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William Shakespeare

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

Previous 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