-
“How poor are they that have not patience , What wound did ever heal but by degrees?
A.Hamlet B.King Lear C.Mackbeth D.Othello
Ans -D
186-“To study nature in his works is like exploring a new and beautiful country” These lines are told by Long about-
A.Milton B.Shelley C.Shakespeare.D.T.S.Eliot
Ans-C
187-Which play of Shakespeare has been described by T.S. Eliot as “an artistic failure”
A. Hamlet B.Macbeth
C. King Lear D.Othello
Ans- A
188-Who murdered Duncan?
A. Macbeth B. Lady Macbeth
C.Mecduff. D.Melcolm
And -A
189-From which play the following speech has been taken?
“Trifle light as a air
Are to Jealous confirmations strong
As proofs of holy writ”
A.Hamlet B.Macbeth C.Othello D.King Lear
. Ans- C
190-Who said about Shakespeare,”I do not remember that any book or person or event in my life ever made so great an impression upon me as the plays of Shakespeare”?
A. Bradley B.Green . C.Nash D.Goethe
Ans-D
191-In which play of Shakespeare the battle of Actium takes place?
A. Julius Caesar B.Antony and Cleopatra
B. King Lear . D.Merchant of Venice
And -B
192-Which play of Shakespeare has been called by TS Eliot as “an artistic success”
A.Hamlet B.Macbeth C.Othello D. King Lear Ans- B
193-From which play the following lines have been taken?
“Men are April when they woo, December when they wed : maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives”
A.Twelfth Night. B. The Tempest
C.Hamlet . D.As You Like It
Ans- D
194 -Who remarked about Shakespeare, ” Shakespeare and the king’s James Bible are the two great conservators of the English speech ; and one who habitually reads then find himself possessed of a style and vocabulary that are beyond criticism”
A- Ben Jonson B.Colridge C.Long D.Rickett
Ans-C
195-Which of the following writers is noted for what keats called ‘Negative Capability’ A.Milton B.Sheley.
C.Tennyson D.Shakespeare
Ans- D
196 -Who speaks in the play Romeo and Juliet “The clock strook nine when I did send the nurse.”?
A. Juliet B.Friar . C.Romeo D.Nurse
Ans-A
197-“Men must endure
Their going hence as their coming hither:
Ripeness is all”
These lines are from Shakespeare’s play-
A.Macbet B. Tempest C. Knig Lear D.Hamlet
Ans-C
198- When Nicholas Rowe published Life of Shakespeare the first ?
A-1705. B.1709 C.1809 D.1808
Ans-B
199 -Which play was being performed when Globe theatre burnt down in 1613?
A. Henry IV B. Henry VIII
C.Tempest. D.Twelfth night
Ans-D
200-The two families Montagues and copulates are in Shakespeare’s plays-
A. Tempest . B. Comedy of Errors
C. King Lear D.Romeo and Juliet
Ans-D
201-The famous line ‘He that sleeps feels not the toothache.’ has been taken from-
A. Henry IV B. Henry VIII B.Merchant of Venice . D.Cymbeline
Ans- D
202-“Age cannot wither her nor custom stale /har infinite variety”who speaks these lines in Antony and Cleopatra in act ii scene II
A.Antoy B.Caeser C.Octavia D. Enobarbus
And -D
203-Which of the following flowers does the Mad Ophelia not give away ?
A.violets B.pansies
C.Rosemary D.columbines
Ans-A
204- What is the relation between Antony and Julius Caesar in the play Julius Caesar ?
A. Friendship . B. Enemity
C. Conspiracy D. No relation
Ans-A
205-The following lines –
“Men’s evil manners live in brass ;their virtues
We write in water” are from-
A.Henry IV B. Henry VIII
C.King Lear D.Hamlet
Ans-B
206 -What were the names of two theatres partly on owned by Shakespeare?
Ans-the Globe and Blackfriars.
207-In which shakespearean play does Curan appear?
A. Macbeth B.Othello C. King Lear D.Hamlet
Ans-C
208-By whom was a military funeral given to Hamlet in Shakespeare’s play Hamle?
