Objective Type Questions

For each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the answer. Only one of them is correct. Choose the correct alternative.

1. What is the date of birth of William Shakespeare?
(a) 23rd April, 1564
(b) 23rd April, 1566
(c) 22nd May, 1560
(d) 25th June, 1567
2. William Shakespeare was the son of-
(a) Edmund Shakespeare
(b) Tom Shakespeare
(c) John Shakespeare
(d) Orlando
3. The name of Shakespeare's wife was -
(a) Mary Arden
(b) Anne Hathaway
(c) Fanny Browne
(d) Elizabeth
4. How many years was Shakespeare's wife older than him?
(a) 5
(b) 6
(c) 2
(d) 8
5. When did Shakespeare leave Startford?
(a) In 1583
(b) In 1584
(c) In 1582
(d) In 1586
6. When did Shakespeare's father die?
(a) In 1601
(b) In 1605
(c) In 1610
(d) In 1607
7. Shakespeare's plays 'Macbeth', 'Hamlet', 'Othello', 'King Lear'; all are-
(a) Comedy
(b) Tragedy
(c) Tragi-Comedy
(d) Problem Play
8. Shakespeare wrot/compase only-
(a) Lyric
(b) Elegy
(c) Ode
(d) Sonnet
9. What did people call Shakespeare when he was doing the job of holding the horses at the stage-door?
(a) William
(b) Henry
(c) Peter
(d) Alexander
10. Shakespeare was baptized on-
(a) 26th May, 1564
(b) 26th April, 1564
(c) 25th June, 1566
(d) 30th March, 1560
11. How many children had Shakespeare?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
12. In which play did Shakespeare act?
(a) As You Like It
(b) Othello
(c) Macbeth
(d) Julius Caesar
13. A poem of 14 lines is called-
(a) Elegy
(b) Lyric
(c) Sonnet
(d) Epic
14. How many Sonnets had Shakespeare written?
(a) 147
(b) 150
(c) 159
(d) 154
15. To whom are the most of the sonnets addressed?
(a) Earl of Southampton
(b) Earl of Surrey.
(c) Ben Kingsley
(d) Elizabeth
16. Shakespeare's sonnets are known as-
(a) Petrarchan Sonnet
(b) Italian Sonnet
(c) Shakespearean Sonnet
(d) None of these
17. What is the rhyming scheme of the sonnet that Shakespeare had written?
(a) abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
(b) abba, abba, cde cde.
(c) aaba, aaba, cde cde.
(d) abbb, bccc, cddd, ee.
18. What is the serial number of 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds"?
(a) 119
(b) 120
(c) 135
(d) 116
19. What is the theme of 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds'?
(a) Revenge
(b) Love
(c) Moral
(d) None of these
20. Can time destroy true love?
(a) No
(b) Yes
(c) Don't Know
(d) None of these
21. True love is like-
(a) The Forest
(b) The Pole Star
(c) The Himalaya
(d) The Desert
22. 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds' signifies-
(a) Time's fool
(b) Time's intelligent
(c) Time's ignorants
(d) None of these
23. According to the poem, 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds', True love is-
(a) Short-lived
(b) Always changing
(c) Everlasting
(d) None of these
24. The last two lines of the sonnet 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds are ........
(a) Sestet
(b) Octave
(c) Tercet
(d) Rhyming couplet
25. Into how many parts is Shakespearean sonnet divided?
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 8
(d) 3
26. To whom are Shakespeare's sonnets addressed?
(a) Dark Lady
(b) W. Herbert
(c) Either to Dark Lady Or to W.H.
