[16th, 29th, 29th, 35th, 35th, 36th, 36th, 36th, 37th, 37th, 37th BCS]
Information about Shakespeare
1. Born – 23 April 1564
2. Died – 23 April 1616
3. A poet and playwright of – Elizabethan period
4. Mostly known for his – plays
5. He is called the national poet of – England
6. He is also called – the ‘Bard of Avon’
7. He is known as – Poet of human nature
8. Alfred Tennyson called him –The Dazzling Sun
9. He is the — Father of English Drama
10. The number of his plays – 37
11. The number of his sonnets –154
12. The number of his long narrative poems –2
13. The number of his epitaphs –2,
14. His swan song / last work was –The Tempest
15. Wife – Anne Hathaway
16. He married in 18 years old
Shakespeare’s 37 plays are divided into three types:
1. Tragedy 2. Comedy 3. History
Tragedy:
Antony and Cleopatra , Cymbeline , Coriolanus , Hamlet , Julius Caesar , King Lear , Macbeth, Othello, Romeo Juliet, Timon of Athens , Titus Andronicus ,Troilus and Cressida
Comedy:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream , All’s Well That Ends Well , As You Like It, Comedy of Errors . Love’s Lovers Lost , Measure for Measure , Merchant of Venice, Merry Wives of Windsor, Much Ado About Nothing , Pericles, Prince of Tale , Taming of the Shrew , Tempest, Twelfth Nights , Two Gentlemen of Verona, Winter’s Tale
History:
Henry-IV, Henry-V, Henry-VI, Henry-VIII, King John, Richard-II, Richard-III
BCS Questions about Shakespeare;
1. What is the last play of Shakespeare? [37th BCS]
Ans: Tempest
2. Shakespeare composed much of his plays in which sort of verse? [37th BCS]
Ans: Iambic pentameter
3. ‘Othelo’ gave Desdemona ………..as a token of love. [37th BCS]
Ans: Handkerchief
4. “Frailty thy name is women” is a famous dialogue form…….? [36th BCS]
Ans: W. Shakespeare.
5. Shakespeare’s “Measure for Measure” is a successful…….? [36th BCS]
Ans: Comedy
6. The Merchant of Venice is a Shakespeare play about…….? [36th BCS]
Ans: A Jew
7. “To be or not to be that is the question “-is a famous dialogue from….? [35th BCS]
Ans: Hamlet
8. ‘Othello’ is a Shakespeare’s play about……? [35th BCS]
Ans: A Moor
9. Who wrote the plays, “The Tempest “and” The Mid Summer Night’s Dream”? [29th BCS]
Ans: Shakespeare.
10. “To be or not to be, that is the…..” [29th BCS]
Ans: question
11. Shakespeare is known mostly for his ……? [16th BCS]
Ans: Plays