How many of Shakespeare’s plays are classified as histories ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

4. Which of these was not one of Shakespeare’s plays ?

   A. Titus Andronicus
   B. The Tempest
   C. Cymbeline
   D. Shakespeare in love

5. How many plays didWilliam Shakespeare write ?

   A. 36
   B. 37
   C. 38
   D. 39

6. How many times suicide occurs in Shakespeare’s plays ?

   A. 7
   B. 9
   C. 11
   D. 13

7. What distinguishes morality plays from mystery plays ?

   A. Mystery plays involve Christian themes, whereas morality plays do not.
   B. Morality plays involve Christian themes, whereas mystery plays do not.
   C. Morality plays were written individually, whereas mystery plays are in cycles.
   D. Mystery plays were written individually, whereas morality plays are in cycles.

8. “To be or not to be that is the question”, is famous line of which of Shakespeare’s plays ?

   A. Othello
   B. Macbeth
   C. Hamlet
   D. King Lear

9. 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”

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

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