(d) None of these
27. According to the sonnet, 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds', Love is an ever.........
(a) temporary mark
(b) fixed mark
(c) permanent mark
(d) None of these
28. True love is ....... to every wandering bark.
(a) the sun
(b) the moon
(c) the earth
(d) the star
29. The worth of true love is .........
(a) unknown
(b) known
(c) doubtful
(d) None of these
30. True love alters when it ........ finds.
(a) chance
(b) oppurtunity
(c) alteration
(d) time
31. In which church was William Shakespeare baptized?
(a) Trinity Church
(b) Startford
(c) London Church
(d) England
32. After how many days was Shakespeare baptized?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2
33. Shakespeare was the ......... child of his parents.
(a) first
(b) third
(c) second
(d) fourth
34. Shakespeare's wife belonged to a ..........
(a) poor family
(b) rich family
(c) peasant family
(d) None of these
35. Shakespeare's marriage was ........one.
(a) happy
(b) unhappy
(c) pleasurable
(d) None of these
36. When did Shakespeare leave Startford?
(a) 1580
(b) 1582
(c) 1583
(d) 1584
37. The success of two ......... greatly improved Shakespeare's position.
(a) plays
(b) poems
(c) stories
(d) None of these
38. Shakespeare established himself as a ....... in his native-town.
(a) land-owner
(b) marchant
(c) shop-keeper
(d) dramatist
39. Which is not the play of Shakespeare?
(a) Richard III
(b) Comedy of Errors
(c) Strife
(d) Richard II
40. Who wrote 'Measure for Measure'?
(a) John Galsworthy
(b) Shakespeare
(c) G. B. Shaw
(d) Mahesh Dattani
41. Shakespeare's Winter's Tale is .......
(a) tale
(b) sonnet
(c) short-story
(d) play
42. What is Shakespeare's 'Macbeth"?
(a) Comedy
(b) Tragedy
(c) Tragi-comedy
(d) Dramatic Romance
43. Shakespeare's 'Merchant of Venice'
(a) tragedy
(b) sonnet
(c) comedy
(d) one-act play
44. Rosalind is the heroine of the play
(a) As You Like It
(b) Twelfth Night
(c) King Lear
(d) Macbeth
45. Desdemona is the heroine of the play.....
(a) As You Like It
(b) Othello
(c) Hamlet
(d) Henry V
46. Who is the hero of the play "The Merchant of Venice'?
(a) Antonio
(b) Shylock
(c) Duke
(d) Touchstone
47. Portia is the ......... of the play.
(a) servant
(b) owner
(c) heroine
(d) None of these
48. Who is Shylock?
(a) Merchant
(b) Usurer
(c) Dramatist
(d) Poet
49. Who is the lawyer of Antonio?
(a) Shylock
(b) Bassanio
(c) Duke
(d) Portia
50. Portia is the daughter of.........
(a) A Count
(b) A Duke
(c) A King
(d) A Soldier
51. Othello is ..........
(a) commander-in-Chief
(b) servant
(c) clown
(d) None of these
52. Who is Antony?
(a) Enemy
(b) Vater
(c) Well-Wisher
(d) Friend
53. Caesar was tempted by his ........
(a) obedience
(b) ambition
(c) imagination
(d) None of these
54. Who was the wife of Caesar?
(a) Portia
(b) Rosalind
(c) Calphurnia
(d) None of these
55. Who persuaded Caesar to go to sennet?
(a) Cassius
(b) Calphurnia
(c) Antony
(d) Decius Brutus
56. Who is the chief conspirator?
(a) Antony
(b) Brutus
(c) Cassius
(d) None of these
57. Who is the clown in the play 'As You Like It'?
(a) Orlando
(b) Touchstone
(c) Oliver
(d) Celia
58. Who is the brother of Olivia?
(a) Duke
(b) Feste
(c) Sebastine
(d) None of these
59. Malvalio is the .......... of Ophilia?
(a) wooer
(b) enemy
(c) friend
(d) adviser
60. Calphurnia bewares Julius Caesar ...........
(a) 15th April
(b) 15th May
(c) 15th June
(d) 15th March
61. Who saw the dream in Julius Caesar'?
(a) Caesar
(b) Calphornia
(c) Portia
(d) Brutus
62. What did Calphurnia see in her dream in the play 'Julius Caesar'?
(a) Statue of Caesar
(b) Garden
(c) Horrible Animals
(d) None of these
63. What is the subject-matter of the sonnets of Shakespeare?
(a) War and Love
(b) Love and Marriage
(c) Love and Beauty
(d) None of these
64. Shakespeare's sonnets are believed to be................
(a) emotional
(b) satirical
(c) farcical
(d) autobiographical
65. Shakespeare's sonnets describe his personal love for Lord Southampton and the....
(a) Black Lady
(b) Dark Lady
(c) White Lady
(d) Green Lady
66. Who was Mr. W. H.?
(a) William Herbert
(b) William Hopkins
(c) William Hooper
(d) None of these
67. Who was Dark Lady?
(a) Marry Arden
(b) Marry Gray
(c) Marry Fitton
(d) None of these
68. The sonnet Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds' is an address to Shakespeare's friend .......
(a) Duke of Sevoy
(b) Earl of Southampton
(c) Earl of Surrey
(d) None of these
69. What is the rank of the sonnet 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds' among the 154 sonnets?
(a) 116
(b) 122
(c) 125
(d) 130
70. The sonnet 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds' contains profuse use of the ......... in the sonnet.
(a) similies
(b) personifications
(c) hyperboles
(d) metaphors
71. Under how many categories does Shakespeare classify love?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1
72. ..........varies with brief hours and weeks and does not endure the test of time.
