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________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. In “Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays”, what does William Hazlitt mean when he states the following: “We do not like to see our author’s plays acted, and least of all, ’Hamlet’. There is no play that suffers so much in being transferred to the stage” ?

   A. Hamlet cannot be staged properly because of the complexity of the play’s use of language.
   B. Hamlet is not relevant to the Romantic age.
   C. The role of Hamlet cannot be properly played by any actor.
   D. Hamlet is a work that was written to be read, not performed.

3. From which of Shakespeare’s plays is this famous line: ’Did my heart love til now?/ Forswear it, sight/ For I never saw a true beauty until this night’. ?

   A. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
   B. Hamlet
   C. Othello
   D. Romeo and Juliet

4. Shakespeare was the author of which of the following plays ?

   A. “Doctor Faustus”
   B. “The Faerie Queen”
   C. “Titus Andronicus”
   D. “The Jew of Malta”

5. Which of the following plays of Shakespeare has an epilogue ?

   A. The Tempest
   B. Henry IV, Pt I
   C. Hamlet
   D. Twelfth Night

6. Fill in the blank. In Shakespeare’s plays, prose is often used in_________________?

   A. Serious letters
   B. Iambic pentameter
   C. Rhyming verse
   D. Couplets

7. In Shakespeare’s plays, when is rhyme often used ?

   A. When ghosts speak
   B. When characters speak naturally
   C. When a lower class character speaks
   D. When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect

8. 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.

9. 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

10. What is the authorship controversy as it relates to Heloise and Abelard ?

    A. the critical debate about the verification of events in the letters
    B. the idea that Abelard wrote all of the letters
    C. the issue of whether there is a “female voice” in the letters
    D. All of the Above