Shakespeare GK MCQ Quiz | Shakespeare General Awareness Multiple Choice Questions and Answers

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1 In which year was William Shakespeare born?
A 1534
B 1564
C 1555
D 1594

Answer: 1564
2 By which year is it thought that William Shakespeares plays were being regularly performed in London?
A 1592
B 1596
C 1600
D None

Answer: 1592
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3 During his lifetime, Shakespeare wrote a total of
A 28 plays and 144 sonnets
B 38 plays and 154 sonnets
C 48 plays and 164 sonnets
D None of these

Answer: 38 plays and 154 sonnets
4 How old was Shakespeare when he died?
A 47 years old
B 52 years old
C 57 years old
D None of these

Answer: 52 years old
5 How old was Shakespeare when he married Anne Hathaway?
A 16 years old
B 17 years old
C 18 years old
D None of these

Answer: 18 years old
6 In which play would you find a character called Lady Capulet?
A Romeo and Juliet
B The Tempest
C Twelfth Night
D None of these

Answer: Romeo and Juliet
7 In which play would you find a character called Starveling?
A The Merry Wives of Windsor
B Othello
C A Midsummer Nights bream
D None of these

Answer: A Midsummer Nights bream
8 In which play would you find a character called Touchstone?
A Alls Well That Ends Well
B As You Like It
C King Lear
D None of these

Answer: As You Like It
9 In which play would you find the following quote When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning, or in rain?
A Taming of the Shrew
B The Merry Wives of Windsor
C Macbeth
D none of the above

Answer: Macbeth
10 In which play would you find the following quote? A pair of star-crossd lovers take their life.
A Henry V
B Much Ado About Nothing
C Romeo and Juliet
D none of the above

Answer: Henry V
11 In which play would you find the following quote? Rest, rest, perturbed spirit!
A The Merchant of Venice
B Hamlet
C Comedy of Errors
D None

Answer: Hamlet
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.
A The Merchant of Venice
B Henry IV
C Two Gentlemen of Verona
D none

Answer: The Merchant of Venice
13 In which play would you find the following quote? What angel wakes me from my flowery bed?
A A Midsummer Nights bream
B Titus Andronicus
C Loves Labours Lost
D None

Answer: A Midsummer Nights bream
14 In which town or city in England was Shakespeare born?
A Stratford-upon-Avon
B Warwick
C London
D None

Answer: Stratford-upon-Avon
15 What was his mothers maiden name?
A Mary Akle
B Mary Bowden
C Mary Arden
D None

Answer: Mary Arden
16 What was the name of the London theatre that Shakespeare is commonly associated with?
A The Worlds Theatre
B The Orb Theatre
C The Globe Theatre
D None

Answer: The Globe Theatre
17 Where was William Shakespeare buried?
A Stratford-upon-Avon
B Westminster Abbey
C There are no records that tell us.
D None

Answer: Stratford-upon-Avon
18 Which play is generally accepted as being Shakespeares first?
A Taming of the Shrew
B Henry VI
C Romeo and Juliet
D None

Answer: Henry VI
19 William and Anne had a daughter (Susanna) and also ?
A Twins
B Triplets
C Quadruplets
D None

Answer: Twins
20 When was William Shakespeare born?
A 23 April 1564
B 15 July 1580
C 25 December 1600
D 1 January 1601

Answer: 23 April 1564

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