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Quiz about Shakespearean Phrases From Which Play

Shakespearean Phrases: From Which Play? Quiz

I'll provide a famous phrase from Shakespeare, and you tell me where it came from.

A multiple-choice quiz by ravenskye. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
ravenskye

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
32,315

Updated
Jul 15 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
5167

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: ken kramer (9/10), suomy (9/10), S4a4m4 (10/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. From which play do we get the phrase, "A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!"? Hint

Henry VI

Richard III

Richard II

Henry VIII

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Alas, Poor Yorick" is from which play, set in Denmark?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'All the world's a stage' is from which play? Hint

Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

The Tempest

As You Like It

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Beware the ides of March" came from which play set in ancient Rome?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Double, double, toil and trouble..." is a quote from which Scottish play?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. "If music be the food of love, play on" is from which play? Hint

Romeo and Juliet

Twelfth Night

Antony and Cleopatra

A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" is from which of these plays? Hint

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Macbeth

The Merchant of Venice

Othello

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Question 8 of 10

8. "We are such stuff as dreams are made on" is from which play by Shakespeare? Hint

The Tempest

King Lear

Julius Caesar

Henry V

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Question 9 of 10

9. The line "One that loved not wisely but too well" is from which of these plays? Hint

Cymbeline

Macbeth

Hamlet

Othello

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Question 10 of 10

10. "More sinned against than sinning" is a quotation from which play? Hint

King Lear

Taming of the Shrew

Merchant of Venice

The Tempest

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Most Recent Scores

Apr 23 2025 : ken kramer: 9/10
Apr 19 2025 : suomy: 9/10
Apr 04 2025 : S4a4m4: 10/10
Mar 24 2025 : Guest 73: 8/10
Mar 18 2025 : pughmv: 4/10
Mar 11 2025 : Guest 73: 0/10

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