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Quiz about Found in Translation Shakespeare in Italian

Found in Translation. Shakespeare in Italian Quiz

The Bard is the Bard everywhere. In Italy, a fair share of the works onstage are Shakespeare's. In the Italian translation, of course. Let's see if you can name the play from these very famous lines in the Italian version.

A multiple-choice quiz by zordy. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
zordy

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
241,904

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
512

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Essere o non essere: questo � il problema. Hint

Hamlet

As You Like It

Othello

Romeo and Juliet

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Question 2 of 10

2. Ma non ha occhi, un ebreo? Hint

The Merchant of Venice

The Comedy of Errors

Measure For Measure

Macbeth

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Question 3 of 10

3. Un cavallo! Un cavallo! Il mio regno per un cavallo! Hint

Julius Caesar

King Richard the Third

Anthony and Cleopatra

Titus Andronicus

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Question 4 of 10

4. Oh, essa insegna alle fiaccole a brillare! Hint

Othello

Romeo and Juliet

Twelfth Night

A Midsummer's Night Dream

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Question 5 of 10

5. Tutto il mondo � un teatro e tutti gli uomini e le donne non sono che attori.
Hint

The Comedy Of Errors

As You Like It

Love's Labours Lost

Twelfth Night

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Question 6 of 10

6. Uccidetemi domani. Lasciatemi vivere questa notte. Hint

Macbeth

Othello

King Lear

Cymbeline

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Question 7 of 10

7. Dove succhia l'ape, l� succhio anch'io. Hint

Coriolanus

Measure For Measure

Much Ado About Nothing

The Tempest

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Question 8 of 10

8. Se la musica � il nutrimento dell'amore, continuate a suonare.
Hint

Julius Caesar

Anthony and Cleopatra

The Winter's Tale

Twelfth Night

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Question 9 of 10

9. Urlate! Voi siete uomini di pietra. Hint

King John

King Henry the Fifth

King Richard the Second

King Lear

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Question 10 of 10

10. E' un pugnale questo che mi vedo davanti?
Hint

Macbeth

Coriolanus

All's Well that Ends Well

Titus Andronicus

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Essere o non essere: questo � il problema.

Answer: Hamlet

To be or not to be: that is the question.

2. Ma non ha occhi, un ebreo?

Answer: The Merchant of Venice

Hath not a Jew eyes? "Il Mercante di Venezia" is set in Venice, so the original language should be Italian, or better Venetian that was the official language of the Serenissima Repubblica.

3. Un cavallo! Un cavallo! Il mio regno per un cavallo!

Answer: King Richard the Third

A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!

4. Oh, essa insegna alle fiaccole a brillare!

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" This play has an Italian origin, the plot can be found in Masuccio Salernitano, Luigi da Porto and Matteo Bandello.

5. Tutto il mondo � un teatro e tutti gli uomini e le donne non sono che attori.

Answer: As You Like It

"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players" from
"As You Like It", or "Come vi piace".

6. Uccidetemi domani. Lasciatemi vivere questa notte.

Answer: Othello

Kill me tomorrow. Let me live tonight.

7. Dove succhia l'ape, l� succhio anch'io.

Answer: The Tempest

"Where the bee sucks, there suck I". These songs in the translated version are often excruciating.

8. Se la musica � il nutrimento dell'amore, continuate a suonare.

Answer: Twelfth Night

"If music be the food of love, play on".
From La Dodicesima Notte also known as La notte dell'Epifania.

9. Urlate! Voi siete uomini di pietra.

Answer: King Lear

Howl! O you are men of stone!

10. E' un pugnale questo che mi vedo davanti?

Answer: Macbeth

Is this a dagger which I see before me?

Source: Author zordy

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