English literature Mcqs 201 to 250

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201)During Spencer's visit to his Kinsfolk in Lancashire he felt in love a woman and who figures as__ much of his work:

a)Rosalind

b) Belinda

c)Both a and b

d)None of above

202) William Shakespeare born in:

a)26 April 1567

b)26 April 1566

c)26 April 1565

d)26 April 1564

203) William Shakespeare was....... child of John and Mary:

a)second

b)fourth

c)third

d)fifth

204) He married to the Anne Hathaway at the age of_______ in______.

a)18, 1582

b)17, 1581

c)16, 1580

d)15, 1579

205) Which of the following statement is correct:

a)Shakespeare's first child Susanna was born in 1583.

b)In 1585 twins were born and named Hamnet and Judith.

c) both a and b.

d) None of above.

206)Ann Hathaway was _________ years older than Shakespeare:

a)7

b)8

c)9

d)10

207)After __________ years of his marriage he left his native town and try his fortune in the great city of London.

a)two

b)three

c)four

d)five

208)Shakespeare's only son Hamnet died in------------?

a) 1595

b) 1596

c)1597

d)1598

209)Shakespeare is buried inside the:

a)Westminster Abbey

b)Trinity Church

c)Protestant Cemetery

d)None of above

210)By -------- Shakespeare had established himself in London as an actor and dramatist:

a)1590

b)1591

c)1592

d)1593

211)Who declared him as Britain's greatest dramatist in 1598?

a)Queen Elizabeth

b)Francis Meres, a lawyer

c)Burbage, an actor

d)King James

212) Shakespeare made Stratford his regular home in:

a)About 1611

b) About 1610

c)About 1609

d) About 1608

Christopher Marlowe

213)What is Christopher Marlowe's Nationality?

a)British

b)German

c)Dutch

d)American

214)What was the occupation of Christopher Marlowe's father?

a)Carpenter

b)Civil servant

c)Cobbler

d)Farmer

215)From where Christopher Marlowe received his early Education?

Corpus Christi College

a)Cambridge

b)oxford

c)witternburg

d)Harvard

216)Marlow died of?

a)Illness

b)stabbing

c)poisoned

d)Hanged

217)Which was Marlowe's first play?

a)Dr.Faustus

b)Tamburlaine

c)The Tragedy of Dido

d)The Jew of Malta,

William Shakespeare(1564 - 1616)

(Elizabethan Period)

218)In which town was Shakespeare born?

a)London

b)Cambridge

c)Stratford

d)Oxford

219)How many children did Shakespeare have?

1)3

2)5

3)8

4)12

220)How many plays did William Shakespeare write?

a)36

b)37

c)38

d)39

221)What was Shakespeare's first play?

a)King Lear

b)Henry VI

c)The Tempest

d)Romeo and Juliet

222)How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write?

a)110

b)154

c)175

d)187

223)How many photographs exist of William Shakespeare?

a)2

b)4

c)1

d)0

224)Shakespeare died on?

a)23rd April 1616

b)25th April 1616,

c)28th April 1616

d)30th April 1616

225)Shakespeare died at the age of

a)48

b)52

c)60

d)63

226)How many times suicide occurs in Shakespeare's plays?

a)7

b)9

c)11

d)13

227)The line "To be or not to be" comes from which play?

a)Macbeth

b)Twelfth Night

c)A Midsummer Night's dream

d)Hamlet

228) Was the Globe…

a) A Roman Amphitheater.

b) An Elizabethan Theater.

c) An Elizabethan sports stadium.

d) A famous map of the world.

