Who Are Shakespeare's Chattiest Characters? Quiz

Answer: Twelfth Night (or What You Will)

As you might guess from his surname, Sir Toby was a rude old drunkard. He formed a mischievous trio with Sir Andrew Aguecheek and the jester, Feste.

Answer: As You Like It

Shakespeare based this play on a contemporary novel "Rosalynde", by Thomas Lodge. Lodge set his story in the Ardennes, but Shakespeare anglicised it to take place in the Forest of Arden

Answer: Julius Caesar

Despite being warned to "Beware the Ides of March", Caesar is flattered into going to the Senate and meets his death at the hands of the conspirators.
At the end of the play Brutus commits suicide by falling on his sword.
He is praised by Mark Anthony as "the noblest Roman of them all".

Answer: The Merchant of Venice

Portia disguises herself as a male lawyer to defend Antonio against Shylock, who seeks his pound of flesh after Antonio fails to meet the deadline to repay his loan. Her clever argument is that Shylock may take the flesh but is not entitled to spill a single drop of blood.

Answer: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Puck (Robin Goodfellow) transforms Bottom with an ass's head and Titania, queen of the fairies, falls in love with him. Bottom and his companions, the "rude mechanicals", perform "Pyramus and Thisbe", the play within a play.

Answer: Othello, the Moor of Venice

Iago, Othello's flagbearer, proves himself to be a villainous murderer. The last act is one of Shakespeare's bloodiest, with Cassio and Roderigo being stabbed, Desdemona and Emilia being murdered by their husbands and, finally, Othello killing himself.

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew

Cole Porter adapted this play for his musical, "Kiss Me, Kate". "The Taming of the Shrew" is a play performed by a company of players to Sly, a poor tinker who is the victim of a practical joke after being ejected from an inn and convinced that he is actually a lord.

Answer: The Tempest

Prospero, a sorcerer, is the rightful Duke of Milan, but has been usurped by his brother and set adrift on a raft to die. Twelve years later he uses his magical powers to summon up a tempest to shipwreck his enemies on his island.

Answer: The Two Gentlemen of Verona

This is the tale of how Proteus and Valentine, both fall in love with Silvia. Proteus tells her father, the Duke of Milan, that Valentine plans to elope with her and Valentine is banished. Happy endings ensue, though, as Valentine wins Silvia and Proteus is reconciled with his first love, Julia.

Answer: The Winter's Tale

Leontes, King of Sicilia, is convinced that his wife is having an affair with his childhood friend, Polixenes, King of Bohemia. He orders that his newborn baby daughter be abandoned in a desolate place. She is found and raised by a shepherd, who names her Perdita, and is eventually reunited with her father sixteen years later.