A. Bernardo B.Francsico
C. Voltimand D. Fortinbras
Ans -D
209-“Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale, Vaxing the dull ear of a drowsy man”these lines have been taken-
A.King John B.Henry IV
C. The tempest D.Othello
Ans-A
210-In which two plays Shakespeare collaborated with Marlow ?
A. King Lear and Othello
B. Twelfth Night and The Tempest
C. Henry VIII and Titus andronicus
D. Henry IV and Richard III
Ans-D
211-Which is the other play then Tempest by Shakespeare that observes the classical unities?
A. Julius Caesar B.Hamlet
C.Othello D.Comedy of Errors
Ans- D
212-Who is Fotinbras?
A. Hamlet’s agent B.Ophelia’s brother
C. Prince of Norway D.Ophelia’s lover
Ans-C
213-From which play the following line has been taken”Hanging and wiving goes by destiny”
A Titus andronicus B.Cymbeline
C.Pericles. D. Merchant of Venice
Ans- D
214-With whom Shakespeare collabrated in Henry VIII?
A.Nash .B. Fletcher C. Marlowe. D. Lodge
Ans-B
215-Who is the heroine in Shakespeare’s The Tempest?
A .Viola . B. Portia .C.Miranda D.Beatrice
Ans-C
216-Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure is a-
A. Tragedy B. Comedy
C. History play D.Tragi-Comedy
Ans- B
217-“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind” These lines have been taken from-
A.Pericles B.Cymeline
.C.Othello D. A Mid Summer Nights Dream
Ans-d
218-What is the name of the play in which Shakespeare show Fallstaff in love on the demand of Queen?
A. Henry IV B. Henry VIII
C. Merry wives of Windsor . D. King John
Ans-C
219-“Whoever loved that loved not at first sight?” Shakespeare used it in As You Like It, but who is the composer of this immotal line?
A.Shakeaspeare: Hamlet B.Marlowe:Phebe
C.Kyd:Celia . D.Thomas lodge Rosalind
Ans- B
220-What is the subtitle of Othello?
A. Prince of Thyre B. Prince of Denmark
C. All is true . D.Moor Of Venice
Ans-D
221.The famous line “Things sweet in taste prove in digestion spur” has been taken from-
A.Henry VIII. B.Pericles
C. Richard II . D. The Tempest
Ans-C
222-Who,among the following English playwrights, scripted the film Shakespeare in Love ?
A. Harold Pinter B.Alan Bennett
C. Caryl Churchill D.Tom stopped
Ans-D
223-Shakespeare’s contemporary was-
A. Milton B.Chaucer C.Eliot D.Ben Jonson
Ans-D
224-What can be the best explanation for the character of John falstaff in Shakespeare’s Henry IV?
A. simple B. complex C. novices D.caricature
Ans- D
225-When did Shakespeare’s King Lear come out?
A .1602 B 1604 C.1605 D.1608
Ans- C
226-“Virtues itself tuns vice, being miss applied; And vice sometimes by action dignified”these lines have been taken from-
A.King Lear. B.The Tempest
C. Henry VIII D. Romeo and Juliet
Ans- D
227-“On Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth” is a longer essay by-
A. G. Wilson Knight B. A.C. Bradley
C. Thomas De Quincey D. F.R. Leavis
Ans- C
228-Name the writer who wrote on Shakespeare -‘The Wheel of Fire’, ‘The Imperial Theme’, ‘The shakespearean Tempest’ and ‘ The Crown of Life’.
A.Bradley B.Long C. Wilson night D.Walter
Ans-C
229-In which play of Shakespeare do the character ‘Voltimand’ and ‘Cornelius’ appear ?
A. The Merchant of Venice B.Hamlet
C. Much Ado About Nothing D.Mcbeth
Ans -B
230- Which play of Shakespeare was probably written in collaboration with Middleton ?
A-Titus Andronicus . B. Henry VIII C.Henry IV D.Timon of Athens
Ans- D
231-Which of the undermentioned plays of Shakespeare is not a tragedy?
