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Brett Savage
The 5pm Quiz: Shakespeare’s Characters
by Brett Savage - June 4, 2009 - 5:00 PM

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The play is the thing wherein Hamlet captured the conscience of the king. We’ve taken that concept and put a challenging _flossian spin on it. We’re not after your conscience (so relax); we’re after your knowledge of Shakespearean theatre. In this quiz, we’ll provide a Shakespeare character and ask you to choose the play in which he or she appears.

Take the Quiz: Shakespeare’s Characters

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  1. Hate to be an annoyance, but Valentine was also the name of Mercutio’s brother in “Romeo and Juliet.” Granted, he never appeared on stage, but it could throw off your quiz a bit

    posted by Stu on 6-4-2009 at 5:35 pm

  2. Only missed Jacques. What a pleasure, to have one’s BA in Theater be useful, even if it’s only for a moment!

    posted by Joe Maz on 6-4-2009 at 6:35 pm

  3. Wow, I can’t believe I missed Jacques . . . I just got back from Shakespeare in the Park, where they showed that very play. I blame the poor sound system, or my inattentiveness with names.

    reCaptcha: bianca on (another of Shakespeare’s characters, I believe?)

    posted by nutmeag on 6-5-2009 at 12:17 am

  4. 58%- not so good, really, but it’s been years since I even looked at Shakespeare. Great quiz!

    posted by ann on 6-5-2009 at 3:39 am

  5. Isn’t Portia also a character in Julius Caesar?

    posted by Daphne on 6-5-2009 at 8:26 am

  6. About half way through this I realized that I had already taken this same quiz some months ago.
    Oh well, I think I missed the same one (Jacques) again anyway.

    @nutmeag: Bianca was the lover of Casio in Othello but I think she may have been in another play too?

    Shakespeare uses the same names in different plays pretty often.

    You’re right, Daphne, I just checked – wife of Brutus.

    Potia in MOV is a much more prominent character though.

    posted by Nerak on 6-5-2009 at 2:02 pm

  7. Great quiz: find out lots more about the brilliant Bard at http://www.shakespeare4kidz.com

    posted by Di Eccleston on 6-8-2009 at 7:00 am

  8. Great quiz: find out more about the brilliant Bard at http://www.shakespeare4kidz.com

    posted by Di Eccleston on 6-8-2009 at 7:05 am

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