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Quiz about Who Says What In Shakespeare
Quiz about Who Says What In Shakespeare

Who Says What In Shakespeare? Trivia Quiz


We all know it was Hamlet who wondered whether it was better to be or not to be. Some other quotes may be less well known, but still meaningful in the context of the play. Have a try.

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
flem-ish
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
53,346
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
3639
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 172 (5/10), stedman (6/10), wjames (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. ' Now cracks a noble heart.Good night , sweet prince.' - Who says this at the end of 'Hamlet'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. 'Cowards die many times before their deaths ; the valiant never taste of death but once.' Whose words are these ? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who says this in what play : 'How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world That has such people in it.' ? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. 'You taught me language ; and my profit on it Is, I know how to curse ; The red plague rid you, For learning me your language. ' Whose words are these? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. 'And thus I clothe my naked villainy with odd old ends stolen forth of holy writ And seem a saint when most I play the devil.' Who says this about himself and in which play ? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who does Iago say this to :'Put money in thy purse.' ? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. 'Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions ?'- Who speaks these words ? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. ' If it were done when it's done ,then it were well It were done quickly.'- Words spoken by ? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Who , in King Lear, says this about himself: 'I am a man More sinned against than sinning'. ? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who is this said about in Julius Caesar: 'This was the noblest Roman of them all.All the conspirators save only he, did that they did in envy of great Caesar.' ? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. ' Now cracks a noble heart.Good night , sweet prince.' - Who says this at the end of 'Hamlet'?

Answer: Horatio

In W.J.Craig 's compact Oxford Shakespeare edition of the Complete Works:Act V ,Scene Two, line 373.- Hamlet's mother dies first after drinking the poisoned cup. - Fortinbras is the foreigner who takes over Elsinore after Hamlet's death and organises the funeral. - Osric is a joke in the play.
2. 'Cowards die many times before their deaths {;} the valiant never taste of death but once.' Whose words are these ?

Answer: Julius Caesar

II.ii.32 - Has been quoted already in 'defence' of those committing suicidal bomb attacks in the Middle- East.
3. Who says this in what play : 'How beauteous mankind is ! O brave new world That has such people in it.' ?

Answer: Miranda in 'The Tempest'

V.i.183.- Source of inspiration for Aldous Huxley.
4. 'You taught me language {;} and my profit on it Is, I know how to curse {;} The red plague rid you, For learning me your language. ' Whose words are these?

Answer: Caliban in the Tempest

The Tempest I,ii,363. - Caliban protests against his state of half-animal half-human. - Not unlike Frankenstein 's Monster ?
5. 'And thus I clothe my naked villainy with odd old ends stolen forth of holy writ And seem a saint when most I play the devil.' Who says this about himself and in which play ?

Answer: Richard III in Richard III

6. Who does Iago say this to :'Put money in thy purse.' ?

Answer: Roderigo

Roderigo is rather foolishly in love with Desdemona.And Jago suggests he can buy her. - I,iii.345
7. 'Hath not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions ?'- Who speaks these words ?

Answer: Shylock himself

III.i.63 - All the others are too short-sighted to see the other side of the coin. - Portia , though a talented 'lawyer', sees the shortcomings in Shylock's character , but is unable to look beyond her 'christian cliches'.- Jessica is not really aware of the causes of her father's behaviour and marries a christian without thinking too much of the injustices done to her (Jewish) people.
8. ' If it were done when it's done ,then it were well It were done quickly.'- Words spoken by ?

Answer: Macbeth himself

I.vii.1 .- Quite typically Shakespeare represents Lady Macbeth as the temptress and Macbeth himself as the hesitating male who has to overcome his scruples. Inspired by 'Genesis' ? - Later Lady Macbeth turns out to be the weaker and goes mad. - Macbeth faces his fate courageously.
9. Who , in King Lear, says this about himself: 'I am a man More sinned against than sinning'. ?

Answer: Lear himself

III,ii.59 - Lear knows he is not offering a spectacle of great dignity , but remembers it was his daughters who caused his misery.
10. Who is this said about in Julius Caesar: 'This was the noblest Roman of them all.All the conspirators save only he, did that they did in envy of great Caesar.' ?

Answer: Brutus

V,v.73 - Brutus is portrayed as a noble defender of democracy , killing not for personal gain but for a noble cause. Marcus Antonius , though himself a demagogue , is clever enough to recognise the qualities of his opponent.- Cinna the Poet is mistaken for Cinna the Consprirator by the angry mob. Kind of inside joke on Shakespeare's part?
Source: Author flem-ish

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