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

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. Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debra Schwartz, Greek “new comedy” was often characterized as being ?

   A. Highly sexual
   B. Violent
   C. Satirical
   D. Dull and political

4. Fill in the blank. According to Dr. Debora Schwartz, Greek “old comedy” was often characterized as being ?

   A. Highly sexual
   B. Not comedic at all
   C. Satirical and political
   D. Grounded in religion

5. Fill in the blank. Christopher Marlowe’s influence on William Shakespeare was in all probability _______________?

   A. Very great
   B. Insignificant
   C. Somewhat significant
   D. Impossible

6. 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.

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. Fill in the blank. In the play, “Macbeth,” a number of characters refer to the Three Witches as________________?

   A. “The violent trio”
   B. “The Fatal Sisters”
   C. “The Weird Sisters”
   D. “The Dead Sisters”

9. Fill in the blank. The plot of “Venus and Adonis” is based on passages from_____________?

   A. The Bible
   B. A Christopher Marlowe play
   C. Ovid’s Metamorphoses
   D. An early Shakespeare play

10. Fill in the blank. In the play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Puck is also known as_____________?

    A. Oberon
    B. Robin Goodfellow
    C. Demetrius
    D. Hermia