Think you’ve got your head wrapped around A Man for All Seasons? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. When Cardinal Wolsey lies dying, what does he say?
"Here it is. The distinguished event."
"Not yet… Not yet… There was time now."
"If I'd served God one half so well as I've served my King, God would not have left me here, to die in this place."
"Ah, dude—not death!"
Q. What does More say to Will Roper when Roper says that a bad man like Richard Rich shouldn't be protected by the law?
"I quite agree, young Roper. But that is merely the way of things in England under this most treacherous monarch."
"Wow… Classic Roper."
"Now, Will—Richard is a reliable fellow. Judge not lest ye be judged, as Holy Writ says."
"And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned on you... where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat?"
Q. What does More say to Norfolk when explaining his refusal to sign the oath?
"I'll show you where you can put your oath!"
"An oath such as this is not worth the poor parchment upon which it is written, purchased for a mere farthing."
"I will not give in, because I oppose it. Not my pride, not my spleen, nor any other of my appetites, but 'I' do, 'I.'"
"The technical language in this oath is a bit obscure, yet it still offers me no leeway, good Norfolk."
Q. Norfolk says that More should swear to the king's oath for what reason?
"For fellowship."
"For fealty."
"For cash money and the ladies."
"For justice's sake."
Q. When Rich betrays More in court, what does More say to him?
"Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world. But for Wales?"
"One of these days, Richard… Bam! Right in the kisser."
"I shall be remembered for my life, and you will be remembered only for this act of betrayal."
"Poor form, Richard. Thy visage is straight, but morally thy posture is most crooked."