Which of the following are not among the subjects of Shakespeare’s sonnets ?

Related Mcqs:

1. 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

2. How many sonnets are attributed to Shakespeare ?

   A. 12
   B. 67
   C. 154
   D. 200

3. Who is the main focus of a number of Shakespeare’s sonnets ?

   A. The Dark Lady
   B. Hamlet
   C. Christopher Marlow
   D. Hamnet Shakespeare

4. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write ?

   A. 164
   B. 145
   C. 154
   D. 126

5. How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write ?

   A. 110
   B. 154
   C. 175
   D. 187

6. 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.

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. “On his blindness”, a collection of sonnets is written by ?

   A. Edmund Spenser
   B. John Milton
   C. Shakespeare
   D. Sir Philip Sidney

9. Who wrote “Holy Sonnets” ?

   A. Edmund Spenser
   B. John Donne
   C. Shakespeare
   D. John Milton

10. Who of the following were among Shakespeare’s royal patrons ?

    A. King James I.
    B. King Henry
    C. Queen Victoria
    D. King Richard