King John Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around King John? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Which character delivers the play's final speech?


King John
The Bastard
Prince Henry
Queen Eleanor
Q. Who says the following just before he leaps to his death: "This wall is high, and yet I will leap down. / Good ground, be pitiful and hurt me not"?


King John
Cardinal Pandolf
Arthur
The Bastard
Q. Which character goes crazy with grief when her son dies and says the following: "Grief fills the room up with my absent child, / Lies on his bed, walks up and down with me"?


Blanche
Queen Eleanor
Constance
Lady Falconbridge
Q. Who secretly points out that King John doesn't actually have a legal right to the crown, even though he's currently the monarch: "Your strong possession much more than your right"?


Hubert
King Philip of France
Arthur
Queen Eleanor
Q. Who says "Life is as tedious as a twice told tale, / Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man"?


Louis
The Bastard
Prince Henry
Shylock