Comments on: The 5pm Quiz: Shakespeare’s Characters

By: Di Eccleston

Di Eccleston — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:05:00 +0000

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

By: Di Eccleston

Di Eccleston — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:00:00 +0000

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

By: Nerak

Nerak — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:02:00 +0000

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.

By: Daphne

Daphne — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 12:26:00 +0000

Isn’t Portia also a character in Julius Caesar?

By: ann

ann — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:39:00 +0000

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

By: nutmeag

nutmeag — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:17:00 +0000

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?)

By: Joe Maz

Joe Maz — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:35:00 +0000

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

By: Stu

Stu — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:35:00 +0000

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