Shakespeare’s father John was elected an alderman in:
(a) 1565
(b) 1568
(c) 1567
(d) 1566
Question’s Answer: 1565
In play “Hamlet” the Prince Hamlet is. the prince of:
(a) Denmark
(b) Greece
(c) England
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Denmark
John Shakespeare married Mary Arden in:
(a) 1556
(b) 1559
(c) 1558
(d) 1557
Question’s Answer: 1557
William Shakespeare had:
(a) Two brothers and one sister
(b) Three brothers and two sisters
(c) One brother and one sister
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Three brothers and two sisters
Shakespeare grand father Richard was a:
(a) Artist
(b) Doctor
(c) Farmer
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Farmer
In “Hamlet”, Prince Hamlet arranges the play to confirm:
(a) Innocence
(b) Crime
(c) Guilt
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Guilt
Shakespeare bought a large house in:
(a) London
(b) Oxford
(c) Stratford
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Stratford
Shakespeare’s health began to fall at the age of:
(a) Sixty-two
(b) Fifty-two
(c) Sixty
(d) Fifty
Question’s Answer: Fifty
Hamlet’s ship is attacked by:
(a) Pirates
(b) Soldiers
(c) Robbers
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Pirates
Hamlet is sent by Claudius to:
(a) Greece
(b) Rome
(c) England
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: England
Shakespeare earned through play writing and other literary works:
(a) Two hundred pounds a year
(b) Four hundred pounds a year
(c) Three hundred pounds a year
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Three hundred pounds a year
Shakespeare was buried:
(a) One day after his death
(b) Four days after his death
(c) Two days after his death
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Two days after his death
“Elizabethean Age” was an age of:
(a) Great Events
(b) Chaos
(c) Peace
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Great Events
Which is not a play by Shakespeare?
(a) Dr. Faustus
(b) Macbeth
(c) Hamlet
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Dr. Faustus
Shakespeare was a:
(a) Novelist
(b) Dramatist
(c) Poet & Dramatist
(d) Poet
Question’s Answer: Poet & Dramatist
“Under this carved marble of thine own, a brave tragedian, Shakespeare,sleep alone”. On whom grave the inscription is given?
(a) W. Shakespeare
(b) Spencer
(c) John Milton
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: W. Shakespeare
Shakespeare belonged to the age of:
(a) Classical
(b) Medieval
(c) Renaissance
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Renaissance
Hamlet’s father is killed by:
(a) Claudius
(b) Horatio
(c) Gertrude
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Claudius
Who is Polonius?
(a) Claudius Counsellor
(b) Hamlet’s Friend
(c) A Servant
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Claudius Counsellor
“Shakespearean Tragedy” is a tragedy of:
(a) Fate
(b) Character
(c) Chance
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Character
Which following is not a tragedy written by Shakespeare?
(a) Merchant of Venice
(b) Othello
(c) Macbeth
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Merchant of Venice
The ghost of Hamlet’s father is first seen by:
(a) Marcellus
(b) Horatio
(c) Hamlet
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Marcellus
William Shakespeare was born in:
(a) 1562
(b) 1565
(c) 1564
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: 1564
Which is the last of Shakespeare’s great tragedies?
(a) Macbeth
(b) Hamlet
(c) Othello
(d) King Lear
Question’s Answer: King Lear
Who is the villain in “Hamlet”?
(a) Horatio
(b) Claudius
(c) lago
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Claudius
Ophelia becomes mad due to:
(a) Hamlet’s Infidelity
(b) Disease
(c) Her father’s Death
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Her father’s Death
How many months after her husband’s death Hamlet’s mother remained unmarried?
(a) A Year
(b) Three Months
(c) Two Months
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Two Months
Who is Leartes?