229)Is there is a monument of Shakespeare in Stratford today?

a)True

b)False

230)Which of these was not one of Shakespeare's plays?

a)Titus Andronicus

b)The Tempest

c)Cymbeline

d)Shakespeare in love

231)Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote,"My salad days, when I was green in judgment." come from?

a)Antony and Cleopatra

b)Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

c)The Winters Tale

d)The Merry Wives of Windsor

232)Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote,"Neither a borrower nor a lender be" come from?

a)Cymbeline

b)Hamlet

c)Titus Andronicus

d)Pericles, Prince of Tyre

233)Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!" come from?

a)King Lear

b)As You Like It

c)The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII

d)The Life and Death of King John

234)In what year was the First Folio published?

a)1626

b)1621

c)1623

d)1629

235)What nationality was Shakespeare?

a)Italian

b)English

c)Scottish

d)Greek

236)In which century was Shakespeare born?

a)16th

b)14th

c)15th

d)17th

237)which famous Shakespeare play does the quote "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers" come from?

a)The Merry Wives of Windsor

b)Othello, the Moor of Venice

c)Pericles, Prince of Tyre

d)King Henry the Sixth, Part II

238)Which river is associated with Shakespeare's birth place?

a)The Thames

b)The Avon

c)The Tyburn

d)The Seven

239)Which famous play does the quote,"When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain?" come from?

a) The Taming of the Shrew

b) King Lear

c) The Tempest

d) Macbeth

240)How many of Shakespeare's plays are classified as histories?

a) 7

b) 10

c) 14

d) 18

241)The group of four plays known as the "major tetralogy" is:

a) Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI

b) 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III

c) King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III

d) Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V

242)In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play?

a) King John

b) Richard II

c) Henry VIII

d) Henry V

Hamlet

243)Complete the following famous line from Hamlet: Something is rotten in the state of...

a) England

b) Venice

c) Denmark

d) Maine

244)Which of the following characters does not appear in Hamlet?

a) Polonius

b) Gertrude

c) Claudius

d) Miranda

245)Where was Hamlet studying before he returned to Denmark?

a) Wittenberg

b) Oslo

c) London

d) Dublin

246)How are Polonius and Laertes related?

a) Father/son

b) Uncle/nephew

c) Cousin/cousin

d) Brother/brother

247)What is the name of the playlet Hamlet stages for Claudius?

a) Slings and Arrows

b) Vice of Kings

c) The Murder of Gonzago

d) The Slaying of Lucianus

248)Who says, "Good night, sweet prince,/And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."?

a) Fortinbras

b) Marcellus

c) Chorus

d) Horatio

249)How does Queen Gertrude die?

a) Accidentally stabbed by Laertes.

b) Drowns in the river outside the castle.

c) Suffers a fatal heart attack while watching Hamlet fight Laertes.

d) Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet's cup.

250)Who does Polonius send to spy on Laertes in Paris?

a) Francisco

b) Gorgonzola

c) Reynaldo

d) Samson

Answer Keys

201) a)Rosalind

202) d)26 April 1564

203) b)fourth

204) a)18, 1582

205) c) both a and b.

206) b)8

207) c)four

208) b) 1596

209) b)Trinity Church

210) c)1592

211) b)Francis Meres, a lawyer

212) b) About 1610

Christopher Marlowe

213) a)British

214) c)Cobbler

215) Corpus Christi College

216) b)stabbing

217) b)Tamburlaine

William Shakespeare(1564 - 1616)

(Elizabethan Period)

218) c)Stratford

219) 1)3

220) b)37

221b)Henry VI

222) b)154

223) a)2

224)a)23rd April 1616

225) b)52

226) d)13

227) d)Hamlet

228) b) An Elizabethan Theater.

229) a)True

230) d)Shakespeare in love

231) a)Antony and Cleopatra

232 b)Hamlet

233) a)King Lear

234) c)1623

235 b)English

236) a)16th

237) d)King Henry the Sixth, Part II

238) b)The Avon

239) d) Macbeth

240)b) 10

241) d) Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V

242) c) Henry VIII

Hamlet

243) c) Denmark

244) d) Miranda

245)a) Wittenberg

246) a) Father/son

247) c) The Murder of Gonzago

248) d) Horatio

249) d) Poisoned by drinking from Hamlet's cup.

250) c) Reynaldo

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