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Quiz about Name That Shakespeare Quote
Quiz about Name That Shakespeare Quote

Take this Name That Shakespeare Quote! Quiz! Difficult Trivia | Shakespeare


Okay...parts of this will be easy, others not as much. Watch out! I'll give you a quote, you identify the play. I've thrown in a few fill in the blanks for good measure.

A multiple-choice quiz by meals. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
meals
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
70,751
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
13 / 25
Plays
1573
Last 3 plays: Guest 192 (10/25), Guest 89 (15/25), Guest 86 (19/25).
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Question 1 of 25
1. 'Follow my voice; we'll try no manhood here' Hint


Question 2 of 25
2. 'Your royal father's murdered' Hint


Question 3 of 25
3. 'Come to swear that; kiss the book' Hint


Question 4 of 25
4. 'Jove, I thank thee. I will smile!' Hint


Question 5 of 25
5. 'So thrive my soul--' Hint


Question 6 of 25
6. 'Mislike me not for my complexion'

Answer: (Four Words)
Question 7 of 25
7. 'We will be satisfied; let us be satisfied' Hint


Question 8 of 25
8. 'Who steals my purse steals trash' Hint


Question 9 of 25
9. 'A long farewell to all my greatness' Hint


Question 10 of 25
10. Finish this quote: 'One that loved___'

Answer: (5 Words)
Question 11 of 25
11. 'Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more.' Hint


Question 12 of 25
12. 'The glass of fashion and the mold of form' Hint


Question 13 of 25
13. 'Necessity will make us all forsworn' Hint


Question 14 of 25
14. 'And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe and then from hour to hour we rot and rot and thereby hangs a tale'

Answer: (Four Words)
Question 15 of 25
15. 'Now Jove, in his next commodity of hair, send thee a beard!' Hint


Question 16 of 25
16. 'War! War! No peace to me is war!' Hint


Question 17 of 25
17. 'O beauty, where is thy faith?' Hint


Question 18 of 25
18. 'Stay--stand apart; I know not which is which' Hint


Question 19 of 25
19. 'I would rather hear a dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me'

Answer: (Four Words)
Question 20 of 25
20. 'I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again' Hint


Question 21 of 25
21. 'I do desire we may be better strangers'

Answer: (Four Words)
Question 22 of 25
22. 'Nothing will come of nothing' Hint


Question 23 of 25
23. 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow' Hint


Question 24 of 25
24. 'Words, words, words!'

Answer: (One Word)
Question 25 of 25
25. 'Here comes the Countess; now heaven walks on earth!' Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'Follow my {voice;} we'll try no manhood here'

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Puck, in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', has completely messed things up by making both Lysander and Demetrius fall in love with Helena (they were previously both in love with Hermia) and so is mimicking their voices to each other so that they'll follow the voice, thinking they're going to fight each other. Puck then puts them all into an enchanted sleep.
2. 'Your royal father's murdered'

Answer: Macbeth

Macduff says this to Malcolm, one of the unfortunate King Duncan's sons, upon learning that Duncan has been murdered. Lennox then says that it was apparently the servants who did it.
3. 'Come to swear {that;} kiss the book'

Answer: The Tempest

Trinculo, Stephano and Caliban are all getting drunk together in this scene. Trinculo and Stephano are survivors of the shipwreck, and they at first think that Caliban is some weird kind of fish.
4. 'Jove, I thank thee. I will smile!'

Answer: Twelfth Night

This is a little complicated. Malvolio, speaker of this line, is hated by Toby Belch, Maria, and Andrew Aguecheek (great names, huh?), and so they decide to play a mean trick on him. Malvolio is very ambitious for the butler-type that he is, and so he swallows the hook when Maria, who has handwriting very like the lady of the house's, sends him a forged 'love letter' from Olivia (the lady of the house) to Malvolio, bidding him wear yellow stockings (she hates the color yellow) and cross-garter them (Olivia thinks that fashion is stupid) and smile. Malvolio is humiliated, thrown in a dungeon, and finally the whole thing comes out at the end of the play when everyone else is really happy--Shakespeare does always have to have someone who isn't.
5. 'So thrive my soul--'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

