1. The first three questions are from Act IV of "Hamlet". When Laertes enters, Ophelia gives him an herb which symbolizes "remembrance", and adds (more to the absent Hamlet than to Laertes) "Pray you, love, remember." Which herb is it?

    Rosemary

    Rue

    Thyme

    Sage

2. Ophelia gives Laertes some flowers which symbolize "thoughts". Their name is derived from the French word for "thoughts". Which flower is it?

    Columbines

    Pansies

    Daisies

    Violets

3. Ophelia regrets being unable to give any of these flowers, since "they wither'd all when my father died". Which flower are they?

    Lilies

    Roses

    Violets

    Daisies

4. This is from "Venus and Adonis".. Adonis is fatally gored by a wild boar and is found by Venus lying dead in the forest; what flowers spring up around him, watered by his blood?

    Tulips

    Poppies

    Anemones

    Roses

5. "Where the Bee Sucks, There Suck I" from "The Tempest" is sung by the sprite Ariel, set free at the play's end by his master Prospero. According to the song, Ariel "couches" in the bell of this flower "when owls do cry". What flower is it?

    Canterbury bell

    Cowslip

    Bluebell

    Foxglove

6. At the end of "Love's Labours Lost", two songs are sung; one symbolizes Winter and one Spring. The "Spring" song lists four different flowers; which of these flowers is NOT mentioned?

    Cuckoo-buds (buttercups)

    Daffodils

    Daisies

    Violets

7. "I know a bank where the wild thyme grows", Oberon describes to Puck the bower where his wife, Titania, makes her bed. According to this speech, which two kinds of wild roses form a bower over the fairy-queen's bed?

    Damask roses and eglantine

    Musk roses and eglantine

    Moss and damask roses

    Cabbage and musk roses

8. In"Twelfth Night, or What You Will", the melancholy song "Come Away, Death" is sung at the request of Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, who is brooding over his unrequited love for Olivia. The singer of this song asks to be laid in a grove of which "sad" tree?

    Cypress

    Yew

    Willow

    Hemlock

9. In "Richard II", Act II scene IV, a Welsh captain observes to the Earl of Salisbury that the people believe the King to be dead, because of certain signs in nature. What type of trees, according to the captain, have all withered in the country?

    Oak

    Bay

    Arborvitae

    Myrtle

10. Samphire is a succulent herb which grows on rocky cliffs by the sea. It is mentioned by Edgar in Act IV, scene 6 of "King Lear". Samphire gatherers were lowered by rope along the cliff side; it was, indeed, a hazardous task). Which fisherman-saint was sam

    St. Peter

    St. Phillip

    St. Philomel

    St. Fidelis

11. Which herb completes this line from Sonnet #99: "The lily I condemned for thy hand, And buds of ________ had stol'n thy hair."?

    Lavander

    Marjoram

    Rosemary

    Lemon Balm

12. In Act IV, scene 1 of "Macbeth", the witches are concocting their vile brew. Among the revolting ingredients is the root of this poisonous herb, which figured in the death of Socrates.

    Mandrake

    Hemlock

    Larkspur

    Nightshade