Which of the following is not a Shakespeare tragedy ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The term Electra Complex has originated from a tragedy entitled Electra. Who is the author of his tragedy ?

   A. Aeschylus
   B. Sophocles
   C. Euripides
   D. Seneca

2. Which of the following tragedy is not written by Shakespeare ?

   A. Hamlet
   B. Macbeth
   C. King Lear
   D. King Oedipus

3. Which of the following is not a tragedy written by Shakespeare ?

   A. Macbeth
   B. Othello
   C. Merchant of Venice
   D. None of these

4. In Shakespeare tragedy, the hero is________________?

   A. an ordinary man
   B. a high ranking man
   C. a sacrilegious man
   D. none of these

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. 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

7. 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

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. 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

10. Which of the following concepts does Aristotle consider to be the most important element of a Greek tragedy ?

    A. Plot
    B. Poetic diction
    C. Song composition
    D. Stage design