Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2007 12:10:07 GMT
Quiz on Shakespeare (rating: difficult)
You must have all realised you were going to get this one eventually ?
So, for the culture vultures amongst, you, here are half a dozen questions on the famous Bard of Avon :
1 Here are three episodes from Shakespeare’s plays:
a) a woman, disguised as an advocate, pleads in court for the life of her lover’s friend;
b) a hand-to-hand fight takes place in an open grave;
c) Two girls are spectators at a wrestling match, and one of them falls in love with one of the combatants.
Name the plays.
2 In which of Shakespeare’s plays do the following episodes occur ?
a) A play is performed for the benefit of the Duke of Athens by a company of Athenian craftsmen;
b) A ghost appears at a royal banquet, much to the embarrassment of the host;
c) A French princess receives a lesson in English from her maid.
3 Three Shakespearian “heroines” are respectively the daughters of a) Prospero; b) Polonius; c) Cymbeline. Who are they ?
4 Which of Shakespeare’s characters say:
a) “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” ;
b) “Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time.”;
c) “Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop and big wars That make ambition virtue.”
5 “A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.” What Shakespearian character says this, and of whom ?
6 These are the opening lines of three of Shakespeare’s plays. Can you name them ?
a) “Now is the winter of our discontent, Made glorious summer by this sun of York.”
b) “When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning or in rain ?”
c) “If music be the food of love, play on.”
Good luck ! (2pts for each successful answer.)
You must have all realised you were going to get this one eventually ?
So, for the culture vultures amongst, you, here are half a dozen questions on the famous Bard of Avon :
1 Here are three episodes from Shakespeare’s plays:
a) a woman, disguised as an advocate, pleads in court for the life of her lover’s friend;
b) a hand-to-hand fight takes place in an open grave;
c) Two girls are spectators at a wrestling match, and one of them falls in love with one of the combatants.
Name the plays.
2 In which of Shakespeare’s plays do the following episodes occur ?
a) A play is performed for the benefit of the Duke of Athens by a company of Athenian craftsmen;
b) A ghost appears at a royal banquet, much to the embarrassment of the host;
c) A French princess receives a lesson in English from her maid.
3 Three Shakespearian “heroines” are respectively the daughters of a) Prospero; b) Polonius; c) Cymbeline. Who are they ?
4 Which of Shakespeare’s characters say:
a) “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” ;
b) “Tomorrow, and tomorrow and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time.”;
c) “Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop and big wars That make ambition virtue.”
5 “A fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.” What Shakespearian character says this, and of whom ?
6 These are the opening lines of three of Shakespeare’s plays. Can you name them ?
a) “Now is the winter of our discontent, Made glorious summer by this sun of York.”
b) “When shall we three meet again, In thunder, lightning or in rain ?”
c) “If music be the food of love, play on.”
Good luck ! (2pts for each successful answer.)
