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 Quickly and Mistress Page

Ford and Page in disguise

Anne and Mistress Quickly

Mistress Page and Mistress Ford
3 Windsor is a/an
royal residence

title for an English noble

English territory

island
4 Who was famously a fan of the play?
Queen Elizabeth I

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe

King James I
5 The play is written in
three acts

five acts

four acts

six acts
6 Which character inspired the whole play?
Mistress Page

John Falstaff

Slender

Ford
7 John Falstaff is a/an
laborer

knight

nobleman

merchant
8 Falstaff first appeared in
Richard III

Henry IV, Part II

Henry IV, Part I

Henry V
9 What was Falstaff's original role?
companion to Prince Hal

court jester

advisor in Henry IV's privy council

executioner
10 The plays of the Henriad are
histories

tragedies

romances

comedies
11 The Merry Wives of Windsor purportedly takes place in the
fourteen century

eighteenth century

sixteenth century

thirteenth century
12 The Merry Wives of Windsor actually takes place in the
eighteenth century

twelfth century

fourteenth century

sixteenth century
13 Falstaff is portrayed as
manipulative

fat

tall

forgetful
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

Anne

Mistress Ford

Mistress Quickly
17 Mistress Quickly serves
Evans

Ford

Falstaff

Caius
18 Evans is
English

Welsh

Scottish

French
19 Caius is
Welsh

English

Scottish

French
20 What is the earliest recorded performance of the play?
1607

1599

1620

1604
21 What is the name of the inn?
Windsor Inn

Bardolph Inn

Garter Inn

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

Mistress Quickly

the Host

Caius
23 Whom does Caius challenge to a fight?
Page

Evans

Slender

Ford
24 Who is Evans's servant?
Bardolph

Slender

Simple

Shallow
25 Who serves as the wives' messenger?
Falstaff

Mistress Quickly

Slender

Anne

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