You might have heard the famous line about killing all the lawyers, but can you really credit it to the right rebel? The Henry VI Part 2 Quotes Quiz is a test of your ability to tell the difference between royal decrees and the barbaric threats of the uprising. Try to place these famous words in their proper context.
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Henry VI Part 2 Quotes Quiz Questions
- “Was ever king that joyed an earthly throne, And could command no more content than I?”
- “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.”
- “Thou art a proud traitor, priest.”
- “O pity, God, this miserable age! What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly.”
- “Ah, Humphrey, this dishonor in thine age Will bring thy head with sorrow to the ground.”
- “Great men oft die by vile beseeching hands.”
- “O, Henry, let me plead for gentle Gloucester.”
- “Let me not live after my flame lacks oil.”
- “Duke Humphrey’s death is made the subject of my shame.”
- “The commons hast thou rack’d; the clergy’s bags Are lank and lean with thy extortions.”
- “Now is the winter of our discontent.”
- “Here died the Duke of Somerset, Whom fortune made his vassal.”
- “I’ll canvass thee in thy broad cardinal’s hat.”
- “The King is kind, and well affected.”
- “O, let me pray before I rise again.”
- “Gloucester’s show Beguil’d me of my duty to the crown.”
- “I’ll make the city flames of rebellion rise.”
- “I am come to survey the Tower this day.”
- “My lord, I’ll tell you, the Duke is dead.”
- “Now Margaret must strike her sail and learn awhile to serve where kings command.”
- “O mortal man, how frail thy state of life!”
- “I am the soldier and will bear him hence.”
- “Now York, or never, steel thy fearful thoughts.”
- “The King’s too mild an innocent for such as we.”
- “This be Damascus, be thou cursed Cain.”
- “O, this is full of pity, full of grace.”
- “I’ll send some holy prayers to heaven for thee.”
- “The trust I have is in mine innocence.”
- “O peers of England, shameful is this league.”
- “Break open shops, for nothing can we get.”