This is a line from the balcony scene so it shouldn't be too hard. Romeo says this just before Juliet says 'A thousand times goodnight'.
6. 'Mislike me not for my complexion'

Answer: The Merchant of Venice

This is one of Portia's suitors speaking. He's African (from Morocco), and he's worried Portia won't like him because his skin's too dark.
7. 'We will be {satisfied;} let us be satisfied'

Answer: Julius Caesar

This is the pleblians, just before Brutus and Antony make their big speeches.
8. 'Who steals my purse steals trash'

Answer: Othello

This is a very famous line, so it shouldn't have given you any trouble. It's spoken by Iago, the legendary villain.
9. 'A long farewell to all my greatness'

Answer: Henry VIII

This is probably one of the only relatively famous lines to come out of Henry VIII. It's spoken by Wolsey, who was in deep trouble with Henry at this time.
10. Finish this quote: 'One that loved___'

Answer: Not wisely, but too well

This is part of Othello's death speech and very famous--you should have gotten it.
11. 'Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more.'

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing

This is part of a song that the prince, Don Pedro, has his minstrel sing. The point is that men will never change their ways and women should just accept them that way is pretty clear, but the relevence to the play is not so.
12. 'The glass of fashion and the mold of form'

Answer: Hamlet

Spoken by Ophelia, III, i. Hamlet has been repeatedly telling her to get to a nunnery, and since she's still in love with him, it's starting to go to her brain. She eventually commits suicide.
13. 'Necessity will make us all forsworn'

Answer: Love's Labor's Lost

Act one, scene one.
14. 'And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe and then from hour to hour we rot and rot and thereby hangs a tale'

Answer: As You Like It

II, vii
15. 'Now Jove, in his next commodity of hair, send thee a beard!'

Answer: Twelfth Night

Viola, disguised as a boy, obviously doesn't have a beard. Since she has just given Feste, who is a kind of wandering minstrel slash clown, some money, he says this line. Viola laughs.
16. 'War! War! No peace to me is war!'

Answer: King John

III, i.
17. 'O beauty, where is thy faith?'

Answer: Troilus and Cressida

V, ii.
18. 'Stay--stand {apart;} I know not which is which'

Answer: The Comedy of Errors

This is at the end of the play, when both sets of identical twins are revealed. This is Duke Solinus's line. Things are finally going to be resolved after a whole play of mix-ups.
19. 'I would rather hear a dog bark at a crow than a man swear he loves me'

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing

This is Beatrice's line. She's rather like Katharina in 'The Taming of the Shrew' this way--she hates men, but especially Benedick. They end up getting married.
20. 'I pray thee, gentle mortal, sing again'

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Titania has just fallen in love with Bottom with the donkey's head, thanks to Oberon and the flower of love. Bottom has been singing to prove he's not scared in this wood at night and Titania sees him and falls headlong into love.
21. 'I do desire we may be better strangers'

Answer: As You Like It

III, ii.
22. 'Nothing will come of nothing'

Answer: King Lear

Cordelia has just told Lear (not in so many words) that she is not going to lick his boots to try and get the kingdom. She says 'Nothing' because she loves him most but she's not going to fawn around him. Lear, thinking she means she doesn't love him at all, says 'Nothing will come of {nothing;} speak again'.
23. 'Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow'

Answer: Macbeth

Macbeth is going slightly crazy at this point in the play.
24. 'Words, words, words!'

Answer: Hamlet

Polonius comes into the library while Hamlet is reading. He asks Hamlet what he's reading. Hamlet, who is playing at being insane, says 'Words, words, words!'
25. 'Here comes the {Countess;} now heaven walks on earth!'

Answer: Twelfth Night

Orsino has finally decided to ask Olivia to marry him himself, instead of sending Viola. Smart idea, huh? Think again. Olivia has just married Viola's identical twin brother and now the fun really begins!
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