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And the Speaker Is....? Part II Quiz

Shakespeare's plays have familiar phrases spoken by various characters.You get the phrase and the play and need only to identify the speaker. Look for occasional hints. [Source: "The Riverside Shakespeare" (6th printing), Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1974.]

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

Author
lowtechmaster

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
385,465

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which female character disguised as a male in "As You Like It" asks if there could be "too much of a good thing"? Hint

Orlando

Touchstone

Celia

Rosalind

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "The Tempest", which naive character, soon to be married, uses the expression "O brave new world"? Hint

Prospero

Ferdinand

Ariel

Miranda

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Question 3 of 10

3. After the detested Thersites exits in Act II Scene 1 of "Troilus And Cressida", which good friend of Achilles comments, "A good riddance"? Hint

Priam

Patroclus

Nestor

Hector

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Come what may" is a phrase used in "Macbeth", Who uses it in his first encounter with the Witches? Hint

Macbeth

Angus

Rosse

Banquo

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which character in "The Merry Wives Of Windsor" employs the term "laughing-stocks"? [Roy Rogers knows.] Hint

Falstaff

Evans

Caius

Simple

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Question 6 of 10

6. In "Hamlet", who says, "In my mind's eye"? Hint

Claudius

Horatio

Ophelia

Hamlet

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Question 7 of 10

7. The phrase "to make a virtue of necessity" appears in "The Two Gentlemen Of Verona." Who said it? [Remember the play's title.]
Hint

Valentine

Outlaw #1

Speed

Outlaw #2

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Question 8 of 10

8. In "King John", who uses the phrase "Play fast and loose with faith"? The royal speaker soon after breaks a firm alliance with England. Hint

King John of England

Lymoges of Austria

King Philip of France

Blanche of Spain

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Question 9 of 10

9. "A foregone conclusion" is mentioned in "Othello" by which easily deceived character? Hint

Iago

Othello

Emilia

Cassio

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "Henry IV, Part 2", which person giving Falstaff room and board complains, "He hath eaten me out of house and home"? Hint

Gower

Poins

Hostess Quickly

Doll Tearsheet

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which female character disguised as a male in "As You Like It" asks if there could be "too much of a good thing"?

Answer: Rosalind

As a merry jest, the boy Ganymed (Rosalind in disguise) challenges Orlando to prove that he really loves the lady Rosalind by pretending to woo him. In Act IV Scene 1, just before Celia conducts a mock marriage ceremony, Ganymed/Rosalind asks Orlando: "Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?" (IV.1:123-124)

2. In "The Tempest", which naive character, soon to be married, uses the expression "O brave new world"?

Answer: Miranda

Aware that she will be leaving the island and going to where Ferdinand and the the humans live, the innocent Miranda exclaims: "How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world / That has such people in it." Prospero responds with the wisdom of experience, "Tis new to thee." (V.1:183-184)

3. After the detested Thersites exits in Act II Scene 1 of "Troilus And Cressida", which good friend of Achilles comments, "A good riddance"?

Answer: Patroclus

Patroclus' "good riddance" is his response to Thersites ("a deformed and scurrilous Greek") who leaves after insulting both Achilles and Patroclus, calling them fools and swearing he will visit them no more. (II.1:120)

4. "Come what may" is a phrase used in "Macbeth", Who uses it in his first encounter with the Witches?

Answer: Macbeth

After the Witches give their prophecy to Macbeth and Banquo, they disappear. Immediately Rosse and Angus enter to tell Macbeth he is now Thane Of Cawdor. Between remarks to the two nobles, Macbeth uses asides to inform the audience that he may become king without taking any action: "If chance will have me king, why, chance may crown me / Without my stir. / ...Come what may." (I.3:143-146)

5. Which character in "The Merry Wives Of Windsor" employs the term "laughing-stocks"? [Roy Rogers knows.]

Answer: Evans

In Act III Scene 1, Evans and Caius offer to fight each other, even though neither wants to engage in combat. As they prepare to duel, Evans, in an aside, tells Caius, "Pray you, let us not be laughing-stocks to other men's humors. I desire you in friendship, and I will one way or other make you amends." (III.1:85-88) The two do avoid fighting.

6. In "Hamlet", who says, "In my mind's eye"?

Answer: Hamlet

When greeting Horatio, Hamlet remarks: "My father -- methinks I see my father....In my minds-eye." (I.2:184-185) This comment leads directly to Horatio telling Hamlet of the visitation of King Hamlet's ghost.

7. The phrase "to make a virtue of necessity" appears in "The Two Gentlemen Of Verona." Who said it? [Remember the play's title.]

Answer: Outlaw #2

When Valentine and Speed are captured by outlaws, Valentine presents himself as a violent criminal. He is so persuasive, that Outlaw #2 asks him to become their leader: "Are you content to be our general? / To make a virtue of necessity / And live as we do in this wilderness?" (IV.1:59-61)

8. In "King John", who uses the phrase "Play fast and loose with faith"? The royal speaker soon after breaks a firm alliance with England.

Answer: King Philip of France

After King John and King Phillip have formed an alliance, Cardinal Pandolph, representing Pope Innocent, intervenes, first excommunicating King John and then giving King Philip the choice of abandoning the union or being excommunicated. King Philip speaks strongly to Pandolph about the strength of the sworn bond between the two kings, and asks if he should: "Play fast and loose with faith? so jest with heaven?" (III.1:242) Philip does break the alliance.

9. "A foregone conclusion" is mentioned in "Othello" by which easily deceived character?

Answer: Othello

In Act III Scene 3, Iago details to Othello a night (imaginary) when Cassio in his sleep called out to Desdemona and grabbed Iago and kissed him passionately.When Othello reacts in a horrified manner, Iago tells him that Cassio was only dreaming. As Iago intended, Othello indicates that he has accepted the "dream" as "real": "But this denoted a foregone conclusion." (III.3:428)

10. In "Henry IV, Part 2", which person giving Falstaff room and board complains, "He hath eaten me out of house and home"?

Answer: Hostess Quickly

When Hostess Quickly demands that he pay his bill, Falstaff refuses and a disturbance breaks out. When the Chief Justice appears to find out what is going on, she tells him: "He hath eaten me out of house and home, he hath put all my substance into that fat belly of his." (II.1:74-75)

Source: Author lowtechmaster

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