Shakespeare Quiz

Shakespeare MCQs (30 Questions)

1. In which year was William Shakespeare born?

1554
1564
1574
1584

2. Shakespeare was born in which town?

Oxford
Stratford-upon-Avon
Cambridge
London

3. Which acting company did Shakespeare join in 1594?

The King’s Players
Lord Chamberlain’s Men
Queen’s Company
The Admiral’s Men

4. How many categories are Shakespeare’s plays usually divided into?

Two
Three
Four
Five

5. Which of the following plays is NOT written by Shakespeare?

Hamlet
Macbeth
Othello
The Alchemist

6. Which of the following is a Shakespearean tragedy?

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
As You Like It
King Lear
The Comedy of Errors

7. How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

124
154
174
194

8. Which of the following plays is a history play?

Richard III
Hamlet
Macbeth
Othello

9. Who is the villain in Othello?

Cassio
Iago
Roderigo
Brabantio

10. Which play contains the line “All the world’s a stage”?

Hamlet
As You Like It
Macbeth
Twelfth Night

11. Which character says “To be, or not to be”?

Macbeth
Hamlet
Othello
Lear

12. Which of the following is NOT a Shakespearean comedy?

Twelfth Night
Much Ado About Nothing
Measure for Measure
Doctor Faustus

13. In which play do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern appear?

Macbeth
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear

14. Which Roman ruler is assassinated in a Shakespeare play?

Julius Caesar
Octavius
Mark Antony
Brutus

15. Which Shakespearean character says “Out, damned spot!”?

Lady Macbeth
Gertrude
Ophelia
Desdemona

16. How many plays did Shakespeare write?

27
37
47
57

17. Who is the Moor of Venice?

Othello
Iago
Cassio
Roderigo

18. Which play has the character Prospero?

Cymbeline
The Tempest
Pericles
The Winter’s Tale

19. Which play features Shylock?

The Merchant of Venice
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth

20. Which is the last play written by Shakespeare?

The Tempest
Cymbeline
Henry VIII
The Winter’s Tale

21. In which year did Shakespeare die?

1616
1626
1636
1646

22. Which of the following is NOT a history play?

Henry IV
Henry V
Richard III
Titus Andronicus

23. Which character says “The lady doth protest too much, methinks”?

Ophelia
Gertrude
Lady Macbeth
Portia

24. Who kills Macbeth in the play Macbeth?

Banquo
Malcolm
Macduff
Duncan

25. Which play features the fairy Puck?

The Tempest
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Winter’s Tale
Cymbeline

26. Shakespeare belonged to which literary age?

Victorian Age
Elizabethan Age
Romantic Age
Georgian Age

27. Which character is known as “Prince of Denmark”?

Othello
Hamlet
Macbeth
Lear

28. What is the setting of The Tempest?

A forest in Athens
A ship at sea
An island
A royal palace

29. Who is the father of Ophelia?

Claudius
Polonius
Laertes
Horatio

30. Which of the following plays is classified as a romance?

King Lear
The Tempest
Macbeth
Hamlet