文档介绍：Multiple Choices: 1. In “ 18” Shakespeare has a profound meditation on the destructive power of _____ and the eternal ____brought forth by poetry to the one he loves. A. death, life B. death, love C. time, beauty D. time, love
C
Quiz on William Shakespeare
2. In Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice, Antonio could not pay back the money he borrowed from Shylock, because ________.
A. his money was all invested in the newly-emerging textile industry B. his enterprise went bankrupt C. Bassanio was able to pay his own debt D. his ships had all been lost
D
3. “So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”(Shakespeare, 18) What does “ this” refer to?
A. Lover B. Time C. Summer D. Poetry
D
4. The sentence “Shall pare thee to a summer’s day?” is the beginning line of one Shakespeare’s _________.
A. comedies B. tragedies C. histories D. s
D
5. Which of the following does not belong to Shakespeare’s four great tragedies?
A. Hamlet B. Romeo and Juliet
C. King Lear D. Macbeth
B
6. Which of the following is a tragedy written by Shakespeare?
A. Dr. Faustus B. Frankenstein
C. Timon of Athens D. Sense and Sensibility
C
Dr. Faustus is Christopher Marlowe's masterpiece, in which Dr. Faustus sells his soul to the devil in return for the promise of eternal life.
7. _______ exposes the corruption of ambition.
A. Othello B. King Lear
C. Hamlet D. Macbeth
D
8. Shakespeare’plete works include 37 plays, 2 narrative poems and s.
A. 154 B. 152 C. 153 D. 150
A
9. Shakespeare’s works in the earlier period are often imbued with an optimistic atmosphere of humanism. Which of the following works does not belong to this period?
A. Romeo and Juliet
B. The Tempest
C. The Merchant of Venice
D. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
B
10. All the following except ______ has been called Shakespeare’s “edies”?
A. Much Ado about Nothing
B. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
C. As You Like It
D. Twelfth Night
A
11. ________is the symbol of Sh