The Merry Wives of Windsor Quizzes

The Merry Wives of Windsor Quiz 1

1 The Merry Wives of Windsor is a
history

tragedy

romance

comedy
2 Who are the wives?
Mistress Page and Mistress Ford

Ford and Page in disguise

Mistress Quickly and Mistress Page

Anne and Mistress Quickly
3 Windsor is a/an
title for an English noble

royal residence

English territory

island
4 Who was famously a fan of the play?
King James I

Queen Elizabeth I

Christopher Marlowe

Ben Jonson
5 The play is written in
three acts

five acts

four acts

six acts
6 Which character inspired the whole play?
Slender

John Falstaff

Mistress Page

Ford
7 John Falstaff is a/an
laborer

knight

nobleman

merchant
8 Falstaff first appeared in
Henry IV, Part II

Henry V

Henry IV, Part I

Richard III
9 What was Falstaff's original role?
court jester

companion to Prince Hal

advisor in Henry IV's privy council

executioner
10 The plays of the Henriad are
histories

tragedies

comedies

romances
11 The Merry Wives of Windsor purportedly takes place in the
eighteenth century

thirteenth century

fourteen century

sixteenth century
12 The Merry Wives of Windsor actually takes place in the
fourteenth century

sixteenth century

eighteenth century

twelfth century
13 Falstaff is portrayed as
tall

manipulative

forgetful

fat
14 Falstaff is also portrayed as
inspirational

eloquent

distinguished

contemplative
15 Anne is the daughter of
the Fords

the Pages

the Quicklys

Falstaff
16 The only eligible female character in the play is
Mistress Page

Mistress Quickly

Anne

Mistress Ford
17 Mistress Quickly serves
Caius

Ford

Falstaff

Evans
18 Evans is
French

English

Scottish

Welsh
19 Caius is
English

French

Scottish

Welsh
20 What is the earliest recorded performance of the play?
1599

1604

1620

1607
21 What is the name of the inn?
Quickly Inn

Bardolph Inn

Windsor Inn

Garter Inn
22 Who is in charge of the inn?
Ford

Caius

the Host

Mistress Quickly
23 Whom does Caius challenge to a fight?
Ford

Evans

Page

Slender
24 Who is Evans's servant?
Simple

Bardolph

Shallow

Slender
25 Who serves as the wives' messenger?
Mistress Quickly

Slender

Falstaff

Anne

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