Who was the Queen of England throughout much of Shakespeare’s early life?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which group was at the bottom of England’s social hierarchy during Shakespeare’s early years ?

   A. Nobility
   B. Peasants
   C. Yeomen
   D. The gentry

2. Which queen of England attended a number of William Shakespeare’s play ?

   A. Queen Elizabeth I
   B. Queen Elizabeth II
   C. Queen Anne
   D. Both A and B

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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

6. Who became a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I and was knighted and appointed captain of the Queen’s Guard in 1587 ?

   A. Sir Thomas More
   B. Sir Walter Raleigh
   C. Sir Philip Sidney
   D. Sir William Shakespeare

7. Why did Miss Havisham remain a spinster throughout her life in “Great Expectations” ?

   A. She was poor
   B. She was arrogant
   C. Because she was betrayed by the bridegroom
   D. She was unwilling to marry

8. Which one of the following terms is often called for the England’s national poet, William Shakespeare ?

   A. Bard of London
   B. Bard of Avon
   C. Master Dramatist
   D. Supreme Poet

9. 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.

10. 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