1. The First Folio of Shakespeare’s plays was published in 1623 and contained 36 plays. Which play was NOT included in it?
a. Pericles
b. Cymbeline
c. Hamlet
d. As You Like It
Answer: a
2. “In a word, he is the universal poet.” Whom does Long describe with this remark?
a. Shakespeare
b. Milton
c. Wordsworth
d. Shelley
Answer: a
3. “To study nature in his works is like exploring a new and beautiful country.” Who said this about Shakespeare?
a. Rickett
b. Long
c. Albert
d. Sampson
Answer: b
4. “I do not remember that any book or person ever made so great an impression upon me as the plays of Shakespeare.” Who said this?
a. Goethe
b. Dowden
c. Coleridge
d. Ben Jonson
Answer: a
5. Who said that Shakespeare and the King James Bible are the two great conservators of English speech?
a. Long
b. Rickett
c. Verity
d. Bradley
Answer: a
6. “Even those who read no Shakespeare are still unconsciously guided by him.” Who made this remark?
a. Long
b. Bradley
c. Dowden
d. Milton
Answer: a
7. Who published the first Life of Shakespeare in 1709?
a. Nicholas Rowe
b. Dowden
c. Condell
d. Heming
Answer: a
8. Who attacked Shakespeare in the pamphlet A Groat’s Worth of Wit Bought with a Million of Repentance?
a. Robert Greene
b. Thomas
c. Nash
d. Marlowe
Answer: a
9. “I loved the man and do honour his memory… He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature.” Who said this about Shakespeare?
a. Ben Jonson
b. Samuel Johnson
c. Milton
d. None of these
Answer: a
10. Globe and Blackfriars are theatres associated with which writer?
a. Ben Jonson
b. Milton
c. Pinter
d. Shakespeare
Answer: d
11. “Good friend, for Jesus’ sake forbear…” These lines from Shakespeare’s epitaph warn against disturbing his grave. Who wrote this epitaph?
a. Shakespeare
b. Milton
c. Chaucer
d. Ben Jonson
Answer: a
12. Shakespeare probably collaborated with which writer on the last two parts of Henry VI and in Richard III?
a. Marlowe
b. Greene
c. Lodge
d. Nash
Answer: a
13. Henry VIII is said to be a joint work of Fletcher and which other writer?
a. Shakespeare
b. Beaumont
c. Ben Jonson
d. None of these
Answer: a
14. Which play is sometimes included among Shakespeare’s doubtful works and is thought to be largely written by Fletcher?
a. Two Noble Kinsmen
b. Two Gentlemen of Verona
c. Cymbeline
d. None of these
Answer: a
15. Who was a contemporary of Shakespeare?
a. Milton
b. Chaucer
c. Eliot
d. Ben Jonson
Answer: d
16. Who wrote four major books on Shakespearean criticism, including The Wheel of Fire and The Imperial Theme?
a. Wilson Knight
b. Verity
c. Dowden
d. Bradley
Answer: a
17. “Others abide our question, thou art free.” About whom did Matthew Arnold write this?
a. Milton
b. Wordsworth
c. Tennyson
d. Shakespeare
Answer: d
18. How many plays did Shakespeare write?
a. 37
b. 38
c. 27
d. 58
Answer: a
19. The phrase “Small Latin and Less Greek” was used about Shakespeare by whom?
a. Samuel Johnson
b. Ben Jonson
c. Milton
d. Verity
Answer: b
20. Stratford is a charming little village in which county?
a. Warwickshire
b. Hertfordshire
c. Derbyshire
d. None of these
Answer: a
21. In Shakespeare’s tragedies, what is considered the dominant idea?
a. Destiny is character
b. Regional feeling dominates
c. Character is destiny
d. Character has no role
Answer: c
22. Which play of Shakespeare is said to be unfinished?
a. Henry VIII and possibly the lost Cardenio
b. Hamlet
c. King Lear
d. Henry Fourth Part Second
Answer: a
23. Whose opinion is it that Shakespeare reflected the English crowd so well that he unconsciously reflected all crowds of all ages?
a. Rickett
b. Dowden
c. Long
d. Albert
Answer: c
24. The lines describe “Diana’s lip… as the maiden’s organ, shrill and sound.” Whose personality is being referred to?
a. Viola in Twelfth Night
b. Celia in As You Like It
c. Desdemona in Othello
d. None of these
Answer: a
25. “I will do my best to woo your lady.” Who is the speaker?
a. Cleopatra disguised as a maid
b. Viola disguised as Cesario
c. Rosalind disguised as a man
d. None of these
Answer: b
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