Considering the theory that Shakespeare had a part in writing the poetry sections of the King James Bible, aren’t the authors of all these passages one in the same ;)
10 out of 10! @Stu Very old discredited theory unless you want to believe Shakespeare dropped off his early attempts at Isaiah in a cave in the west bank via his time machine in the year 150 BC. That would make a good SciFi story though. Maybe I should write it out! Shakespeare- the time traveling, alien fighting, mystery solving, poet.
Too easy! Almost all the Shakespeare is in iambic pentameter.
posted by Kristin on 11-10-2008 at 1:04 pm
Lord what fools these mortals be is actually Milton, isn’t it?
posted by Jennifer on 11-10-2008 at 1:36 pm
Considering the theory that Shakespeare had a part in writing the poetry sections of the King James Bible, aren’t the authors of all these passages one in the same ;)
posted by Stu on 11-10-2008 at 2:41 pm
Jennifer – Milton maybe, but Shakey most def (A Midsummer Nights Dream)
and Stu – yeah, I’ve read that! I suppose we’ll never know for sure
posted by Allison Keene on 11-10-2008 at 2:55 pm
On question 5, should “Thrive” be “Thrice”?
Wish I could claim it would have helped my score…
posted by Bryan on 11-10-2008 at 3:13 pm
Thrice – and that typo is entirely my fault :(
Yeah I actually scored pretty poorly on my own quiz, hah
posted by Allison Keene on 11-10-2008 at 3:22 pm
Only 80%. An English major and church goer shoulda done better. *cries*
posted by Zach on 11-10-2008 at 7:52 pm
10 out of 10! @Stu Very old discredited theory unless you want to believe Shakespeare dropped off his early attempts at Isaiah in a cave in the west bank via his time machine in the year 150 BC. That would make a good SciFi story though. Maybe I should write it out! Shakespeare- the time traveling, alien fighting, mystery solving, poet.
posted by Virginia on 10-18-2011 at 10:34 pm
Of course if you are talking about helping in the translation that is another story but also a doubtful one.
posted by Virginia on 10-18-2011 at 10:43 pm