You mean to tell me you can pin all the nasty jabs and false hope to the proper player in this game of words? Try your hand at the Richard III Quotes Quiz and find out if you can recognise the distinctive voices of Margaret, Anne, and the King himself. Let the first line test your literary instincts.
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Richard III Quotes Quiz Questions
- “Now is the winter of our discontent” is spoken by
- “I am determined to prove a villain” is said by
- “Was ever woman in this humour wooed?” is spoken by
- “A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a horse!” is cried by
- “The king is sickly, weak and melancholy” is spoken by
- “O cursed be the hand that made these holes” is lamented by
- “Thou elvish-mark’d, abortive, rooting hog” is said by
- “Look how my ring encompasseth thy finger” is spoken by
- “Off with his head—so much for Buckingham” is declared by
- “I fear our happiness is at the height” is said by
- “O bloody Richard! Miserable England!” is cried by
- “True hope is swift, and flies with swallows’ wings” is spoken by
- “An honest tale speeds best being plainly told” is said by
- “The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch” is observed by
- “Shine out, fair sun, till I have bought a glass” is spoken by
- “Thou lump of foul deformity” is shouted by
- “O, I have passed a miserable night” is said by
- “Despair and die!” is repeated by
- “Conscience is but a word that cowards use” is spoken by
- “God and good angels fight on Richmond’s side” is said by
- “The sons of Edward sleep in Abraham’s bosom” is spoken by
- “Thus high, by thy advice and thy assistance, is King Richard seated” is said by
- “I have set my life upon a cast, and I will stand the hazard of the die” is declared by
- “The tyrant’s blood is on the soil of England” is proclaimed by
- “Bear her my true love’s kiss, and so farewell” is said by
- “O gentlemen, the time of life is short” is observed by
- “The sons of York shall be glad to see the tyrant fall” is declared by
- “O coward conscience, how dost thou afflict me!” is cried by
- “I’ll make her queen, though she were better wife” is said by
- “The bloody dog is dead” is triumphantly spoken by