Tales From Shakespeare MCQs Asked In The Previous Year Annual Exams, Class XI, WBCHSE

Tales from Shakespeare MCQs From The Previous Year Annual Exams, Class 11 English

Tales from Shakespeare MCQ: West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education: All the MCQ questions asked in the previous years of class 11 English annual exams (Tales from Shakespeare) are discussed below:

Comedy of Errors (M.C.Q.)

1)Aegeon was the merchant of –  

a)Ephesus

b)Syracuse

c)Arden                                    

d)Menaphon    

[Annual Exam – 2014]

Ans. b) Syracuse

2)Aegeon was separated from his wife because –

a)they met with a sand storm 

 b)they met with a violent storm on the sea.

c)they got lost in the jungle    

d)they were lost in the fair           

[Annual Exam – 2014]      

Ans.  b)they met with a violent storm on the sea.

3)As ransom of his life Aegeon was demanded of –

a)one hundred marks 

b)one thousands marks

c)all his belongings    

d)five thousands marks   

[Annual Exam – 2015, 2018]

Ans. b)one thousands marks

4)The Elder Antipholus lived in Ephesus for –

a)twenty years                

b)eighteen years  

c)five years                     

d)two years        

[Annual Exam – 2015, 2018, 2022]

Ans. a)twenty years

5)Antipholus Younger was a –

a)Duke                             

b)Merchant

c) Soldier

d)Fisherman       

[Annual Exam – 2016]

Ans. b)Merchant

6)The Elder Dromio’s wife was –

a)Poor       

b)Rich

c)Dowsabel                              

d)Dolores    

[Annual Exam – 2016]

Ans. c)Dowsabel

7) “I am like a drop of water in the ocean.” – who said this?

a)Elder Antipholus                  

b)Antipholus Younger

c)Elder Dromio     

d)Dromio Younger   

 [Annual Exam – 2017]

Ans. b)Antipholus Younger

8) ‘The  Comedy of Errors’ is set in the city of –

a)Illyria                    

b)Syracuse

c)Ephesus                             

d)Corinth   

[Annual Exam – 2019]

Ans. c)Ephesus

9)The fisherman who rescued Aegeon’s wife and children from the storm we

a)Greece                                                  

b)France 

c)Corinth                                                 

d)Spain  

[Annual Exam – 2019]

Ans. c)Corinth       

10)Aegeon came to Ephesus because he was –

a)searching his sons                

b)lost 

c)searching his wife 

d)searching his younger son   

[Annual Exam – 2020]

Ans. d)searching his younger son   

11)Antipholus of Syracuse married –

a)Adriana                          

b) Luciana  

c)daughter of the Duke Menaphon   

d)none of them   

 [Annual Exam – 2020]

Ans. a)Adriana        

12) The lady with whom married Antipholus dined, gave him

a) a ring

b) a letter

c) a book

d) a gold chain

[Annual Exam – 2022]

Ans. a) a ring

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As You Like It (M.C.Q.)

1)The daughter of the banished Duke was –

a)Celia                               

b)Viola

d)Aliena                            

d)Rosalind      

[Annual Exam – 2014]

Ans. d)Rosalind   

2)Rosalind disguised herself as a male and called herself as –

a)Aliena                          

b)Sir Rowland de Boys

c)Fredrick                       

d)Ganymede    

[Annual Exam – 2014]

Ans. d)Ganymede 

3)Rosalind and Celia went to the Forest of Arden –

a)in a carriage          

b)in disguise

c)with an army         

d)on horseback 

[Annual Exam – 2015, 2018]

Ans. b)in disguise

4)Orlando was the young son of –

a)Adam                             

b)Sir Rowland de Boys

c)Fredrick                         

d)Ferdinand      

[Annual Exam – 2015]

Ans. b)Sir Rowland de Boys

5)The sharp teeth of the cold wind in winter is nothing, according to the Duke senior, compared to man’s –

a)love                                     

b)jealousy

c)unkind and ingratitude 

d)happiness  

[Annual Exam – 2016]

Ans. c)unkind and ingratitude 

6)Oliver married –

a)Alice                     

b)Celia  

c)Rose                     

d)Rosalind     

[Annual Exam – 2016]

Ans. b)Celia  

7)Who accompanied Orlando when he escaped?

a)Oliver                   

b)Fredrick 

c)Adam                  

d)Rosalind     

[Annual Exam – 2017]

Ans. c)Adam       

8)As Duke Fredrick entered the forest he met a –

a)dacoit                        

b)fairy

c)hermit                       

d)clown     

[Annual Exam – 2017]

