1) W.B.Yeats used the phrase ‘the artifice of eternity’ in his poem ? a. Sailing to Byzantium b. Byzantium c. The Second Coming d. Leda and the Swan
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2) Which of the following is the first novel of D. H. Lawrence ? a. The White Peacock b. The Trespasser c. Sons and Lovers d. Women in Love
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3) The main character in Paradise Lost Book I and Book II is ? a. God b. Satan c. Adam d. Eve
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4) Which of the following is not an apparition shown to Macbeth by the Witches ? a. An armed head b. A bloody dagger floating in mid-air. c. A bloody child. d. A child crowned, with a tree in his hand
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5) Tennyson’s poem ‘In Memoriam’was written in memory of ? a. A.H. Hallam b. Edward King c. Wellington d. P.B Shelley
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6) How many of Shakespeare’s plays are classified as histories ? a. 7 b. 10 c. 14 d. 18
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7) Which famous play does the quote,”When shall we three meet again In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” come from ? a. The Taming of the Shrew b. King Lear c. The Tempest d. Macbeth
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8) which famous Shakespeare play does the quote “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers” come from ? a. The Merry Wives of Windsor b. Othello, the Moor of Venice c. Pericles, Prince of Tyre d. King Henry the Sixth, Part II
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9) What nationality was Shakespeare ? a. Italian b. English c. Scottish d. Greek
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10) Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote “How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!” come from ? a. King Lear b. As You Like It c. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII d. The Life and Death of King John
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11) Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, “My salad days, when I was green in judgment.” come from ? a. Antony and Cleopatra b. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark c. The Winters Tale d. The Merry Wives of Windsor
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12) Was the Globe ? a. A Roman Amphitheater. b. An Elizabethan Theater. c. An Elizabethan sports stadium. d. A famous map of the world.
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13) How many times suicide occurs in Shakespeare’s plays ? a. 7 b. 9 c. 11 d. 13
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14) Shakespeare died on ? a. 23rd April 1616 b. 25th April 1616 c. 28th April 1616 d. 30th April 1616
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15) How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write ? a. 110 b. 154 c. 175 d. 187
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16) How many plays didWilliam Shakespeare write ? a. 36 b. 37 c. 38 d. 39
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17) What was the age of William Shakespeare when he retired from active service to Stratford around 1613 ? a. 51 b. 49 c. 52 d. 53
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18) When was William Shakespeare baptized ? a. 24 July1564 b. 26 April 1564 c. 26 August 1564 d. 16 April 1564
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19) What was the first name of the playing company King’s Men that William Shakespeare partly-owned ? a. Lord Chamberlain’s Men b. Stratford Theatre c. The Queens Troupe d. The London Theatre
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20) Where was William Shakespeare was born and brought up ? a. Yorkshire b. Stratford-upon-Avon c. Chester d. London
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21) In 1613 the Globe Theater burned down during a production of which play ? a. King John b. Richard II c. Henry VIII d. Henry V
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22) The group of four plays known as the “major tetralogy” is ? a. Richard III, King John, Henry VIII, 1 Henry VI b. 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, Richard III c. King John, Henry V, Richard II, Richard III d. Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V
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23) Which river is associated with Shakespeare’s birth place ? a. The Thames b. The Avon c. The Tyburn d. The Seven
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24) In which century was Shakespeare born ? a. 16th b. 14th c. 15th d. 17th
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25) In what year was the First Folio published ? a. 1626 b. 1621 c. 1623 d. 1629
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26) Which famous Shakespeare play does the quote, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be” come from ? a. Cymbeline b. Hamlet c. Titus Andronicus d. Pericles, Prince of Tyre
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27) Which of these was not one of Shakespeare’s plays ? a. Titus Andronicus b. The Tempest c. Cymbeline d. Shakespeare in love
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28) The line “To be or not to be” comes from which play ? a. Macbeth b. Twelfth Night c. A Midsummer Night’s dream d. Hamlet
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29) Shakespeare died at the age of______________? a. 48 b. 52 c. 60 d. 63
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30) How many photographs exist of William Shakespeare ? a. 2 b. 4 c. 1 d. 0
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31) What was Shakespeare’s first play ? a. King Lear b. Henry VI c. The Tempest d. Romeo and Juliet
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32) In which town was Shakespeare born ? a. London b. Cambridge c. Stratford d. Oxford
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33) How many sonnets did William Shakespeare write ? a. 164 b. 145 c. 154 d. 126
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34) At what age of did William Shakespeare marry Anne Hathaway ? a. 18 b. 22 c. 19 d. 23
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35) 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
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36) To which category that two works of William Shakespeare Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece belong to ? a. Tragedies b. Historical Plays c. Narrative Poems d. Comedies
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37) 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
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38) Who is the American transcendental philosopher who was much influenced by Samuel Taylor Coleridge ? a. Ralph Waldo Emerson b. Ernest Holmes c. John Locke d. John Locke
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39) Which one is the famous prose work of Samuel Taylor Coleridge ? a. Kubla Khan b. Christabel c. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner d. Biographia Literaria
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40) The ode on which topic that Coleridge wrote while attending Jesus College, Cambridge won him the Browne Gold Medal ? a. On the slave trade b. On romantic philosophy c. On the creativity of human mind d. On supernatural elements in poetry
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