Who is contemporary of William Shakespeare ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which year William Shakespeare was born ?

   A. 1564 AD
   B. 1773 AD
   C. 1809 AD
   D. 1923 AD

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. 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

4. How many photographs exist of William Shakespeare ?

   A. 2
   B. 4
   C. 1
   D. 0

5. When was William Shakespeare baptized ?

   A. 24 July1564
   B. 26 April 1564
   C. 26 August 1564
   D. 16 April 1564

6. William Shakespeare’s father primarily worked as which of the following ?

   A. A politician
   B. A teacher
   C. A glover
   D. A professional actor

7. What does Elaine Showalter argue about gender in terms of representations of the character of Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?

   A. Ophelia’s madness represents the social oppression of women.
   B. It is nearly impossible to represent women as anything other than mad in patriarchal discourses.
   C. Feminist critics need to re-appropriate Ophelia for their own purposes.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

8. What does Elaine Showalter argue about gender in terms of representations of the character of Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?

   A. It is nearly impossible to represent women as anything other than mad in patriarchal discourses.
   B. Feminist critics need to re-appropriate Ophelia for their own purposes.
   C. Women’s tragedies tend to be subordinated to those of men.
   D. All of the above

9. The character of Falstaff is important in which play(s) by William Shakespeare ?

   A. “Henry IV, Part I”
   B. “Henry IV, Part II”
   C. “Titus Andronicus”
   D. All of the above

10. The fine arts flourished in Elizabethan England. William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, and Edmund Spenser were some of the more famous playwrights and poets of the time. Drama, music, songs, and art were popular with noblemen and commoners alike. Exploring certain topics, however, was considered taboo in any art form. What was a strictly forbidden subject ?

    A. Sexuality
    B. Criticism of the queen
    C. Murder
    D. Witchcraft