“Tales from Shakespeare” is written by________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. The Canterbury Tales is an unfinished work, wherein each pilgrim was supposed to tell more than one tale. How many tales did Chaucer originally envision each pilgrim telling ?

   A. four
   B. six
   C. two
   D. one

2. 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

3. The Canterbury Tales is written by ___________?

   A. John Gower
   B. Julian of Norwich
   C. Geoffrey Chaucer
   D. William Langland

   Submitted by: Ali Hassan

4. In Shakespeare’s Tragedies Character is not Destiny but there is Character and Destiny is a remark by________________?

   A. Nicoll
   B. Goddord
   C. Bradley
   D. Coleridge

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

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. Which is the best example of the “double standard” that exists in tales of courtly love ?

   A. women are always villains, while men are always heroes
   B. women are always involved in supernatural plots while men’s storylines tend to be more realistic
   C. men are allowed to boast about their affairs, while women must keep them secret
   D. men are represented as immoral while women are always presented as chaste

10. Which of the following statements about The Canterbury Tales is true ?

    A. The Wife of Bath, The Clerk, Sir Gawain and The Franklin are characters and tale-tellers in this work.
    B. “The General Prologue’ is appended to The Canterbury Tales.
    C. In all, Chaucer tells thirty tales in this work.
    D. The Canterbury Tales remained unfinished at the time of its author’s death.