(a) Spiritual love
(b) Physical love
(c) True love
(d) None of these
73. is an antidote to the physical side of love. (a) Spiritual love
(b) Physical love
(c) Love
(d) None of these
74. Which is immortal?
(a) False love
(b) Everything
(c) Love
(d) True love
75. Which stands firm beyond the compass of time's cruel hands?
(a) Physical love
(b) True love
(c) Emotional love
(d) None of these
76. How does true love stand?
(a) Unshaken
(b) Flexible
(c) Shaking
(d) None of these
77. What is called the Shakespearean pattern?
(a) The diction of the sonnet
(b) The use of figures of speech
(c) The structure of the sonnet
(d) None of these
78. In which pattern, has the sonnet 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds' been written?
(a) Italian
(b) Shakespearean
(c) Petrarchan
(d) None of these
79. The last lines of the sonnet 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds' is ..........
(a) octave
(b) sestet
(c) quatrain
(d) rhyming couplet
80. Shakespeare was,:
(a) a poet
(b) a dramatist
(c) a novelist
(d) both a poet and a dramatist
81. Who is the contemporary of William Shakespeare?
(a) Shelley
(b) T.S. Eliot
(c) Ben Jonson
(d) Keats
82. Shakespeare was born on 23rd April, 1564 and died on:
(a) 10th March, 1600
(b) 10th April, 1605
(c) 23rd April, 1616
(d) 10th March, 1606
83. 'Love alters not with his".........
(a) Hours and weeks
(b) Hours and days
(c) Hours and years
(d) Hours and minutes
84. Which play does not belong to Shakespeare?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Justice
(c) As You Like it
(d) Macbeth
85. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of :
(a) Three quatrains and a couplet
(b) An octave and a sestet
(c) Four couplets and two quatrains
(d) None of these
86. Shakespeare belongs to :
(a) Victorian age
(b) Elizabethan age
(c) Neo-classical age
(d) Transitional age
87. Theme of Shakespearean sonnet is :
(a) National Pride
(b) Nature
(c) Courtly Life
(d) Love and Friendship
88. Identify figure of speech in Time's Fool":
(a) Alliteration
(b) Assonance
(c) Personification
(d) Metaphor
89. True Lovers wait till :
(a) End of Love
(b) Edge of Doom
(c) Heaven
(d) End of Years
90. Who is called 'Son of Avon'?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Milton
(c) Pope.
(d) Keats
91. What is an 'Ever Fixed Mark'?
(a) Nature
(b) Sea
(c) Love
(d) Ship
92. "Love's not Time's fool,
though rosy lips and cheeks,
Within his bending sickle's compass come."
The above lines occur in the poem :
(a) A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning
(b) Let me not to the marriage of True Minds
(c) My Last Duchess
(d) Dover Beach
93. How many sonnets does Shakepeare's Collection contain?
(a) 154
(b) 160
(c) 145.
(d) 164
94. Shakespeare was born on 23rd April, 1564 and died on :
(a) 10th March, 1600
(b) 10th March, 1606
(c) 23rd April, 1616
(d) 10th April, 1605
95. Shakespeare's sonnets were addressed to two persons:
(a) The Earl of Southampton and Queen Elizabeth
(b) His beautiful daughtres
(c) The Earl of southampton and the Dark Lady
(d) William Herbert and Mary Fitton
96. Shakepeare's sonnets were printed by:
(a) John Fletcher
(b) Francis Beaumont
(c) Ben Jonson
(d) Thomas Thorpe
97. Which of the following was not written by shakespeare?
(a) Hamlet
(b) Edward II
(c) Richard II
(d) Macbeth
98. When did William Shakespeare die?
(a) April 23, 1616
(b) April 24, 1616
(c) April 25, 1613
(d) April 26, 1615
99. Who is often known as England's National Poet?
(a) William Shakespeare
(b) King Lear
(c) William Wordsworth
(d) John Keats
100. How many children did Shakespeare had?
(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 1
101. "Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks / But bears it out even to the edge of" what?
(a) Doom
(b) Life
(c) Dawn
(d) Death
102. What is the sonnet no. of Shakespeare's "Let me not to the marriage of true minds"?
(a) 18
(b) 114
(c) 118
(d) 116
103. How many sonnets of Shakespeare were published altogether?
(a) 150
(b) 154
(c) 158
(d) 162
104. The first 26 sonnets of Shakespeare were addressed to:
(a) A young man
(c) Orphans
(b) A dark lady
(d) Children
105. The next 28 sonnets of Shakespeare were addressed to:
(a) A dark lady
(b) A young man
(c) Children
(d) An old friend
106. Sonnets, using the scheme pattern ababcdcdefefgg are known as:
(a) Shakespearean sonnet
(b) English sonnet
(c) Elizabethan sonnet
(d) All of the above
107. In which year was William Shakespeare born?
(a) 1562
(b) 1563
(c) 1564
(d) 1565
108. "It is the star to every wandering" what? Complete with the correct following word from the poem, "Let me not to the marriage of true minds":
(a) Magi
(b) Bark
(c) Sailor
(d) Crew
109. Petrarch addressed his sonnets to a lady named:
(a) Clara
(b) Agnes
(c) Laura
(d) Nancy
110. William Shakespeare's sonnet sequence is comprised of... sonnets that were published in ...
(a) 145, 1608
(b) 155, 1608
(c) 154, 1611
(d) 154, 1609

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