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The Taming of Shakespeare

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1.Which tragedy is considered as the first of William Shakespeare?

a)

Hamlet

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

King Lear.

d)

Macbeth

2.

2.2.How many sonnets did Shakespeare write in all?

a)

154 sonnets

b)

153 sonnets

c)

140 sonnets

d)

200 sonnets

3.

3.Who said “ Shakespeare ha s only heroines and no heros” ?

a)

A C Bradley

b)

Christopher Marlowe

c)

Ruskin

d)

Bernard Shaw

4.

4.In which year Shakespeare was born?

a)

1556

b)

1555

c)

1566

d)

1564

5.

5.Name the Shakespearian play in which the hero and the heroine die together?

a)

Titus Andronicus

b)

Macbeth

c)

Romeo and Juliet

d)

Othello

6.

6. Malayalam movie Kalliyattam is an adaptation of which Shakespeare 's play ?

a)

Macbeth

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

Antony and Cleopatra

d)

Othello

7.

7.What is the name of Shakespeare's Theatre?

a)

The Rose Theatre

b)

The Swan Theatre

c)

The Globe

d)

The Red Lion Theatre

8.

8. Which of the Shakespearean play is the shortest?

a)

The Comedy of Errors

b)

Measure for Measure

c)

Two Gentleman of Verona

d)

Richard II

9.

9.What is the name of Shakespeare 's Wife?

a)

Anne Hathway

b)

Joan Hathway

c)

Mary Hathway

d)

Judith Hathway

10.

10. The Bengali musical fim Arshi Nagar is the adaptation of which Shakespaerean play?

a)

Antony and Cleopatra

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

King Lear

d)

Coriolanus

11.

11.Who is the author of Shakespearean Tragedy?

a)

Ernest Jones

b)

AC Bradley

c)

Stephen Greenblatt

d)

Edward Dowden

12.

12.In which play these lines appear?

"All the glitters is not gold"

a)

Merchant of Venice

b)

King Lear

c)

Troilus and Cressida

d)

Hamlet

13.

13. Who wrote How many children had lady Macbeth. An essay in the theory and practice of Shakespeare criticism?

a)

Edward Dowden

b)

L C Knights

c)

TS Eliot

d)

Ernest Jones

14.

14. The movie Zulfiqar is an adaptation of....................... play by Shakespeare.

a)

Hamlet

b)

The Tempest

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Edward II

15.

15.In which Shakespeare 's play these lines appear

"If music be the food of love, play on"

a)

Romeo and Juliet

b)

Twelfth Night

c)

Antony and Cleopatra

d)

THe Tempest

16.

16. Who disparaged Shakespeare as an upstart Crow

a)

G B Shaw

b)

Matthew Arnold

c)

Ben Jonson

d)

Robert Green

17.

17.In which Shakespearean play does the character Iago appear?

a)

Othello

b)

Tempest

c)

Macbeth

d)

Anthony and Cleopatra

18.

18. In which Shakespearean play does this famous line appear?

“To be, or not to be, that is the question:”

a)

Macbeth

b)

Hamlet

c)

King Lear

d)

Othello

19.

19. The malayalam movie JoJi is inspired by which Shakespaerae's play?

a)

King Lear

b)

Hamlet

c)

The Tempest

d)

Macbeth

20.

20. The movie The Hungry is based on which Shakespeare's play?

a)

Titus Adronicus

b)

Macbeth

c)

Edward II

d)

Romeo and Juliet