Duchess of Malfi: Quotes

Question 1

Act 1 Scene 1, Antonio: “quits first his royal palace of __________ _________”

Answer 1

“quits first his royal palace of flattering sycophants”

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 1, Antonio: “_____ and _______ through the whole land spread”

Answer 2

“death and disease through the whole land spread”

Question 3

Act 1 Scene 2, Bosola: “Blackbirds ______ best in hard weather; why not I in these ___ ____?”

Answer 3

“Blackbirds fatten best in hard weather; why not I in these dog days?”

Question 4

Act 1 Scene 2, Bosola: “this great fellow were able to possess the ________ _____”

Answer 4

“this great fellow were able to possess the greatest devil”

Question 5

Act 1 Scene 2, Bosola: “He and his brother are like ____ trees which grow _______ over ________ _____”

Answer 5

“He and his brother are like plum trees which grow crooked over standing pools”

Question 6

Act 1 Scene 3, Ferdinand: “methinks you that are courtiers should be my __________… _____ when I _____”

Answer 6

“methinks you that are courtiers should be my touch-wood… laugh when I laugh”

Question 7

Act 1 Scene 4, Antonio: “The Duke there? A most ________ and _________ nature”

Answer 7

“That Duke there? A most perverse and turbulent nature”

Question 8

Act 1 Scene 4, Antonio: “the _____ _____ Duchess”

Answer 8

“the right noble Duchess”

Question 9

Act 1 Scene 4, Antonio: “her discourse, it is so full of _______”

Answer 9

“her discourse, it is so full of rapture”

Question 10

Act 1 Scene 4, Antonio: “she ______ the time ____, ______ the time to come”

Answer 10

“she stains the time past, lights the time to come”

Question 11

Act 1 Scene 5, Bosola: “it seems you would make me one of your _________”

Answer 11

“it seems you would make me one of your familiars”

Question 12

Act 1 Scene 5, Bosola: “I am your ________”

Answer 12

“I am your creature”

Question 13

Act 1 Scene 6, Ferdinand: “You know already what ___ is”

Answer 13

“You know already what man is”

Question 14

Act 1 Scene 6, Ferdinand: “______ by that rule are ________”

Answer 14

“whores by that rule are precious”

Question 15

Act 1 Scene 6, Ferdinand: “This was __ father’s _______, do you see? I’d be ____ to see’t look _____”

Answer 15

“This was my father’s poniard, do you see? I’d be loth to see’t look rusty”

Question 16

Act 1 Scene 6, Ferdinand: “Farewell _____ widow”

Answer 16

“Farewell lusty widow”

Question 17

Act 1 Scene 6, Duchess: “________ are of most value, they say, that have passed through ____ ___________ hands”

Answer 17

“Diamonds are of most value, they say, that have passed through most jeweller’s hands”

Question 18

Act 1 Scene 8, Duchess: “This ______ roof of yours is built ___ ___”

Answer 18

“This goodly roof of yours is built too low”

Question 19

Act 1 Scene 8, Duchess: “All discord without this _____________ is only to be ______.”

Answer 19

“All discord without this circumference is only to be pitied.”

Question 20

Act 1 Scene 8, Antonio: “There is a _____ and __________ devil is dancing in this _____”

Answer 20

“There is a saucy and ambitious devil is dancing in this circle”

Question 21

Act 2 Scene 2, Antonio: “She’s expos’d unto the worst of ______, ____ and ____”

Answer 21

“She’s expos’d unto the worst of torture, pain and fear”

Question 22

Act 2 Scene 3, Bosola: [Enter Bosola with a ____ lantern]

Answer 22

[Enter Bosola with a dark lantern]

Question 23

Act 2 Scene 4, Cardinal: “view another ________ world i’ th’ moon, and look to find a ________ ______ there”

Answer 23

“view another spacious world i’ th’ moon, and look to find a constant woman there”

Question 24

Act 2 Scene 4, Cardinal: “That have a little _________ on the ____, yet cannot ____ it”

Answer 24

“That have a little fing’ring on the lute, yet cannot tune it

Question 25

Act 2 Scene 5, Ferdinand: "a sister _______... grown a _________ ________"

Answer 25

"a sister damned... grown a notorious strumpet"

Question 26

Act 2 Scene 5, Ferdinand: "Till of her ________ _____ I make a ______ to wipe it out"

Answer 26

"Till of her bleeding heart I make a sponge to wipe it out"

Question 27

Act 2 Scene 5, Ferdinand: "There is a kind of ____ in mine eye, I'll give it to my ___________"

