What nationality was Shakespeare ?

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. 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

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. 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.

5. 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

6. What is Christopher Marlowe’s Nationality ?

   A. British
   B. German
   C. Dutch
   D. American

7. In A Portrait of the Artist, what is Stephen’s relationship with his Irish nationality ?

   A. he is conflicted by his desire to leave Ireland because he has inextricable ties to it
   B. he is sure of his desire to become a leader like Parnell because his friends and family universally praise Irish leaders
   C. he is committed to staying in Ireland
   D. he deeply wants to leave Ireland, but he feels that, as an artist, he can only work with national themes

8. What was the nationality of OscarWilde ?

   A. Irish
   B. Scottish
   C. French
   D. English

9. Between what time period did William Shakespeare begin a successful career in London as an actor ?

   A. between1579 and 1583
   B. between1585 and 1592
   C. between1579 and 1587
   D. between1580 and 1591

10. In which century was Shakespeare born ?

    A. 16th
    B. 14th
    C. 15th
    D. 17th