A.Macbeth B. Hamlet
C. Twelfth night D.Othello
Ans -C
232-Shakespeare sonnet has the following rhyme scheme-
A . ABBA, ABBA, CDCDCD
B. ABAB, BCBC, CD CD EE
C. ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG
D. ABBA, ABBA, CDCD, EE
And –C
233-To which character the following lines applied- “Helen’s cheek, but not her heart Cleopatra’s majestiy
Atlanta’s beter part
Sad Lucretia’s modesty “
A. Miranda in The Tempest
B. Rosalind in As You Like it
C .Portia in Merchant of Venice
D. Olivia in Twelfth Night
Ans-B
234-From which playwright Shakespeare borrowed the formula of romantic comedy?
A. Green B.Nash C. Thomas Lodge D.Lyly
Ans-A
235-Whose ghost haunts Macbeth who in Macbeth?
A. Macduf B. Duncan C.Ross D.Banquo
Ans-D
236- sexual jealousy is a theme in Shakespeare’s –
A. The Merchant of Venice B. The Tempest
C. Othello D.King Lear
Ans- C
237-“Diana’s lip
Is not more smooth and rubious, thy small pipe
Is as the maidens organ,shirill and sound, for whom these lines used-
A.Desdimona B .Miranda
C.Rosalind D.Viola
Ans -D
238-What was the cause of closing theatre between1590 and 1593 in London?
A. Fatal Fever B.Bubonic Plague
C . People oposed D.None of these
Ans- B
239-In the end of the play Macbeth, who is made the king of Scotland-
A.Macbeth. B.Malcom
B.Donalbain . D.Siward
Ans-B
240-Sexual possessiveness is a theme of Shakespeare’s-
A. Julius Caesar B.Henry IV part 1
C.Midsummer night’s dreams D.Coriolanous
Ans -C
241-Which is a farce full of boisterous fun and laughter?
A.King Lear . B. Romeo and Juliet
C.Julius Caesar. D. Love’s Labour Lost
Ans—D
242-The longest word ‘ lHonorificabilitudinitatibus’ was used by Shakespeare in the play-
A. Twelfth night B. Julius Caesar
C. King Lear D. Love’s Labour Lost
Ans-D
243-In Macbeth,Malcolm is the son of-
A. Macbeth . B.Duncon
C. Banquo . D.Macduf
Ans- C
244-When my love swears that she is made of truth / I do believe her, though I know she lies.” The author of these line is-
A. Philip Sidney
B. Edmund spenser
C. Cristopher Marlow
D. William Shakespeare
Ans-D
245-In which category do you divide Hamlet, King Lear, Othello and Macbeth of William Shakespeare?
A. Great Comedies . B.Great Tragedies
C. Great Romance . D.Roman Plays
Ans-B
246-Who wrote, “Lilies that fester smell far worse then weeds”
A. Wordsworth B.Milton
C.Galsworthy D.Shakespear
Ans-D
247.From Which work of Shakespeare the following line has been taken?
“Lilies that fester smell far worse then weeds”
A. Venus and Adonis B.King Lear
C.Macbeth . D.The Sonnet 94
Ans-D
248-In As You Like It, who accompanies Rosalind to the forest of Arden –
A.The Duke .B.Orlando C. Oliver. D.Celia
Ans-D
249-Which one is not a source of Shakespeare’s The merchant of Venice?
A. Golding’s translations
B.Giovanni Fiorentino’s Collection of novelle
C.Munday’s Zelauto
D.Gesta Romanorum
Ans-A
250-“Ripeness is all” is a line from-
A. Hamlet B.King Lear C.Othello D.Macbeth
Ans-B
251-The Tempest, Pericles ,Cymbiline and The winter’s tale are the last plays of Shakespeare.They are neither purely comedies nor purely tragedies hence they are categorised as :
A. Comedy with Tragedy
B. Dramatic monologue
C. Dramatic Romances
D. Mosque Plays
Ans- C
252- Which Writer shows The War of Roses in his works?
A. John Dryden B.Marlow
C.Matthew Arnold. D. Shakespeare
Ans-D
253-Barnabe Riche’s Farewell to Militare Profession (1581) the story of “Apolonius and Sillia is a source of famous work of Shakespeare-
A. winter’s tale
B. Julius Caesar
C. Twelfth Night
D. The Merchant of Venice
Ans- C
254-What is the subtitle of twelfth night?
