The Tragedies Quiz

The Shakespearean Tragedy Test

1. What did Iago have stolen from Desdemona and planted on Cassio?

 A pair of knickers

 A flower

 A kerchief

 A ring

2. Which of these plays is NOT considered a tragedy by most editors of Shakespeare's works?

 Othello, Moor of Venice

 Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

 The Winter's Tale

 Macbeth

3.Which of the Weird Sisters' predictions did NOT come true in the course of the plot of *Macbeth*?

 "All hail, Macbeth! that shalt be King hereafter" (I.iii.50).

 "Thou [Banquo] shall get kings, though thou be none" (I.iii.67).

 "Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be, until/Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill/Shall come against him" (IV.i.92-94).

 "...laugh to scorn/The power of man, for none of woman born/Shall harm Macbeth" (IV.i.79-81).

4. Which of the characters below is the only one to survive the play of *Hamlet, Prince of Denmark*?

 Polonius

 Queen Gertrude

 Laertes

 Horatio

5. Which of the following philosophers did NOT write on Shakespeare when discussing the definition of tragedy?

 Nietszche

 Hegel

 Traherne

 None of the above

6. Were tragedies listed separately or together with the histories as part of the First Folio of 1623?

 Separately

 Together

7. Which of Titus Andronicus' sons survives at the end of the play?

 Quintus

 Martius

 Mutius

 Lucius

8. When is the ONLY time a fight does NOT break out between the Capulets and Montagues in *Romeo and Juliet*?

 I.i when the servants argue with each other

 I.v when Tybalt points out Romeo to Lord Capulet at the masquerade ball

 III.i when Tybalt confronts Romeo in the Verona streets

 None of the above

9.Is *King Lear* a tragedy or a history, acc. to most Shakespearean editors?

 Tragedy

 History

10.Which of the following Shakespearean tragedies includes a major banquet scene illustrating the disruption of political power in the play's society?

 Timon of Athens

 Macbeth

 Titus Andronicus

 All of the above