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Shakespeare for Teenagers

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Introduction:
"This is a quiz intended for the people who don't really like Shakespeare, or perhaps do not fully understand his plays. Hopefully this will provide some perspective."


1. Ahh! It's Friday and school's over. I head to the mall with my best friend and immediately spot my crush, Rachel. She's the most popular girl in school and the captain of the cheerleader's squad. What would Romeo say about her?
    "Can one desire too much of a good thing?"
    "Love is blind, and lovers cannot see"
    "See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek!"
    "The lady doth protest too much, methinks"


2. I'm about to make my way across the parking lot to say hi when I spot my older brother, Chris, walking to her. He kisses her on the cheek and takes her hand. I can't believe it! I told him how I felt. How could he do this to me? What would Caesar say?
    "That it should come to this!"
    "Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better"
    "A little more than kin, and less than kind"
    "Et tu, Brute!"


3. I'm furious. My brother, the one in whom I have confided for all these years has betrayed me. Well, there's only one way to deal with this: revenge. I have to get even with him. I'll have to pretend I don't know, of course, and strike when he least expects it. What would Iago say?
    "There's daggers in men's smiles."
    "Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under 't."
    "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve/For daws to peck at: I am not what I am."
    "Fair is foul, and foul is fair."


4. Before I act, I want to make sure what I am doing is right. He is my brother, after all. I want to catch him in the act, or better yet, make him squirm as I take him to that new movie where a man steals his brother's girlfriend. What would Hamlet say?
    "Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt"
    "How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes!"
    "The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."
    "Conscience is but a word that cowards use, devised at first to keep the strong in awe"


5. So Chris is guilty. I should ruin his life the way he ruined mine. But I can't. He's my brother. Maybe I should talk to him and confront him. No! I'll follow through with my plan. I shouldn't think so much, just act. What would Hamlet say?
    "To be, or not to be: that is the question"
    "Now is the winter of our discontent."
    "How bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes!"
    "Nothing will come of nothing."


6. I still don't have a solid plan. I have to keep thinking. Maybe if I ask one of my friends, we can hatch a plan together. What would the witches of "Macbeth" say?
    "Out of the jaws of death."
    "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child!"
    "Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble."
    "The course of true love never did run smooth."


7. I think I have a good idea. I want to show Chris that Rachel has cheated on him somehow. Yes, that sounds like a good plan. I know my brother will believe what I tell him because he trusts me. Finally, I can take my revenge. What would Iago say?
    "As he was valiant, I honor him; but, as he was ambitious, I slew him."
    "The Moor is of a free and open nature/ That thinks men honest that but seem to be so."
    "The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
    "True nobility is exempt from fear."


8. I ask around for my brother's best friend, but to no avail. I figured he was the best candidate to have cheated with Rachel, so that I could ruin Chris' life as much as possible. I spot Rachel over in a corner of the cafeteria, without Chris. She seems to be arguing with a few of her friends. I sneak over as discreetly as possible. She's trying to convince them that she isn't dating my brother, but they don't seem to believe her. What would Hamlet's mother say about her?
    "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
    "Nothing will come of nothing."
    "O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright"
    "The worst is not, So long as we can say, 'This is the worst.' "


9. When I get home that night, I decide to talk to my brother. I realized that although he betrayed me, he is still my brother, and I should not let something like this come between us. As I step into the door, I hear shouting. My dad has found out that my brother is dating my crush, who is also the daughter of one of his rivals at work. My brother says that it should not matter who her father is because he is in love with her. What would Juliet say in his position?
    "This above all: to thine own self be true".
    "The miserable have no other medicine but only hope".
    "But love is blind, and lovers cannot see".
    "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet".


10. I am in shock. I had no idea that my brother felt so strongly about her. After all, all I had was a crush and I hadn't done anything about it. Later that night, I hear them on the front porch. He explains to her the situation and she replies that it is the same at her home. They decide to continue to see each other. What would Juliet say before leaving?
    "We have heard the chimes at midnight."
    "Love sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better."
    "What 's done is done."
    "Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow."


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