Ans. c)hermit

9)When Rosalind came to know that Orlando was the son of her father’s friend, she gave him –

a)a gold ring            

b)a gold coin  

c)a gold chain      

d)a gold earring    

[Annual Exam – 2019]

Ans. c)a gold chain      

10)Oliver planned to murder Orlando after he won the wrestling match –

a)by burning him alive when he slept

b)by sprinkling poisonous juice on his cloths

c)by giving him poisonous food

d)by hiring assassin to kill him      

[Annual Exam – 2019]

Ans. a)by burning him alive when he slept

11)Sir Rowland De Boys was a trusted friend of  –

a)Fredrisk                     

b)the lawful Duke

c)Adam                         

d)Rosalond 

[Annual Exam – 2020]

Ans. b)the lawful Duke

12)When Duke Fredrick banished Rosalind, Celia –

a)felt very grief stricken  

b)was undoubtedly happy

c)approved her father’s decision 

d)turned rebellion             

[Annual Exam – 2020]

Ans. a)felt very grief stricken      

13) Sir Rowland de Boys’ elder son was

a) Orlando

b) a wreatler

c) Adam

d) Oliver

[Annual Exam – 2022]

Ans. d) Oliver

Macbeth (M.C.Q.)

1)Duncan was the king of –

a)Ireland     

b)England  

c)Scotland       

d)France   

[Annual Exam – 2014]

Ans. c)Scotland   

2)Lady Macbeth could not kill Duncan because –

a)Duncan resembled her father

b)Macbeth did not allow her.

c)there were guards sitting at the door

d)she was weak and irresolute   

[Annual Exam – 2014, 2022]

Ans. a)Duncan resembled her father

3)Malcolm and Dolanbain were the sons of –

a)Macduff    

b)Banquo

c)the thane of Cawdor 

d)Duncan    

[Annual Exam – 2015, 2018]

Ans. d)Duncan

4)The witches looked like –

a)charming ladies   

b)mad creatures  

c)unearthly creature 

d)queens    

[Annual Exam – 2015, 2018]

Ans. c)unearthly creature 

5)Macduff was the Thane of   –

a)Cawdor     

b)Ross 

c)Fife       

c)Glamis     

[Annual Exam – 2016]

Ans. c)Fife       

6)The three unearthly creatures that met with Macbeth and Banquo were singing –

a)Heave ho!   

b)Fair is foul, and foul is fair

c)Hey and a ho and a hey nonnino

d)A vaunt      

[Annual Exam – 2016]

Ans. b)Fair is foul, and foul is fair

7)Macbeth was saluted as the ‘Thane of Glamis’ by –

a)Banquo       

b) the first witch  

c)the second witch  

d)the third witch    

[Annual Exam – 2017]

Ans. b) the first witch

8)The name of Macbeth’s castle was –

a)Dunsinan   

b)Inverness 

c)Invernes    

d)Birnam   

[Annual Exam – 2017]

Ans. b)Inverness 

9)Macbeth was killed by –

a)Malcolm      

b)Donalbain 

c)Macduff    

d)Banquo    

[Annual Exam – 2017]

Ans. c)Macduff    

10)The first of the three witches saluted Macbeth with the title of –

a)Thane of Glamis   

b)Thane of Cawdor 

c)King of Scotland    

d)Great General   

[Annual Exam – 2019]

Ans. a)Thane of Glamis 

11) “Lesser than Macbeth and greater.” The man who was talked about is –

a)Macduff’s father     

b)an Irish general 

c)Malcolm’s father     

d)Banquo  

[Annual Exam – 2019]

Ans. d)Banquo  

12)Donalnain fled to –

a)England     

b)Scotland

c)Ireland      

d)France

[Annual Exam – 2020]

Ans. c)Ireland      

13)The third spirit looked at Mcbeth as –

a)as armed head  

b)a crowned child 

c)eight shadows of kings

d)a bloody child  

[Annual Exam – 2020]

Ans. b)a crowned child 

14) When Macbeth and Banquo were returning from the great battle, there were

a) torrential rain

b) sunshine

c) lightning and thunder

d) darkness and mist

[Annual Exam – 2022]

Ans. c) lightning and thunder

14) Banquo was

a) ambitious

b) gentle but clever

c) loyal

d) honest but ambitious

[Annual Exam – 2022]

Ans. c) loyal

15) Duncan visited

a) Banquo’s castle

b) Macduff’s castle

c) Malcolm’s castle

d) Macbeth’s castle

[Annual Exam – 2022]

Ans. d) Macbeth’s castle

Othello (M.C.Q.)

