Shakespeare MCQs Questions Answers Quiz for Practice

1. In which year was William Shakespeare born?

1. 1534
2. 1564
3. 1594

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

1. 1592
2. 1596
3. 1600

3. During his lifetime, Shakespeare wrote a total of

1. 28 plays and 144 sonnets
2. 38 plays and 154 sonnets
3. 48 plays and 164 sonnets

4. How old was Shakespeare when he died?

1. 47 years old
2. 52 years old
3. 57 years old

5. How old was Shakespeare when he married Anne Hathaway?

1. 16 years old
2. 17 years old
3. 18 years old

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

1. Romeo and Juliet
2. The Tempest
3. Twelfth Night

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

1. The Merry Wives of Windsor
2. Othello
3. A Midsummer Nights bream

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

1. Alls Well That Ends Well
2. As You Like It
3. King Lear

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

1. Taming of the Shrew
2. The Merry Wives of Windsor
3. Macbeth

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

1. Henry V
2. Much Ado About Nothing
3. Romeo and Juliet

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

1. The Merchant of Venice
2. Hamlet
3. Comedy of Errors

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.

1. The Merchant of Venice
2. Henry IV
3. Two Gentlemen of Verona

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

1. A Midsummer Nights bream
2. Titus Andronicus
3. Loves Labours Lost

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

1. Stratford-upon-Avon
2. Warwick
3. London

15. The play Macbeth was influenced by the 1605 Gunpowder Plot.

1. True Statement
2. False Statement