SparkNotes: Pericles: Review Quiz

Where is Pericles from?

(A) Pentapolis

(B) Mytilene

(C) Tyre

(D) Tarsus

Why does he go to Antioch?

(A) To try to win Antiochus' daughter

(B) For a vacation

(C) To avenge his father's death

(D) To visit Diana's temple

What is the secret revealed by the riddle?

(A) She is not Antiochus' daughter

(B) She is Pericles' sister

(C) She is not from Antioch

(D) She is incestuously involved with her father

Why does Pericles flee his home city?

(A) He had a falling out with his father

(B) He fears he will make a bad leader

(C) He fears Antiochus will declare war on his city

(D) He wants to rove the seas

In Tarsus, Pericles saves the people from what problem?

(A) Leprosy

(B) Famine

(C) Sunstroke

(D) Plague

Pericles is shipwrecked because of a:

(A) Large whale

(B) Bolt from the sky

(C) Runs aground

(D) Tempest

He is aided on his journey to the tournament by:

(A) Fishermen

(B) Knights

(C) Lords

(D) Gentlemen

After the tournament Pericles and Thaisa:

(A) Hate each other

(B) Play tennis

(C) Are married

(D) Exchange clothes

Pericles is called home-what happens to the ship?

(A) It sinks

(B) It gets caught in a tempest

(C) It springs a leak

(D) It sails uneventfully

On board the ship, Thaisa appears to:

(A) Die in childbirth

(B) Give birth to Marina

(C) Be thrown off the ship in a chest

(D) All of the above

Pericles leaves Marina in:

(A) Tyre

(B) Pentapolis

(C) Ephesus

(D) Tarsus

Pericles is called back home to prevent:

(A) Mutiny

(B) Flooding

(C) Census-taking

(D) Excessive taxation

Marina grows up, but there is a problem. What is it?

(A) She is not very outgoing

(B) Her caretakers attempt to assassinate her

(C) She wants to take holy orders

(D) She falls in love with an actor

Marina is saved from this fate by:

(A) Fishermen

(B) Knights

(C) Her father

(D) Pirates

When Marina arrives in Mytilene and starts working in a brothel, what happens?

(A) She is the most popular

(B) She is advertised widely in the marketplace

(C) The brothel owners wonder if they should have purchased her

(D) All of the above

Pericles arrives in Tarsus and is told:

(A) That his daughter is dead

(B) That there is a new famine

(C) That there has been a revolution

(D) That he can't find his way

Pericles is very upset so he:

(A) Goes home to sulk

(B) Travels to Rome

(C) Sails the seas and ends up in Mytilene

(D) Goes fishing

When Pericles arrives in Mytilene, the virtues of Marina are extolled by:

(A) The brothel owner, Pander

(B) The fishermen

(C) The knights

(D) The governor, Lysimachus

Helicanus and Cerimon represent:

(A) Loyalty and charity

(B) Corruption and evil

(C) Incest and insult

(D) Clumsiness and cleverness

Pericles rediscovers his lost wife at the temple of:

(A) Demeter

(B) Zeus

(C) Apollo

(D) Diana