Which Shakespeare characters speak these lines? – quiz

Do you know your Lear from your Leontes? Your Macbeth from your Mercutio? Match these lines to the right characters
  
  


  1. “Come not between the dragon and his wrath”

    1. Troilus

    2. Lear

    3. Laertes

  2. “O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!”

    1. Ophelia

    2. Kent

    3. Tybalt

  3. “Thy crown does sear mine eyeballs”

    1. Timon

    2. Coriolanus

    3. Macbeth

  4. “I will not lend thee a penny”

    1. Shylock

    2. Falstaff

    3. Polonius

  5. “A plague o’ both your houses!”

    1. Mercutio

    2. Rosaline

    3. Mistress Quickly

  6. “Is whispering nothing?"

    1. Fortinbras

    2. Sir Andrew Aguecheek

    3. Leontes

  7. “This above all: to thine own self be true"

    1. Othello

    2. Polonius

    3. Cymbeline

  8. “We will have rings and things and fine array”

    1. Petruchio

    2. Hamlet

    3. Hermione

  9. “Is there a murderer here? No. Yes, I am”

    1. Lady Macbeth

    2. Richard III

    3. Titus Andronicus

  10. “O, beware, my lord, of jealousy”

    1. Macduff

    2. Bottom

    3. Iago

Solutions

1:B, 2:A, 3:C, 4:B, 5:A, 6:C, 7:B, 8:A, 9:B, 10:C

Scores

  1. 0 and above.

    Terrible! Brush up your Shakespeare

  2. 1 and above.

    Terrible! Brush up your Shakespeare

  3. 2 and above.

    Terrible! Brush up your Shakespeare

  4. 3 and above.

    Terrible! Brush up your Shakespeare

  5. 4 and above.

    Terrible! Brush up your Shakespeare

  6. 5 and above.

    Not bad

  7. 6 and above.

    Not bad

  8. 7 and above.

    Not bad

  9. 8 and above.

    Not bad

  10. 9 and above.

    Well done!

  11. 10 and above.

    Well done!

 

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