Which group was at the bottom of England’s social hierarchy during Shakespeare’s early years ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Who was the Queen of England throughout much of Shakespeare’s early life?

   A. Queen Elizabeth
   B. Queen Victoria
   C. Queen Anne
   D. Queen Gertrude

2. What was the only acknowledged religion in England during the early sixteenth century ?

   A. Atheism
   B. Protestantism
   C. Catholicism
   D. Ancestor-worship

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. Most neoclassical poets viewed the world in terms of a strictly ordered hierarchy. What was this hierarchy called ?

   A. The Way of the World
   B. The Foundational Ladder
   C. The Order of Angels
   D. The Great Chain of Being

7. Which one of the following terms is often called for the England’s national poet, William Shakespeare ?

   A. Bard of London
   B. Bard of Avon
   C. Master Dramatist
   D. Supreme Poet

8. During the period of which king did Chaucer fight in the English Army for the Hundred Years’ War between France and England ?

   A. William I
   B. Edward II
   C. William II
   D. Edward III

9. 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.

10. 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