Allison Keene
Lunchtime Quiz: The Bible or The Bard?
by Allison Keene - November 10, 2008 - 11:30 AM

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When famous quotes from Shakespeare’s plays are listed beside lines from scripture, can you tell which is which? Let’s find out.

Take the Quiz: The Bible or The Bard?

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Comments (9)
  1. Too easy! Almost all the Shakespeare is in iambic pentameter.

  2. Lord what fools these mortals be is actually Milton, isn’t it?

  3. 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 ;)

  4. 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

  5. On question 5, should “Thrive” be “Thrice”?

    Wish I could claim it would have helped my score…

  6. Thrice – and that typo is entirely my fault :(

    Yeah I actually scored pretty poorly on my own quiz, hah

  7. Only 80%. An English major and church goer shoulda done better. *cries*

  8. 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.

  9. Of course if you are talking about helping in the translation that is another story but also a doubtful one.

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