A. Titus Andronicus
B. The Tempest
C. Cymbeline
D. Shakespeare in love
Related Mcqs:
- In “Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays”, what does William Hazlitt mean when he states the following: “We do not like to see our author’s plays acted, and least of all, ’Hamlet’. There is no play that suffers so much in being transferred to the stage” ?
A. Hamlet cannot be staged properly because of the complexity of the play’s use of language.
B. Hamlet is not relevant to the Romantic age.
C. The role of Hamlet cannot be properly played by any actor.
D. Hamlet is a work that was written to be read, not performed. - 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 - How many plays didWilliam Shakespeare write ?
A. 36
B. 37
C. 38
D. 39 - How many times suicide occurs in Shakespeare’s plays ?
A. 7
B. 9
C. 11
D. 13 - How many of Shakespeare’s plays are classified as histories ?
A. 7
B. 10
C. 14
D. 18 - What distinguishes morality plays from mystery plays ?
A. Mystery plays involve Christian themes, whereas morality plays do not.
B. Morality plays involve Christian themes, whereas mystery plays do not.
C. Morality plays were written individually, whereas mystery plays are in cycles.
D. Mystery plays were written individually, whereas morality plays are in cycles. - Which of the following plays of Shakespeare has an epilogue ?
A. The Tempest
B. Henry IV, Pt I
C. Hamlet
D. Twelfth Night - Shakespeare wrote ______________ plays?
A. 32
B. 34
C. 36
D. 38 - In Shakespeare’s plays, when is rhyme often used ?
A. When ghosts speak
B. When characters speak naturally
C. When a lower class character speaks
D. When the play necessitates ritualistic, choral, and sensuous effect