Who of the following were among Shakespeare’s royal patrons ?

Related Mcqs:

1. According to skeptics of Shakespeare’s authorship, all of the following are considered to be the “true” authors of some of Shakespeare’s plays EXCEPT________________?

   A. Thomas More.
   B. Francis Bacon.
   C. Earl of Oxford.
   D. John Shakespeare.

2. Shakespeare sometimes used the trochee, which in meter refers to which of the following? In Shakespeare’s plays, a troche is___________________?

   A. The same as an iamb with an unstressed and stressed syllable in a foot
   B. The opposite of an iamb with a stressed and then unstressed syllable in a foot
   C. Only one syllable for the length of a foot
   D. None of the above

3. In his reading of Shakespeare’s “Fair Youth Sonnets,” who does Charlton Ogburn suppose Shakespeare to have really been ?

   A. Marlowe
   B. Swift
   C. Oxford
   D. Bacon

4. Which of the following are not among the subjects of Shakespeare’s sonnets ?

   A. The Dark Lady
   B. Shakespeare’s father
   C. A young man
   D. A rival poet

5. According to Anthony DiMatteo’s “Shakespeare and the Public Discourse of Sovereignty: ’Reason of State’ in ’Hamlet’”, how does Shakespeare tend to present political rulers in Hamlet?

   A. Shakespeare presents political rulers as flawless, perfect human beings.
   B. Shakespeare presents political rulers as often meeting ruinous and violent endings.
   C. Shakespeare only presents fictional political rulers and does not explore any political realities.
   D. Shakespeare considers all political rulers to be corrupt.

6. The earliest play written by Shakespeare according to Oxford Shakespeare 1988 is______________?

   A. The Taming of the Shrew
   B. As you Like it
   C. Two Gentlemen of Verona
   D. Titus Andronicus

7. Who, among the following English playwrights, scripted the film Shakespeare in Love ?

   A. Alan Bennett
   B. Caryl Churchill
   C. Tom Stoppard
   D. Harold Pinter

8. Which of the following writers remained a firm believer in the Royal Supremacy ?

   A. John Locke
   B. John Lyly
   C. John Foxe
   D. John Milton

9. Which royal dynasty Edmund Spenser celebrates in his epic poem The Faerie Queene ?

   A. Tudor
   B. Stuart
   C. Anjou
   D. Plantagenet

10. Which of the following playwrights is thought to have had the greatest influence on Shakespeare ?

    A. Ben Johnson
    B. Christopher Marlow
    C. Philip Sidney
    D. Thomas Kyd