Shakespeare: Can you match the quote to the play? Try our quiz!

They say all the world's a quiz, so the question must be: to quiz, or not to quiz? Clearly, the answer is "to quiz." Find out how well you know these quotes from William Shakespeare's plays.

31. Where does the line "Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em" come from?

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Actors perform a scene from William Shakespeare's Hamlet for members of the media and a small audience during a photo call to present Hamlet at Shakespeare’s Globe theatre, London, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Four centuries after his death, William Shakespeare is probably Britain's best-known export, his words and characters famous around the world. Shakespeare's Globe theater is setting out to test the Bard's maxim that "all the world's a stage" by taking "Hamlet" to every country on Earth world, more than 200 in all.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Timon of Athens

Pericles

Twelfth Night

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