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Time For Shakespeare Trivia Quiz

This collection of quotes from Shakespeare's plays all deal with the subject of time. Do you know which play each quote is from?

A multiple-choice quiz by helen295. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
helen295

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
143,391

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
695

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time." Hint

Cymbeline

Hamlet

Macbeth

Julius Caesar

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Ay me! Sad hours seem long." Hint

Romeo and Juliet

As You Like It

Love's Labours Lost

The Comedy Of Errors

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Question 3 of 10

3. "What see'st thou else in the dark backward and abysm of time?" Hint

Measure For Measure

King Henry V

Othello

The Tempest

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Four happy days bring in another moon: but oh, methinks, how slow this old moon wanes." Hint

The Merchant Of Venice

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Romeo and Juliet

Coriolanus

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Question 5 of 10

5. "My hour is almost come, when I to sulphurous and tormenting flames must render up myself." Hint

Macbeth

Hamlet

King John

Antony and Cleopatra

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Question 6 of 10

6. "If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me." Hint

Titus Andronicus

Much Ado About Nothing

All's Well That Ends Well

Macbeth

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Question 7 of 10

7. "I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."
Hint

King Richard II

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Timon of Athens

King Lear

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Question 8 of 10

8. "The clock upbraids me with the waste of time." Hint

Othello

Twelfth Night

The Taming of the Shrew

Troilus and Cressida

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Question 9 of 10

9. "They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts." Hint

Hamlet

The Merchant of Venice

As You Like It

Merry Wives of Windsor

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges." Hint

The Taming of the Shrew

Twelfth Night

Antony and Cleopatra

The Tempest

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time."

Answer: Macbeth

Macbeth Act V Scene V
This line is spoken by Macbeth himself after discovering that Lady Macbeth is dead.
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day, to the last syllable of recorded time; and all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death."

2. "Ay me! Sad hours seem long."

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet Act I Scene I
We first meet Romeo in this scene, during a conversation with his friend Benvolio. Romeo is explaining to Benvolio that he is in love with a woman (later identified as Rosaline) who doesn't love him in return.

3. "What see'st thou else in the dark backward and abysm of time?"

Answer: The Tempest

The Tempest Act I Scene II
Prospero is asking his daughter Miranda if she remembers life in the days when he was Duke of Milan, before they were banished by his brother, Antonio.
"Canst thou remember a time before we came unto this cell?"

4. "Four happy days bring in another moon: but oh, methinks, how slow this old moon wanes."

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream Act I Scene I
This line is spoken by Theseus, who is looking forward to his marriage to Hippolyta. Hippolyta then replies: "Four days will quickly steep themselves in night; four nights will quickly dream away the time".

5. "My hour is almost come, when I to sulphurous and tormenting flames must render up myself."

Answer: Hamlet

Hamlet Act I, Scene V
In this scene, the ghost of Hamlet's father appears to him and tells him he must take revenge.
"I am thy father's spirit; doom'd for a term to walk the night, and for the day, confin'd to waste in fires..."

6. "If you can look into the seeds of time, and say which grain will grow and which will not, speak then to me."

Answer: Macbeth

Macbeth Act I Scene III
In this scene Macbeth and Banquo are returning from war when they encounter the three witches on the heath. Banquo asks them to predict his future, and they cryptically reply: "Lesser than King Macbeth and greater", "Not so happy, yet much happier" and finally, "Thou shalt get kings, though thou be none".

7. "I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."

Answer: King Richard II

King Richard II Act V Scene V
King Richard's soliloquy in this scene deals with the subject of time.
"I wasted time and now doth time waste me; for now hath time made me his numbering clock: My thoughts are minutes; and with sighs, they jar their watches on unto mine eyes."

8. "The clock upbraids me with the waste of time."

Answer: Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night Act III Scene I
This line is spoken by Olivia to Viola following the striking of a clock.

9. "They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts."

Answer: As You Like It

As You Like It Act II Scene VII
This quote follows the more famous line "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."

10. "Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges."

Answer: Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night Act V Scene I
This is the second quote in this quiz taken from Twelfth Night. The line was spoken by Feste the clown to Malvolio.

Source: Author helen295

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