Answer 27

"There is a kind of pity in mine eye, I'll give it to my hankerchief"

Question 28

Act 2 Scene 5, Ferdinand: "some ______ _______ bargeman"

Answer 28

"some strong thighed bargeman"

Question 29

Act 2 Scene 5, Ferdinand: "some ______ squire"

Answer 29

"some lovely squire"

Question 30

Act 2 Scene 5, Ferdinand: "I'll find _________ to string my whips, And fix her in a ________ _______"

Answer 30

"I'll find scorpions to string my whips, And fix her in a general eclipse"

Question 31

Act 3 Scene 1, Ferdinand: "Go, be safe in your _________"

Answer 31

"Go, be safe in your innocency"

Question 32

Act 3 Scene 2, Duchess: "I can do both live like a ______"

Answer 32

"I can do both live like a prince"

Question 33

Act 3 Scene 2, Duchess: "Why should only I, of all the other _______ in the world, be ______ up like a ____ _____"

Answer 33

"Why should only I, of all the other princes in the world, be cas'd up like a holy relic"

Question 34

Act 3 Scene 2, Ferdinand: "You have shook hands with _________ and made him ________"

Answer 34

"You have shook hands with reputation and made him invisible"

Question 35

Kathleen McLuskie on the A3S4 Dumb Show: "it emphasises the ______ ________ between the powerful ________ in military dress and the vulnerable ______"

Answer 35

"it emphasises the visual contrast between the powerful cardinal in military dress and the vulnerable family"

Question 36

Act 3 Scene 5, Duchess: "________ boat"

Answer 36

"Charon's boat"

Question 37

Act 3 Scene 5, Duchess: "I am your _________ am I not?"

Answer 37

"I am your adventure am I not?"

Question 38

Act 3 Scene 5, Duchess: "I am _____ 'gainst ______"

Answer 38

"I am arm'd 'gainst misery"

Question 39

Act 4 Scene 1, Duchess: "I account this world a _______ _______"

Answer 39

"I account this world a tedious theatre"

Question 40

Act 4 Scene 2, Duchess: "I am ________ __ _____ still"

Answer 40

"I am Duchess of Malfi still"

Question 41

Act 4 Scene 2, Duchess: "pull, and pull ________"

Answer 41

"pull, and pull strongly"

Question 42

Act 4 Scene 2, Bosola: "Their life a general ____ of _____"

Answer 42

"Their life a general mist of error"

Question 43

Act 4 Scene 2, Bosola: "sought to appear a true _______ than an ______ ___"

Answer 43

"sought to appear a true servant than an honest man"

Question 44

Act 4 Scene 2, Ferdinand: "mine eyes ______, she died _____"

Answer 44

"mine eyes dazzle, she died young"

Question 45

Act 5 Scene 2, Ferdinand: "I have _____ ____ eyes"

Answer 45

"I have cruel sore eyes"

Question 46

Act 5 Scene 2, Ferdinand: "Was I her _____"

Answer 46

"Was I her judge?"

Question 47

Act 5 Scene 2, Cardinal: "I will swear you to 't upon this ____"

Answer 47

"I will swear you to 't upon this book"

Question 48

Act 5 Scene 4, Bosola: "we value not _____ nor _________ breath"

Answer 48

"we value not desert not Christian breath"

Question 49

Act 5 Scene 4, Antonio: "I have __ ___ to put my ____ to"

Answer 49

"I have no use to put my life to"

Question 50

Act 5 Scene 5, Cardinal: "How tedious it is a ______ conscience"

Answer 50

"How tedious it is a guilty conscience"

Question 51

Act 5 Scene 5, Cardinal: "O _______! I suffer now for what hath _______ ___"

Answer 51

"O justice! I suffer now for what hath former bin"

Question 52

Act 5 Scene 5, Cardinal: "let me be laid by and _____ _______ of"

Answer 52

"let me be laid by and never though of"

Question 53

Act 5 Scene 5, Bosola: "I hold my ______ ____ in my _____"

Answer 53

"I hold my weary soul in my teeth"

Question 54

Act 5 Scene 5, Ferdinand: "Like ________ we are cut with our own ____"

Answer 54

"Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust"

Question 55

Act 5 Scene 5, Delio: "let us make _____ use of this great ____"

Answer 55

"let us make noble use of this great ruin"

Question 56

Act 5 Scene 5, Delio: "which ______, beyond death, shall _____ the end"

Answer 56

"which nobly, beyond death, shall crown the end"