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(1) No writer has enriched the English language as much as Shakespeare did about 450 years ago. The proof of it lies in the fact that we quote the Bard frequently without realising it. Hamlet is among the plays that has the most quoted lines. The opening phrase of the famous soliloquy, “To be or not to be…” was mouthed by which character:

(a) Horatio
(b) Ophelia
(c) Hamlet
(c) Hamlet

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(2) When we say “he will not budge an inch” we refer to somebody who is not willing to change his stance or his views. In which play do you run into the expression?

(a) The Taming of the Shrew
(b) Tempest
(c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream
(a) The Taming of the Shrew
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(3) If you hear or read the Shakespearean expression “a pound of flesh” you invariably think of Shylock and the play The Merchant of Venice. Which play will come to your mind when you read a still more popular Shakespearean expression “Love is blind”?

(a) Much Ado about Nothing
(b) Cymbeline
(c) The Merchant of Venice
(c) The Merchant of Venice

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(4) The focus in Shakespearean tragedies is on unforgettable characters, but none of his tragedies has the appeal of that one play which is remembered for its balcony scenes and such memorable lines as: “What’s in a name” and “…parting is such sweet
sorrow”. Which play are these lines from?

(a) Romeo and Juliet
(b) Macbeth
(c) King Lear
(a) Romeo and Juliet

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(5) One of the most moving of Shakespearian tragedies is the one where a king is seen with his dead child and Gloucester has his eyes struck out. It’s most famous line remains: “I am a man / More sinned against than sinning”. Name the play.

(a) Macbeth
(b) King Lear
(c) Othello
(b) King Lear

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(6) “Give the devil his due” has become a common expression in the English language. In which historical play did the Bard used it?
(b) Henry IV

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(7) Another common expression, “tower of strength” comes from “The king’s name is a tower of strength”. Which historical play does Shakespeare uses it in?

(a) Henry IV
(b) Julius Caesar
None. He used it in Richard III.
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