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Quiz about Fairly Simple Quotes From Shakespeare

Fairly Simple Quotes From Shakespeare Quiz

All quotes are taken from some of the Bard's more familiar plays. All questions are multiple choice. This is my quizzy # 1; hope, like Puck, you'll have some fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by JaneofGaunt. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
JaneofGaunt

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
234,327

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1106

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 165 (7/10), wjames (9/10), comark2000 (10/10).

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which Harry is our Shakespeare talking about here?
"...A little touch of Harry in the night." Hint

King Henry VI Part II

King Henry V

King Henry IV Part I

King Henry VIII

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Question 2 of 10

2. Someone's in trouble here; In which play do we find out who's speaking?
"....Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feeling, as to sight?..." Hint

King Lear

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Othello, The Moor of Venice

Macbeth

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which complicated plot are these words from?
"....My father had a daughter loved a man, as it might be, perhaps, were I a woman, I should your lordship." Hint

The Tempest

King Lear

As You Like It

Twelfth Night

4. Sounds like a shady character. Which play includes these words?
"Was ever woman in this humour woo'd? Was ever woman in this humour won? I'll have her, but not for long. What! I, that kill'd her husband and his father...." Hint

Henry VIII

King John

Troilus and Cressida

Richard III

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Question 5 of 10

5. These beautiful lines are from which play?
"There is a willow grows aslant a brook, that shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream..." Hint

Titus Andronicus

A Midsummer Night's Dream`

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

All's Well That Ends Well

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Question 6 of 10

6. Desperation! In which play are the 'men of stones found?'
"Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones...." Hint

Titus Andronicus

Othello, The Moor of Venice

King Lear

The Tempest

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Question 7 of 10

7. Another famous speech; in which play do we hear it?
"The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth, like the gentle rain of Heaven upon the place beneath...." Hint

The Merchant of Venice

The Taming of the Shrew

Antony and Cleopatra

Julius Caesar

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Question 8 of 10

8. The speaker truly loved his country. Which play is this from?
"...This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.." Hint

Henry V

Cymbeline

As You Like It

Richard II

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Question 9 of 10

9. Hurt? Mild word for a mortal wound. In which play do we hear this cry?
"....Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm." Hint

Macbeth

Julius Caesar

Romeo and Juliet

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

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Question 10 of 10

10. And to conclude, we shall applaud which play?
"...So, good night unto you all.
Give me your hands, if we be friends,
and Robin shall restore amends." Hint

The Comedy of Errors

The Winter's Tale

All's Well That Ends Well

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Most Recent Scores

Apr 03 2024 : Guest 165: 7/10
Mar 17 2024 : wjames: 9/10
Mar 17 2024 : comark2000: 10/10
Mar 17 2024 : genoveva: 10/10
Mar 17 2024 : rossian: 10/10
Mar 08 2024 : Guest 99: 3/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Harry is our Shakespeare talking about here? "...A little touch of Harry in the night."

Answer: King Henry V

Act III End of Scene VI: Speaker - Chorus
This takes place the night before the battle of Agincourt, when Henry is walking around boosting his troops' morale. The English know they are vastly outnumbered, but they are reassured by Henry's care for them.

2. Someone's in trouble here; In which play do we find out who's speaking? "....Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible to feeling, as to sight?..."

Answer: Macbeth

Act II Scene I Speaker - Macbeth
Here, Macbeth is about to murder King Duncan, but he envisions a bloody dagger, the first indication that Macbeth's nerves are going to give him a hard time.
Oddly enough, the real King Macbeth had a fairly peaceful reign of 17 years in Scotland. Shakespeare gave him bad press!

3. Which complicated plot are these words from? "....My father had a daughter loved a man, as it might be, perhaps, were I a woman, I should your lordship."

Answer: Twelfth Night

Act II Scene IV Speaker - Viola
Viola, disguised as the young man Cesario, is speaking with Duke Orsino with whom she is in love. One of Shakespeare's tangled plots with twins, boozy knights, mischievous servants, and so on. Fun!
At the end of the film "Shakespeare In Love" we're given to believe that Viola de Lesseps is the inspiration for Viola in "Twelfth Night."

4. Sounds like a shady character. Which play includes these words? "Was ever woman in this humour woo'd? Was ever woman in this humour won? I'll have her, but not for long. What! I, that kill'd her husband and his father...."

Answer: Richard III

Act I Scene II Speaker - Richard of Gloucester, later Richard III.
Richard plots to marry Anne Neville, widow of the young Prince of Wales, son of poor old Henry VI.
Again, Shakespeare has given us a picture of a villain, whereas Richard may not have been quite the nasty piece of work we see in the play.

5. These beautiful lines are from which play? "There is a willow grows aslant a brook, that shows his hoar leaves in the glassy stream..."

Answer: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Act III Scene VII Speaker - Queen Gertrude
The Queen is explaining to King Claudius and Laertes, Ophelia's brother, that Ophelia has drowned. This fires up Laertes even more to see Hamlet dead, leading to the final scene where bodies are strewn around all over the place!

6. Desperation! In which play are the 'men of stones found?' "Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones...."

Answer: King Lear

Act V Scene III
More bodies, mostly female! Lear is lamenting the death of Cordelia when he realizes too late that she is the daughter who truly loves him. A few more speeches and Lear gives up the ghost also.

7. Another famous speech; in which play do we hear it? "The quality of mercy is not strained; it droppeth, like the gentle rain of Heaven upon the place beneath...."

Answer: The Merchant of Venice

Act IV Scene I Speaker - Portia, dressed as a Doctor of Laws.
Shylock the Jew is demanding his pound of flesh from Antonio, the Merchant of Venice, who has defaulted on a loan. Portia asks for mercy, but Shylock will have none of it. Portia then says he can have his pound of flesh, but not one drop of blood, 'tis not in the bond! Another play that is hardly a straightforward plot.

8. The speaker truly loved his country. Which play is this from? "...This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.."

Answer: Richard II

Act II Scene I
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, lies dying, hoping that his nephew, King Richard will visit; he little knows that Richard will be quite happy with Gaunt's death, since his estates will be seized by the King. Gaunt's famous speech extols the virtues of England and worries at the state to which Richard's reign has brought her.

9. Hurt? Mild word for a mortal wound. In which play do we hear this cry? "....Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm."

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

Act III Scene I Speaker - Mercutio
Romeo has just tried to stop the sword fight between Tybalt and Mercutio, and doesn't realize that Mercutio was mortally wounded by Tybalt. This leads to the fatal fight between Romeo and Tybalt, wherein Tybalt is killed and Romeo flees Verona.

10. And to conclude, we shall applaud which play? "...So, good night unto you all. Give me your hands, if we be friends, and Robin shall restore amends."

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Act V Scene II Speaker - Puck (Robin Goodfellow)
The concluding speech of another of Shakespeare's tangled plots.
The film with Kevin Kline (Bottom), Michelle Pfeiffer (Titania) and other top notch actors, is worth watching.

Source: Author JaneofGaunt

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