A. All is True. B.Moor of Venice
C. What you Will D. Prince of Tyre
Ans- C
255-Katherina and Bianca are two sisters in Shakespeare’s comedy-
A. Comedy of Errors
B. Twelfth Night
C As You Like It
D. Taming of the Shrew
Ans-D
256-In the Comedy of Errors, the twin brothers have the same name .What is the name?
A. Nikola .B. Bianca .C. Emilia D. Antipholus
Ans-D
257-Which daughter of King Lear has real love for his father?
A. Gonril B. Regan C- Cordelia D.Geronil
Ans-C
258-Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens was written in the year –
A.1601 B.1605 C.1607 D.1608
Ans-B
259-Who is the speaker of the line “When sorrows come, they come not in spies, but in battalions” in Hamlet?
A.Hamlet B.Ophelia C.Claudius D.Polonius
Ans-C
260-Who fell in love with lady Beaufort?
A. Henry VIII B.Edward II
C. Henry VII D.King James I
Ans-D
261-Puck is a character in the play-
A.The Tempest
B.Mackbeth
C.Measure for Measure.
D.A Midsummer Night’s dream
Ans-D
262-The love affair of Silvious and Phebe takes place in the play-
A.Julius Caesar. B. As You Like It
C.Measur for Measure D Winter’s Tale
Ans-B
263-Who said, “Shakespeare’s story requires Romans or Kings, but he thinks only on man?
A.Arnold
B.Wordsworth
C.Johnson
D. Dryden
Ans- C
264-“When my love swears that she is made of truth / I do believe her, though I know she lies.” the author of these lines is-
A. Philip Sidney.
B. Edmund Spenser
C.Christopher Marlowe
D.William Shakespeare
Ans-D
265.Which is the swan song of Shakespeare?
A.King Lear . B. Midsummer Night’s Dream
B.Pericles D. The Tempest
Ans-D
266. Which work of his own Shakespeare called ‘the first heir of invention’?
A .The Rape of Lucrece B.Venus and Adonis
C. As You Like It D.Cymbiline
Ans-B
267-The story of Hamlet takes place in-
A. Bratain
B .Rome
C.Denmark
D.Venice
Ans-C
268-“When icicles hang by the wall”appears in Shakespeare’s play-
A. The merchant of Venice
B. The Comedy of Error
C. Love’s Labour Lost
D. The Winter’s Tale
Ans-C
269-Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus is-
A.Tragedy . B.Romance C. Comedy D. Mime
Ans-A
270-What is the source of Julius Caesar?
A. Holinshed Chronicle
B. North’s Translation of Plutarch’s Lives
C . Roman History
D. None of these
Ans-B
271-Shakespeare Othello is a-
A. Comedy
B. Tragedy
C . Roman play
D. History Play
Ans-B
272-In Macbeth, who was “from his mother’s womb untimely ripp’d”?
A. Macbeth
B.Malcom
C.Lady Macbeth
D.Macduff
Ans-D
273-From which play the song “the spotted snakes with double tongue” is taken from the play-
A. Julius Caesar
B.The Tempest
C. Twelfth Night
D.A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Ans-D
274-Who said, “Pray; you now, forget and forgive?
A. Hamlet
B .King Lear
C. Macbeth
D.Twelfth Night
And-B
275-Shakspeare’s historical plays present the history of England from-
A.1066-1400
B.1200-1278
C.1485-1603
D.1200-1550
Ans-D
276-How many lectures are in Bradley’s Shakespearen Tragedy?
A.10
B.11
C.12
D.13
Ans- A
277-Othello was based on-
A.Lodge’s Rsalynde
B.Holished Chronicle
C.Roman plays
D.An Italian Tale in Hocatommithi
Ans-D
278-The Globe Theater opened in :
A 1585
B.1593
C.1599
D.1603
Ans-C
279-How many lines do the Tempest contain ?
