Measure for Measure General Knowledge (focus on quotes)

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Created on: 24-04-18 17:15

Who said: "Mortality and mercy in Vienna/Live in thy tongue, and heart"

The Duke

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Who said that Vienna had "strict statutes" and "most biting laws"?

The Duke

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What does Angel foreshadow when he says to Escalus that: "'Tis one thing to be tempted.../Another thing to fall...When I that censure do so offend,/Let mine own judgement pattern out my death"?

His ultimate downfall and the punishment he believes he deserves from it.

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Who wished for a "more strict restraint"?

Isabella

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What is the biblical allusion used in this quote: "The tempter, or the tempted, who sins most, ha?"

Eve and the Serpent in the Garden of Eden

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What does this quote from Isabella mean? "I had rather give my body than my soul."

I would rather die than damn my soul to Hell

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What is the correct quote?

"Then, Isabel live chaste, and brother die:/More than our brother is our chastity."

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In which speech does the Duke say to Claudio: "Be absolute for death: either death or life/Shall thereby be the sweeter."

His consolatio speech

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Is the Duke telling Isabella here that his plan is not immoral and why? "...the doubleness of the benefit defends the deceit from reproof."

No - he is telling Isabella that the outcome of the plan will be better than the perceived deceit

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Who said that Vienna had "strict statutes" and "most biting laws"?

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The Duke

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What does Angel foreshadow when he says to Escalus that: "'Tis one thing to be tempted.../Another thing to fall...When I that censure do so offend,/Let mine own judgement pattern out my death"?

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Who wished for a "more strict restraint"?

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What is the biblical allusion used in this quote: "The tempter, or the tempted, who sins most, ha?"

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Measure for Measure General Knowledge (focus on quotes)