(a) Polonius Son
(b) Hamlet’s Friend
(c) Ophelia’s Brother
(d) Both (a) & (c)
Question’s Answer: Both (a) & (c)
Polonius is killed by:
(a) Hamlet
(b) Claudius
(c) Horatio
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Hamlet
Ophelia’s death was the result of:
(a) Drowning in the brook
(b) Committing Suicide
(c) Disease
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Drowning in the brook
Fencing Match was fought between:
(a) Hamlet and Fortinbras
(b) Hamlet and Horatio
(c) Leartes and Hamlet
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Leartes and Hamlet
Who is the heroine of Shakespeare’s play “Hamlet”?
(a) Cordelia
(b) Ophelia
(c) Portia
(d) Desdemona
Question’s Answer: Ophelia
Hamlet’s tragedy is due to his:
(a) Faulty Thinking
(b) Too Much Thinking
(c) Reflective Nature
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Reflective Nature
John Shakespeare was Shakespeare’s:
(a) Cousin
(b) Father
(c) Son
(d) Brother
Question’s Answer: Father
Who in the following is not the contemporary of Shakespeare?
(a) Keats
(b) Lyly
(c) Ben Johnson
(d) Marlow
Question’s Answer: Keats
The period between 1578 to 1625 is known as:
(a) The Elizabethan Age
(b) The Age of Milton
(c) The Age of Classicism
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: The Elizabethan Age
When Shakespeare was born, Queen Elizabeth had been reigning:
(a) Eight years
(b) Seven years
(c) Nearly six years
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Nearly six years
William Shakespeare was pressed into a hasty marriage by her friends at the age of:
(a) Fifteen
(b) Twenty
(c) Eighteen
(d) Twenty one
Question’s Answer: Eighteen
Shakespeare’s father-in-law was a:
(a) Doctor
(b) Artist
(c) Farmer
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Farmer
Shakespeare’s wife was:
(a) Eight years older than her husband
(b) Six years older than her husband
(c) Five years older than her husband
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Eight years older than her husband
A short time before 1586,Shakespeare lived the life of a Schoolmaster in a village:
(a) Near London
(b) Near Stratford
(c) Near Denmark
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Near Stratford
Shakespeare was married in:
(a) 1585
(b) 1583
(c) 1584
(d) 1582
Question’s Answer: 1582
Who were Ham net and Judith Sadler?
(a) Shakespeare’s Cousins
(b) Shakespeare’s Friends and Neighbours
(c) Shakespeare’s School-Fellows
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Shakespeare’s Friends and Neighbours
William Shakespeare was arrested in:
(a) 1588
(b) 1586
(c) 1887
(d) 1385
Question’s Answer: 1385
How much money was left by Hamnet at his death to Shakespeare”?
(a) Thirty-six shillings and Bight Pence
(b) Twenty-six shillings
(c) Thirty-five shillings
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Thirty-six shillings and Bight Pence
Shakespeare played the character of
(a) in “Hamlet”
(b) Adam in “As You Like It”
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Both (a) and (b)
Shakespeare acted with William Kemp and Richard Burbage, the leading actors of their time in:
(a) 1594
(b) 1593
(c) 1592
(d) 1595
Question’s Answer: 1594
Shakespeare went to London:
(a) Four years after his marriage
(b) Three years after his marriage
(c) Two years after his marriage
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Four years after his marriage
Shakespeare pass away in:
(a) 1619
(b) 1617
(c) 1618
(d) 1616
Question’s Answer: 1616
The Queen pass away because of
(a) Drinking Poisoned Drink
(b) Being Murdered
(c) Committing Suicide
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Drinking Poisoned Drink
Who became the King of Denmark after the death of Hamlet?
(a) Horatio
(b) Fortinbras
(c) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Fortinbras
Who is the author of the “A Midsummer-Nights Dream”?
(a) W. Shakespeare
(b) Marlow
(c) Chaucer
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: W. Shakespeare
We may call “Hamlet” a drama of:
(a) Ambition
(b) Indecision
(c) Self-deception
(d) None of A, B, and C
Question’s Answer: Indecision