1)Othello was highly esteemed and revered because –

a)he was dark in complexion  

b)he was a valiant soldier

c)he could tell wonderful stories

d)he married Desdemona     

[Annual Exam – 2014]

Ans. b)he was a valiant soldier

2)Desdemona was the daughter of –

a)Iago      

b)Cassio  

c)Brabantio 

d)The Duke of Venice    

[Annual Exam – 2014, 2020, 2022]

Ans. c)Brabantio

3)Othello had promoted to Cassio to the rank of –

a)General  

b)Duke 

d)Lieutenant  

d)Senator  

[Annual Exam – 2015, 2018, 2022]

Ans. d)Lieutenant

4)The Turks had prepared to invade –

a)Cyprus  

b)Africa  

c)France   

d)Venice  

[Annual Exam – 2015, 2018]

Ans. a)Cyprus

5)In describing Othello’s restlessness the drugs that Shakespeare mentions as failing to bring him peace –

a)Hasish and poppy  

b)Poppy and Mandragora  

c)Hemp and Nightshade  

d)Hemlock and Poppy                      

[Annual Exam – 2016]

Ans. b)Poppy and Mandragora  

6)Iago was –

a)good at heart   

b)learned  

c)very religious                

d)crafty  

[Annual Exam – 2016]

Ans. d)crafty

7)Othello accused Desdemona of being –

a)jealous 

b)selfish  

c)suspicious        

d)unfaithful    

[Annual Exam – 2017]

Ans. d)unfaithful

8)Othello’s first gift to Desdemona was a –

a)fan

b)gown

c)book   

d)handkerchief   

[Annual Exam – 2017,2019]

Ans. d)handkerchief

9)Othello’s tradegy lies ih his –

a)trust on Iago    

b)pride   

c)cruelty       

d)extreme love for Cassio      

[Annual Exam – 2019]

Ans. a)trust on Iago    

10) After the trial Othello readily went to –

a)Desdemona    

b)War of Cyprus 

c)Florence    

d)War of Turkey  

[Annual Exam – 2020]

Ans. d)War of Turkey  

11) Who stole the handkerchief?

a) Cassio

b) lago

c) Emilia, wife of lago

d) Montano

[Annual Exam – 2022]

Ans. c) Emilia, wife of lago

Twelfth Night (M.C.Q.)

1)Viola was the twin sister of –

a)Orsino      

b)Sebastian   

c)Cesario         

d)Olivia             

[Annual Exam – 2014]

Ans. b)Sebastian

2)Olivia invited Sebastian because –

a)She mistook Sebastian to be Cesario

b)Sebastian was a rich man 

c)She was in love with Sebastian  

d)Sebastian was allowed to use Antonio’s purse 

[Annual Exam – 2014]

Ans. a)She mistook Sebastian to be Cesario

3)Viola mourned the loss of her –

a)ship           

b)brother  

c)valuables       

d)relatives       

[Annual Exam – 2015]

Ans. b)brother

4)The place of shipwreck was the coast of –

a)English Channel     

b)Illyria  

c)Pacific Ocean        

d)Atlantic Ocean 

[Annual Exam – 2015, 2018]

Ans. b)Illyria

5)Olivia mistook Sebastian to be –

a)Orsino        

b)Charles

c)Cesario        

d)Antonio       

[Annual Exam – 2016]

Ans. c)Cesario

6)In the song desired by Orsino the singer wants to be buried where –

a)the flowers grow         

b)the sad true lover may never find him  

c)the grass is greenest  

d)the birds sing    

[Annual Exam – 2016]

Ans. b)the sad true lover may never find him  

7)The offence committed by Antonio for which he was arrested –

a)he had killed the Duke’s nephew 

b)he had killed the Duke 

c)he had injured the Duke’s nephew 

d)he had injured the Duke     

[Annual Exam – 2017, 2019]

Ans. c)he had injured the Duke’s nephew 

8)Viola, in the disguise of a boy, took the name

a)Antonio       

b)Oberon 

c)Cesario      

d)Sebastian           

[Annual Exam – 2017]

Ans. c)Cesario

9)Olivia married –

a)Orsino      

b)Sebastian  

c)Cesario  

d)Antonio   

[Annual Exam – 2018]

Ans. b)Sebastian

10)The Duke, Orsino confined to Cesario the account of his love for –

a)Rosalind        

b)Ophelia   

c)Viola      

d)Olivia      

[Annual Exam – 2019]

Ans. d)Olivia      

11)By nature Sebastian was –

a)coward         

b)weak  

c)brave         

d)clever      

[Annual Exam – 2020]

Ans. c)brave

12)Viola was introduced at the Duke’s court as –

a)a page of the Duke         

b)a maid servant

c)an officer     

d)the Duke’s wife   

[Annual Exam – 2020]

Ans. a)a page of the Duke