Free Drama MCQs with Answers

• A. Spain
• B. Denmark
• C. Scotland
• D. Canada

Explanation: Macbeth is set mainly in medieval Scotland, including places such as Inverness, Dunsinane and Birnam Wood.

• A. Othello
• B. Macbeth
• C. Hamlet
• D. King Lear

Explanation: Hamlet speaks this soliloquy while considering whether to continue living despite suffering and uncertainty.

• 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

Explanation: The witches show Macbeth an armed head, a bloody child, and a crowned child carrying a tree.

• A. 7
• B. 10
• C. 14
• D. 18

Explanation: The standard classification counts ten Shakespearean histories, including the Henry plays, the two parts of Henry IV, Richard II, Richard…

• A. The Taming of the Shrew
• B. King Lear
• C. The Tempest
• D. Macbeth

Explanation: These are the opening lines of Macbeth, spoken by the three witches as they arrange their next meeting.

• A. The Merry Wives of Windsor
• B. Othello, the Moor of Venice
• C. Pericles, Prince of Tyre
• D. King Henry the Sixth, Part II

Explanation: Dick the Butcher says this line in King Henry VI, Part 2, while supporting Jack Cade’s rebellion.

• A. Italian
• B. English
• C. Scottish
• D. Greek

Explanation: Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon and is regarded as an English playwright and poet.

• A. King Lear
• B. As You Like It
• C. The Famous History of the Life of
• D. King Henry VIII
• E. The Life and Death of King John

Explanation: Lear speaks this anguished line when condemning Goneril’s ingratitude in King Lear.

• A. Antony and Cleopatra
• B. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
• C. The Winters Tale
• D. The Merry Wives of Windsor

Explanation: Cleopatra uses the phrase “my salad days” in Antony and Cleopatra to describe her inexperienced youth.

• A. A Roman Amphitheater.
• B. An Elizabethan Theater.
• C. An Elizabethan sports stadium.
• D. A famous map of the world.

Explanation: The Globe was an Elizabethan theatre associated with Shakespeare’s acting company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men.

• A. 7
• B. 9
• C. 11
• D. 13

Explanation: The commonly cited Shakespearean-literature statistic is thirteen suicides or suicide deaths across the plays.

• A. 23rd April 1616
• B. 25th April 1616,
• C. 28th April 1616
• D. 30th April 1616

Explanation: The traditional date given for Shakespeare’s death is 23 April 1616. Calendar conventions can create a later Gregorian equivalent, but…

• A. 51
• B. 49
• C. 52
• D. 53

Explanation: Shakespeare was born in 1564 and returned to Stratford around 1613, making him approximately 49 years old.

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

Explanation: Shakespeare's baptism was recorded on 26 April 1564 at Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon.

• A. Lord Chamberlain's Men
• B. Stratford Theatre
• C. The Queens Troupe
• D. The London Theatre

Explanation: The King's Men were formerly known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the company Shakespeare joined and partly owned.

• A. Yorkshire
• B. Stratford-upon-Avon
• C. Chester
• D. London

Explanation: Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, though he later established his theatrical career in London.

• A. King John
• B. Richard II
• C. Henry VIII
• D. Henry V

Explanation: The Globe burned in 1613 during a performance of Henry VIII, when a cannon used for a theatrical effect ignited the thatched roof.

• 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

Explanation: The major tetralogy, also called the second historical tetralogy, follows England from Richard II through Henry IV to Henry V.

• A. The Thames
• B. The Avon
• C. The Tyburn
• D. The Seven

Explanation: Stratford-upon-Avon stands on the River Avon, whose name is therefore closely associated with Shakespeare's birthplace.

• A. 16th
• B. 14th
• C. 15th
• D. 17th

Explanation: Shakespeare was born in 1564, placing his birth in the sixteenth century.