A.20068
B.2000
C .3078
D.2068
Ans-D
280-Who wrote- ‘Tiger’s heart wrapt in a players hide’ about Shakespeare?
A. BenJonson
B.Philip Sidney
C. Green
D. Marlow
Ans-C
281- Troilus s Criseyde is the name of a
A. Novel
B.Short story
C.Play
D.Poem
282-In which play is Lucius elected emperor in the very end of the play?
A . Coriolanus
B. Julius Caesar
C. Titus Andronicus
D. Macbeth
Ans- C
283-In which play of Shakespeare does Forest of Arden exist?
A Comedy of Errors
B. Julius Caesar
C. Merchant of Venice
D. As You Like it
Ans-D
284- What is the name of the Duke in twelfth night?
A. Sebastian
B .Cesario
C.Molvolio
D.Orsino
Ans-D
285-Who tells Hamlet that his father was murdered by Claudius?
A. Polonius
B. Ophelia
C.His Mother
D.His father’s ghost
Ans-D
286-In Macbeth, who kills Macbeth
A.Banquo
B.Duncan
C.Malcolm
D.Macduf
Ans-D
287-Out of 154 sonnets, 126 of Shakespeare’s sonnets are addressed to-
A. Dark Lady
B.Mr W.H.
C.Queen Elizabeth
D. Lady Penelope
Ans-B
288-How many sonnets are addressed to Dark Lady?
A. 26
B. 28
C. 29
D.126
Ans-A
289-In which play of Shakespeare Cordelia is a character?
A. Macbeth
B. Hamlet
C. King Lear
D. Othello
Ans-C
290-In The Tempest the name of the magician is-
A. Ferdinand
B.Aereial
C.Antonio
D.Prospero
Ans-D
291-Which play of Shakespeare has been regarded as “one of Shakespeare’s most assured artistic success” by TS Eliot?
A.King Lear
B. Hamlet
C. Coriolanus
D.Twelfth Night
Ans-C
292-Which of the following shakespearean plays is in the correct chronological order?
A. King Lear, Hamlet, Much Ado…, Troilus and cressida
B.Much Ado… ,Hamlet, King Lear , Troilus and Cressida
C.Troilus and Cressida, King Lear, Hamlet , Much Ado…
D.Hamlet, Much Ado…, King Lear, Troilus and Cressida
Ans-B
293-Who’s the speaker of these lines?
“All the World’s a Stage,
And all the men and women merely players”
A. Shakespeare
B.Prospero
C.Hamlet
D.Jaques
Ans-D
294-A critic has divided Shakespeare’s career symbolically as: The Country Mouse, The school of Love, The Garden of Eden, The Unweeded Garden, The Dark Tower Road to freedom and A World of Images. Who is this critic ?
A.Jonson
B-Donald Staufer
C.Bradley
D . None of these
Ans-B
295-Who wrote the tragic play Troilus and Cressida?
A.Chaucer
B.Black
C.Shakespeare
D. Johnson
Ans-C
296-In which play of Shakespeare the following monologue occurs?
“Honest plain words best pierce the ear of grief”
A. Hamlet
B.Othello
C. Merchant of Venice
D. Love’s labour Lost
Ans-D
297-Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus is –
A.Comedy
B. Tragedy
C. Romance
D. Mine
Ans-B
298-What is Shakespeare’s first Roman Tragedy?
A-Romeo and Julliet
B. Macbeth
C Titus Andronicus
D. Julius Caesar
Ans-C
299-Who killed themselves at the battle of Philippi?
A. Brutus and Cassius
B. Cassius and Casca
C.Casca and Antony
D. Brutus and Antony
Ans-A
300-Who rejects of Ophelia’s love in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet?
A.Hamlet
B.Claudius
C. Lucianus
D.Laertes
Ans-A
301-The line “Present fears are less than horrible imaginings” appear in :
A. Macbeth
B. King Lear
C.Othello
D. Julius Caesar
Ans- A
302-From which play of Shakespeare the following lines have been taken?
“The Quality of Mercy is not strained,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon place beneath”
A. A Mid Summer Night Dream
B. Julius Caesar
C. Merchant of Venice
D . Twelfth Night
Ans-C
303-“A little water clears us of the deed” Who says and to whom?
