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Quiz about Tough Shakespearean Quotes
Quiz about Tough Shakespearean Quotes

Tough Shakespearean Quotes Trivia Quiz


We've all heard them, but who said it? Shakespeare really did know it all, didn't he?

A multiple-choice quiz by hypmom. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
hypmom
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
1,005
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
3008
Last 3 plays: wjames (10/10), comark2000 (10/10), Guest 213 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. 'She doth teach the torches to burn bright!' Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. 'But, for my part, it was all Greek to me.' Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. 'A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.' Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. 'Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter, Dearer than eyesight, space, and liberty,' Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. 'Frailty, thy name is woman!' Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. 'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy. It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on'. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. 'If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.' Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. 'Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!' Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. 'The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.' Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. 'If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear.' Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 17 2024 : wjames: 10/10
Mar 17 2024 : comark2000: 10/10
Feb 09 2024 : Guest 213: 9/10
Feb 03 2024 : Guest 158: 8/10
Jan 28 2024 : Guest 107: 8/10

Score Distribution

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'She doth teach the torches to burn bright!'

Answer: Romeo

Luigi da Porto first named the doomed lovers Romeo and Giulietta in his 'novella' c. 1530
2. 'But, for my part, it was all Greek to me.'

Answer: Casca

Casca was the first of the conspirators to stab Caesar.
3. 'A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.'

Answer: Mercutio

Actually, Mercutio says this twice after he is stabbed by Tybalt.
4. 'Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter, Dearer than eyesight, space, and liberty,'

Answer: Goneril

Shakespeare's source for this plot,which includes a tragic ending, is probably Philip Sidney's 'Arcadia' 2.10.
5. 'Frailty, thy name is woman!'

Answer: Hamlet

Hamlet said this referring to his mother, Gertrude who had an affair with her brother-in-law, Claudius.
6. 'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy. It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on'.

Answer: Iago

Ironically, until he was exposed in the end, Iago was referred to as 'honest Iago' throughout most of 'Othello'.
7. 'If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.'

Answer: Mercutio

Mercutio wasn't a jester, but he liked to make fun of Romeo's search for perfect love using bawdy metaphors like, 'O, that she were an open-arse and thou a poppering pear!'
8. 'Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!'

Answer: Horatio

Horatio to the slain Hamlet.
9. 'The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.'

Answer: Mark Antony

Spoken in his soliloquy in response to Caesar's murder.
10. 'If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumbered here While these visions did appear.'

Answer: Puck

No, he's not the {sandman;} Puck is the mischievous fairy from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'.
Source: Author hypmom

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