Characters that the Bard created

(1)    Shylock is a character symbolising greed. In which play did this character demand his “pound of flesh”? (a) King Lear (b) The Taming of the Shrew (c) Merchant of Venice (2)    Hamlet is one of Shakespeare’s most intellectually engaging plays and the title character, Hamlet is indeed among the playwright’s most memorable dramatis personae. He was the prince of which country? (a) England (b) Denmark (c) France (3)    A Falstaffian character is one who is fat and ever happy. This adjective was gifted to the English language by the Bard. Identify the play in the following list which did not feature Falstaff? (a) Merry Wives of Windsor (b) The Comedy of Errors (c) Henry the IVth, Part 1 (4)    “Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men,” is the soliloquy Othello renders when he makes up his mind to kill his wife. What’s her name? (a) Gertrude (b) Ophelia (c) Desdemona (5)    Of the following three plays, two have characters named Portia. Which play doesn’t? (a) Merry Wives of Windsor (b) Merchant of Venice (c) Julius Caeaar (6)    “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet” Which Shakespearean female character utters the line which has gained currency in the English language? (a) Ophelia (b) Juliet (c) Lady Macbeth (7)    The moons of this particular planet carry the names of Shakespearean characters. Identify the planet.

(a) Neptune (b) Uranus (c) Mars