A. Hamlet to Polonius
B. Lady Macbeth to Macbeth
C. Ophelia to Hamlet
D. Macduff to Malcolm
Ans-B
304-Promos and Cassandra is the source of Shakespeare’s play-
A. As You Like It
B.Twelfth Night
C.Othello
D. Measure for Measure
Ans-D
305-Who makes the right choice of the Leaden casket in merchant of Venice?
A. Antonio
B. Prince of Morocco
C. Prince of Arragon
D. Bassanio
Ans-D
306-The Jew of Venice , which is an adaptation of The Merchant of Venice was written by-
A. Green
B. Thomas Lodge
C. George Granville
D. Shakespeare
Ans-C
307- “It is not the fashion to see the lady” it is a monologue in Shakespeare’s play-
A. Twelfth night
B. The Tempest
C. The Merchant of Venice
D. As you like it
Ans-D
308-Who is slain in the Senate house by the conspirators in Julius Caesar ?
A. Brutus
B. Caesar
C. Antony
D. Cassiuas
Ans-B
309-Ophelia was the sister of-
A. Gertrude
B. Claudius
C. Polonius
D. Laertes
Ans-D
310-Balthazar is a character in Shakespeare’s play-
A. Merchant of Venice
B. Measure for measure
C. Titus andronicus
D. Twelfth Night
Ans-A
311-The following line-
“Best men are moulded out of faults” is from-
A. Merchant of Venice
B. As you like it
C. Winter’s Tale
D. Measure for Measure
Ans-D
312-In which play of Shakespeare does the battle of Actium take place?
A. Macbeth
B. Hamlet
C. Antony and Cleopatra
D. Othello
Ans-C
313-Which character of Shakespeare has “the courtiers, soldier’s, scholar’s eye, tongue and sword?
A. Claudius
B. Hamlet
C . King Lear
D .Macbeth
Ans- B
314-The first folio of Shakespeare’s plays appeared in:
A .1664
B. 1631
C. 1623
D. 1650
Ans-C
315-How many plays were in first folio eddition of Shakespeare?
A. 37
B. 36
C. 35
D. 34
Ans-B
316-Which play of Shakespeare opens with the line ?
Fair is foul, foul is fair……
We sell meet again.
In Thunder, Lightning, or in rain
A Macbeth
B Henry VI
C. The Tempest
D. Love’s Labour Lost
Ans- A Macbeth
317-Who said about Shakespeare, “Small Latin and Less Greek” ?
A . Dr Johnson
B. Ben Johnson
C. Dryden
D. Milton
Ans -B
318-Who wrote Shakespearean comedy( 1938 ) and Shakespearean tragedy (1948) ?
A.Verity
B . Bradley
C Dowden
D. H.B. Charlton
Ans- D
319- The books The Time is Out of Joint (1948) and The Time is Free 1949 of Roy walker are on:
A . Shakespeare’s Biography
B. Shakespearean Criticism
C. Miltonic Criticism
D. Shakespeare’s Comedies
Ans- B
320. Who wrote the play Promos and Cassandra ?
A. Peter
B. Wilson
C. Whetstone
D. Charlton
Ans- C
321. In which play of Shakespeare, the king speaks the monologue “I would I had that corporal soundness now?”
A. Henry VI
B. All is Well That Ends Well
C. Measure for Measure
D. Cymbeline
Ans- B
322. Shakespeare’s Period of early experimental work is between:
A. 1557-1577
B. 1577-1593
C. 1593- 1605
D. 1600-1608
Ans- B
323. Pick out the stranger:
A. Henry VI
B. Hamlet
C. Edward II
D. Titus Andronicus
Ans- C
324. In as You Like It who accompanies Rosalind to the Forest of Arden-
A. Celia
B. Orlando
C. Oliver
D. The Duke
Ans- A
325. From which play of Shakespeare the lyric “Under the Greenwood tree” is taken?
A. As You Like it
B. Twelfth night
C. The Tempest
D. Hamlet
Ans- A
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