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Help, Shakespeare, I'm Dying! Trivia Quiz

I give you a quote from a dying character, you tell me from which play it was taken. Good luck!

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

Author
poodog

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
146,711

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2074

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "My dear master, my captain and my emperor, let me say, before I strike this bloody stroke, farewell." Hint

Antony and Cleopatra

King Lear

King Henry V

Titus Andronicus

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Villains, forbear! We are the empress' sons." Hint

Titus Andronicus

As You Like It

Love's Labour's Lost

The Comedy of Errors

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Question 3 of 10

3. "I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. -A plague o' both your houses."

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. "I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee." Hint

The Winter's Tale

Hamlet

Othello

The Merchant of Venice

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Come, trusty sword; come, blade, my breast imbrue." Hint

Merry Wives of Windsor

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Troilus and Cressida

MacBeth

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Question 6 of 10

6. "What, ho! Help, help, help!" Hint

Hamlet

Much Ado About Nothing

King Lear

The Taming of The Shrew

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Cut me to pieces, Volces; men and lads, stain all your edges on me." Hint

Julius Ceasar

Coriolanus

Cymbelline

Measure For Measure

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Question 8 of 10

8. "I am unarm'd; forgo this vantage, Greek." Hint

Troilus and Cressida

As You Like It

Twelfth Night

Antony and Cleopatra

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Question 9 of 10

9. Now this is an easy one! "O, I am slain. -My Lord, you have one eye left."

Answer: (Two words)

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Question 10 of 10

10. This one is a bit different, but still on the subject of Shakespearean character deaths. Which of the following characters does not die in Romeo and Juliet? Hint

Mercutio

Balthasar

Tybalt

Lady Montague

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "My dear master, my captain and my emperor, let me say, before I strike this bloody stroke, farewell."

Answer: Antony and Cleopatra

Said to Antony by Eros before he kills himself by throwing himself onto his sword.

2. "Villains, forbear! We are the empress' sons."

Answer: Titus Andronicus

This quote was the last made by Chiron before he and his brother Demetrius were killed. They were baked into pies and served to their mother! "Why there they are both, baked in that pie, whereof their mother daintily hath fed."

3. "I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. -A plague o' both your houses."

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

This is part of the speech made by Mercutio as he is dying after being stabbed by Tybalt in a brawl.

4. "I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee."

Answer: Othello

Othello kills himself, after he kills Desdemona in a jealous fury. He thought she was cheating on him, but she wasn't, it was a setup, instigated by Iago. After he realises his mistake, Othello stabs himself.

5. "Come, trusty sword; come, blade, my breast imbrue."

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

The beautiful Thisbe kills herself after the death of her lover Pyramus.

6. "What, ho! Help, help, help!"

Answer: Hamlet

Polonius screams for help as he is killed by Hamlet.

7. "Cut me to pieces, Volces; men and lads, stain all your edges on me."

Answer: Coriolanus

And they do exactly what is asked of them too!

8. "I am unarm'd; forgo this vantage, Greek."

Answer: Troilus and Cressida

Hector had hung up his shield and removed his sword when Achilles arrives and orders his men to kill Hector.

9. Now this is an easy one! "O, I am slain. -My Lord, you have one eye left."

Answer: King Lear

Regan stabs a servant, before Cornwall tears out Gloster's other eye!

10. This one is a bit different, but still on the subject of Shakespearean character deaths. Which of the following characters does not die in Romeo and Juliet?

Answer: Balthasar

Balthasar, Romeo's servant tells the tale of Romeo and Juliet's deaths at the end. Although Lady Montague has no death scene, Montague announces to Prince that "Alas, my liege, my wife is dead tonight."

Source: Author poodog

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