A. senecan attitude
B. patriotism
C. love of nature
D. platonic ideals Plays by Shakespeare..
Related Mcqs:
- In the play, “Henry V,” what country does Henry wish to conquer ?
A. England
B. Spain
C. France
D. Denmark - In the play, “Henry V,” who is the close friend and mentor of young Henry ?
A. Montjoy
B. Horatio
C. Falstaff
D. Nim - 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 - In Shakespeare’s play, Henry V is king of what country ?
A. England
B. Norway
C. Denmark
D. France - William Shakespeare’s “Henry V” is an example of what dramatic genre ?
A. Tragedy
B. Comedy
C. Romance
D. History - 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. - 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 - 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 - 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. - 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