Shakespeare often employed which of the following stylistic forms in his dramas ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which one of the following dramas attributed to Christopher Marlow is believed to have been his first ?

   A. The Jew of Malta
   B. Dido, Queen of Carthage
   C. Edward the Second
   D. Tamburlaine the Great

2. In Ulysses, which stylistic characteristic(s) appear ?

   A. stream of consciousness
   B. repetition of words
   C. shifts in narrative voice
   D. All 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. 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.

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. His son Rip, an urchin begotten in his own likeness, promised to inherit the habits, with thåe old clothes of his father. He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather. What are “galligaskins” ?

   A. Long, wide petticoats
   B. A trench-coat
   C. Loose, wide breeches
   D. Underpants

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. The ambitious spirits of his brother chieftain Sassacus, had ever aspired to dominion over the allied tribes – and immediately after the appearance of the English, the same temper was manifest in a jealousy of their encroachments. He employed all his art and influence and authority, to unite the tribes for the extirpation of the dangerous invaders. Mononotto, on the contrary, averse to all hostility, and foreseeing no danger from them, was the advocate of a hospitable reception, and pacific conduct. What does “extirpation” mean ?

   A. Execution
   B. Going to extremes
   C. Extermination
   D. Expatriating

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

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

10. 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