Question

Given below are a few famous lines from Shakespeare’s plays. Match them with the play in which they occur.

a) ‘Friends, Romans country men Lend me your ears’	Twelfth Night
b) ‘All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;’	Julius Caesar
c) ‘The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath.’	As you Like it
d) ‘If music be the food of love play on’	The Merchant of Venice

In Shakespearian plays, soliloquies are popular. A soliloquy is a speech rendered by a character in a play, which is meant for the audience/reader.

Answer 1

a) ‘Friends, Romans country men Lend me your ears’	Julius Caesar
b) ‘All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players;’	As You Like It
c) ‘The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath.’	The Merchant of Venice
d) ‘If music be the food of love play on’	Twelfth Night