Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2007 12:15:56 GMT
Part II of Quiz on Shakespeare (rating: difficult)
Strictly for the culture vultures, a further half-dozen questions on the famous Bard of Avon :
7 Here are the closing couplets of three Shakespeare plays. Which plays ? And who, in each instance, is the speaker ?
a) “As you from crimes would pardon’d be, Let your indulgence set me free.”
b) “Give me your hands, if we be friends, and Robin shall restore amends.”
c) “So, thanks , to all at once, and to each one Whom we invite to see us crown’d at Scone.”
8 The following are the “scenes” of five of Shakespeare’s plays. Can you identify them ?
a) “Sometimes in Sicilia, sometimes in Bohemia.”
b) “A city in Illyria; and the sea-coast near it.”
c) “Sometimes in Padua; and sometimes in Petruchio’s house in the country.”
d) “Athens; and a wood not far from it.”
e) “Sometimes in Britain; sometimes in Italy.”
9 Who says, and in which of Shakespeare’s plays :
a) “I give this heavy weight from off my head, And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand.”;
b) “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” c) “We are such stuff as dreams are made of; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.”
10 On which characters in Shakespearian tragedy are these judgments pronounced ?
a) The wonder is, he hath endur’d so long; He but usurp’d his life;
b) “He was great of heart.”
c) “He was likely, had he been put on, To have prov’d most royally.”
d) “His legs bestrid the ocean; his rear’d arm Crested the world.”
11 In which of Shakespeare’s plays do the following well-known lyrics occur?
a) When daisies pied, and violets blue…………”
b) Full fathom five thy father lies……….”
c) “Under the greenwood tree……….”
12 In which of Shakespeare’s plays do the following references to sleep (note: not sheep !) occur ?
a) “To sleep ! Perchance to dream – aye, there’s the rub !”
b) “After life’s fitful fever, he sleeps well.”
c) “Let me have mean about me that are fat; sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o’nights.”
d) “How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank.”
Good luck ! (2pts for each successful answer.)
Strictly for the culture vultures, a further half-dozen questions on the famous Bard of Avon :
7 Here are the closing couplets of three Shakespeare plays. Which plays ? And who, in each instance, is the speaker ?
a) “As you from crimes would pardon’d be, Let your indulgence set me free.”
b) “Give me your hands, if we be friends, and Robin shall restore amends.”
c) “So, thanks , to all at once, and to each one Whom we invite to see us crown’d at Scone.”
8 The following are the “scenes” of five of Shakespeare’s plays. Can you identify them ?
a) “Sometimes in Sicilia, sometimes in Bohemia.”
b) “A city in Illyria; and the sea-coast near it.”
c) “Sometimes in Padua; and sometimes in Petruchio’s house in the country.”
d) “Athens; and a wood not far from it.”
e) “Sometimes in Britain; sometimes in Italy.”
9 Who says, and in which of Shakespeare’s plays :
a) “I give this heavy weight from off my head, And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand.”;
b) “All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.” c) “We are such stuff as dreams are made of; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.”
10 On which characters in Shakespearian tragedy are these judgments pronounced ?
a) The wonder is, he hath endur’d so long; He but usurp’d his life;
b) “He was great of heart.”
c) “He was likely, had he been put on, To have prov’d most royally.”
d) “His legs bestrid the ocean; his rear’d arm Crested the world.”
11 In which of Shakespeare’s plays do the following well-known lyrics occur?
a) When daisies pied, and violets blue…………”
b) Full fathom five thy father lies……….”
c) “Under the greenwood tree……….”
12 In which of Shakespeare’s plays do the following references to sleep (note: not sheep !) occur ?
a) “To sleep ! Perchance to dream – aye, there’s the rub !”
b) “After life’s fitful fever, he sleeps well.”
c) “Let me have mean about me that are fat; sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o’nights.”
d) “How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank.”
Good luck ! (2pts for each successful answer.)
. Act I Scene II A Midsummer Nights Tale