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Think You Know Shakespeare? Trivia Quiz

I will give you lines from the Shakespearean work, and you pick the work it should be paired with. Some of the lines are a little obscure and some are easy. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by amy7937. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
amy7937

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
21,042

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
1321

Last 3 plays: Guest 81 (13/15), Guest 99 (10/15), Guest 92 (2/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. 'Things that love night love not such nights as these' Hint

King Lear

Hamlet

The Tempest

Twelfth Night

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Question 2 of 15

2. 'What is your parentage?' 'Above my fortunes, yet my state is well: I am a gentleman.' Hint

Othello

King Henry V

Twelfth Night

As You Like It

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Question 3 of 15

3. 'My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun' Hint

Othello

one of his sonnets

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Julius Caesar

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Question 4 of 15

4. Complete this quote: 'As flies are to wanton boys are we to the Gods, they kill us for their...'

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 15

5. 'For in that sleep of death what dreams may come once we have shuffled off this mortal coil' Hint

Hamlet

Macbeth

Much Ado About Nothing

Richard III

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Question 6 of 15

6. 'Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be tam'd so.' Hint

Much Ado About Nothing

King Richard III

The Taming of the Shrew

Trolius and Cressida

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Question 7 of 15

7. 'If love be rough with you, be rough with love' Hint

Hamlet

Julius Ceaser

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Romeo and Juliet

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Question 8 of 15

8. 'What worser place can I beg in your love, and yet a place of high respect with me, than to be used as you use your dog?' Hint

Macbeth

Antony and Cleopatra

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The Taming of the Shrew

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Question 9 of 15

9. 'Since saucy jacks so happy are in this, give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss.' Hint

King Henry IV

Hamlet

a sonnet

Othello

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Question 10 of 15

10. 'So, call the field to rest: and let's away, to part the glories of this happy day' is the closing line from which play? Hint

Othello

King Richard II

King Henry V

Julius Caesar

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Question 11 of 15

11. Complete this quote:' Nothing will come of ...'

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 12 of 15

12. This is the opening line from what play: 'I come no more to make you laugh'? Hint

King Henry V

Romeo and Juliet

Twelfth Night

King Henry VIII

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Question 13 of 15

13. This is the opening line from which play: 'O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention!'? Hint

Othello

King Henry V

Hamlet

King Richard III

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Question 14 of 15

14. 'I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee: no way but this, killing myself, to die upon a kiss.' Hint

Othello

Macbeth

Hamlet

Venus and Adonis

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Question 15 of 15

15. 'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on' Hint

Much Ado About Nothing

Othello

The Comedy of Errors

Titus Andronicus

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Things that love night love not such nights as these'

Answer: King Lear

This was said to King Lear in act three while he was standing in the violent storm telling it to rage on and abuse him so that he could forget the abuses of his daughters.

2. 'What is your parentage?' 'Above my fortunes, yet my state is well: I am a gentleman.'

Answer: Twelfth Night

Olivia asks Cesario this when she first begins to fall for the character.

3. 'My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun'

Answer: one of his sonnets

This is the opening line from one of Shakespeare's most famous sonnets.

4. Complete this quote: 'As flies are to wanton boys are we to the Gods, they kill us for their...'

Answer: sport

This quote is from the play 'King Lear' and is said by Gloucester, after the Duke of Cornwall has poked out his eyes, in reference to his bad fortune in recent events.

5. 'For in that sleep of death what dreams may come once we have shuffled off this mortal coil'

Answer: Hamlet

This is part of Hamlet's VERY famous soliloquy which begins with 'To be or not to be'.

6. 'Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be tam'd so.'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew

This is the last line from the play.

7. 'If love be rough with you, be rough with love'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

This is said to Romeo by Mercutio before they go to the Capulet party in act one.

8. 'What worser place can I beg in your love, and yet a place of high respect with me, than to be used as you use your dog?'

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

This is said to Demetrius by Helena.

9. 'Since saucy jacks so happy are in this, give them thy fingers, me thy lips to kiss.'

Answer: a sonnet

10. 'So, call the field to rest: and let's away, to part the glories of this happy day' is the closing line from which play?

Answer: Julius Caesar

11. Complete this quote:' Nothing will come of ...'

Answer: nothing

This is part of the tragic confrontation between King Lear and his daughter Cordelia after Cordelia has refused to profess her love to the King.

12. This is the opening line from what play: 'I come no more to make you laugh'?

Answer: King Henry VIII

13. This is the opening line from which play: 'O for a muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention!'?

Answer: King Henry V

14. 'I kiss'd thee ere I kill'd thee: no way but this, killing myself, to die upon a kiss.'

Answer: Othello

Said by Othello as he kills himself after he has learned the truth about Desdemona.

15. 'O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on'

Answer: Othello

This is one of the greatest lines ever delivered by a villian. Iago says this to Othello and lies with the truth because Iago knows what jealousy will do to a person because he is basing his entire scheme on the fact that he is jealous of Michael Cassio.

Source: Author amy7937

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