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Who Are Shakespeare's Chattiest Characters? Quiz

All you need to do is work out in which of Shakespeare's plays the following characters have the most lines to speak.

A multiple-choice quiz by Bazzoomer. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Bazzoomer

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
319,088

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Sir Toby Belch sneaks into the lead with the most lines, just three ahead of Olivia, in this play, which is set in Illyria after a shipwreck. Hint

As You Like It

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Henry V

Twelfth Night (or What You Will)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Rosalind is by far the biggest speaker, with a quarter of the lines, in this play set in the Forest of Arden. She spends much of the play disguised as a boy called Ganymede. Hint

As You Like It

The Taming of the Shrew

Twelfth Night (or What You Will)

The Winter's Tale

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Question 3 of 10

3. Marcus Brutus has almost a third of the lines in this play which is concerned with violent death, including his own suicide at the very end of the play. Hint

Troilus and Cressida

Julius Caesar

Titus Andronicus

Antony and Cleopatra

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Question 4 of 10

4. More Shakespearean transvestism as Portia, who has many more lines than anyone else, disguises herself as a lawyer. Hint

The Winter's Tale

The Comedy of Errors

Love's Labours Lost

The Merchant of Venice

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Question 5 of 10

5. Bottom, a weaver who spends part of the play with an ass's head, just pips Theseus and Helena to the post in terms of the number of lines spoken in this "magical" play. Hint

The Tempest

The Merry Wives of Windsor

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Comedy of Errors

6. Iago, flagbearer to a general employed by the Venetian state, has almost a third of the lines in this tragedy, full of jealousy and treachery, with the last act being full of murder and suicide. Hint

Cymbeline

Much Ado About Nothing

Timon of Athens

Othello, the Moor of Venice

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Question 7 of 10

7. Petruchio, a gentleman from Verona, speaks more than a fifth of the lines in this play within a play, as he woos a rich but wilful woman. Hint

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Love's Labours Lost

The Taming of the Shrew

Timon of Athens

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Question 8 of 10

8. Prospero has almost a third of the lines in this play full of intrigue and magic, as he seeks to exact revenge for the wrongs he has previously suffered. Hint

Macbeth

Measure for Measure

Titus Andronicus

The Tempest

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Question 9 of 10

9. Proteus just edges Valentine into second place when it comes to the number of lines they have in this "buddy" play, where they both fall for Silvia. Hint

Troilus and Cressida

Julius Caesar

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Antony and Cleopatra

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Question 10 of 10

10. Leontes has a fifth of the lines in this "seasonal" play, in which he becomes insanely jealous when he suspects his wife, Hermione, of cheating on him. The play contains Shakespeare's most famous stage direction, "Exit, pursued by a bear". Hint

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Merchant of Venice

Measure for Measure

The Winter's Tale

Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Sir Toby Belch sneaks into the lead with the most lines, just three ahead of Olivia, in this play, which is set in Illyria after a shipwreck.

Answer: Twelfth Night (or What You Will)

As you might guess from his surname, Sir Toby was a rude old drunkard. He formed a mischievous trio with Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the jester, Feste.

2. Rosalind is by far the biggest speaker, with a quarter of the lines, in this play set in the Forest of Arden. She spends much of the play disguised as a boy called Ganymede.

Answer: As You Like It

Shakespeare based this play on a contemporary novel "Rosalynde", by Thomas Lodge. Lodge set his story in the Ardennes, but Shakespeare anglicised it to take place in the Forest of Arden

3. Marcus Brutus has almost a third of the lines in this play which is concerned with violent death, including his own suicide at the very end of the play.

Answer: Julius Caesar

Despite being warned to "Beware the Ides of March", Caesar is flattered into going to the Senate and meets his death at the hands of the conspirators.
At the end of the play Brutus commits suicide by falling on his sword.
He is praised by Mark Anthony as "the noblest Roman of them all".

4. More Shakespearean transvestism as Portia, who has many more lines than anyone else, disguises herself as a lawyer.

Answer: The Merchant of Venice

Portia disguises herself as a male lawyer to defend Antonio against Shylock, who seeks his pound of flesh after Antonio fails to meet the deadline to repay his loan. Her clever argument is that Shylock may take the flesh but is not entitled to spill a single drop of blood.

5. Bottom, a weaver who spends part of the play with an ass's head, just pips Theseus and Helena to the post in terms of the number of lines spoken in this "magical" play.

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Puck (Robin Goodfellow) transforms Bottom with an ass's head and Titania, queen of the fairies, falls in love with him. Bottom and his companions, the "rude mechanicals", perform "Pyramus and Thisbe", the play within a play.

Answer: Othello, the Moor of Venice

Iago, Othello's flagbearer, proves himself to be a villainous murderer. The last act is one of Shakespeare's bloodiest, with Cassio and Roderigo being stabbed, Desdemona and Emilia being murdered by their husbands and, finally, Othello killing himself.

7. Petruchio, a gentleman from Verona, speaks more than a fifth of the lines in this play within a play, as he woos a rich but wilful woman.

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew

Cole Porter adapted this play for his musical, "Kiss Me, Kate". "The Taming of the Shrew" is a play performed by a company of players to Sly, a poor tinker who is the victim of a practical joke after being ejected from an inn and convinced that he is actually a lord.

8. Prospero has almost a third of the lines in this play full of intrigue and magic, as he seeks to exact revenge for the wrongs he has previously suffered.

Answer: The Tempest

Prospero, a sorcerer, is the rightful Duke of Milan, but has been usurped by his brother and set adrift on a raft to die. Twelve years later he uses his magical powers to summon up a tempest to shipwreck his enemies on his island.

9. Proteus just edges Valentine into second place when it comes to the number of lines they have in this "buddy" play, where they both fall for Silvia.

Answer: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

This is the tale of how Proteus and Valentine, both fall in love with Silvia. Proteus tells her father, the Duke of Milan, that Valentine plans to elope with her and Valentine is banished. Happy endings ensue, though, as Valentine wins Silvia and Proteus is reconciled with his first love, Julia.

Answer: The Winter's Tale

Leontes, King of Sicilia, is convinced that his wife is having an affair with his childhood friend, Polixenes, King of Bohemia. He orders that his newborn baby daughter be abandoned in a desolate place. She is found and raised by a shepherd, who names her Perdita, and is eventually reunited with her father sixteen years later.

Source: Author Bazzoomer

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