SparkNotes: Timon of Athens: Review Quiz

Who arrives at Timon's house hoping to make a sale?

(A) Poet

(B) Painter

(C) Jeweler

(D) All of the above

Timon explains his generosity thus:

(A) He likes to show off.

(B) He can't stand to save his money.

(C) He enjoys giving gifts to his friends.

(D) He'd rather not be taxed on his possessions.

Apemantus is:

(A) Timon's best friend.

(B) Alcibiades's best friend.

(C) A big flatterer.

(D) Timon's greatest critic.

What favor does Timon do for Ventidius?

(A) Pays for him to be released from jail.

(B) Arranges his marriage.

(C) Banishes him.

(D) Buys his jewelry.

Flavius can't talk to his master, Timon, about:

(A) The main course being overcooked.

(B) His sister's wedding.

(C) Timon's imminent bankruptcy.

(D) Apemantus's appetite.

When creditors arrive at Timon's door, Timon asks Flavius:

(A) Why they can't dress better.

(B) When they can go hunting.

(C) Where Apemantus is.

(D) Where his money went and why he has debts.

Timon orders his land sold but:

(A) It has already been mortgaged.

(B) He never had any.

(C) He gave it to Alcibiades in a drunken moment.

(D) He misplaced the deeds.

Flavius thinks once Timon's wealth is gone then:

(A) Timon will want to run for the senate.

(B) Timon may want to get married.

(C) Timon will consider a move to Sparta.

(D) Timon's friends will abandon him.

Timon can't believe Flavius, so he sends servants to his friends asking for loans. But:

(A) They can't seem to remember Timon.

(B) They gladly loan him lots of cash.

(C) They all deny him a loan.

(D) They encourage him to seek help from the senate.

Alcibiades gets into an argument with the senate. Why?

(A) His friend is sentenced to death and he is banished.

(B) He trusts Timon and wishes they would do the same.

(C) He wants to annex Sparta.

(D) He wants to be a general.

Timon throws a last feast and serves:

(A) Nothing.

(B) Stones and hot water.

(C) Excellent gourmet food.

(D) Straw.

Timon departs the city for:

(A) The wilderness outside Athens.

(B) Sparta.

(C) Flavius's house.

(D) The sea.

Searching for food, Timon discovers:

(A) Bones.

(B) Rocks.

(C) An underground city.

(D) Gold.

Alcibiades tells Timon about his plan to attack Athens. Timon responds:

(A) With a gift of gold and encouragement.

(B) With silence at first but grudging admiration.

(C) He's thinks it's a bad idea and convinces him to change his mind.

(D) He names some warlords who could help him.

Apemantus visits Timon, claiming he has come to:

(A) Serve Timon.

(B) Vex Timon.

(C) Feed Timon.

(D) Encourage Timon.

Flavius visits Timon and shows himself to be:

(A) The only honest man Timon knew in Athens.

(B) A horrible flatterer.

(C) An angelic youth.

(D) A greedy moneygrubber.

Who else visits Timon?

(A) Poet

(B) Painter

(C) Senators

(D) All of the above

What do Timon's last visitors want?

(A) To offer him donations.

(B) To clean his cave.

(C) To lure him back to Athens.

(D) To marry his daughter.

But Timon's real opinion of mankind remains:

(A) Ambivalence

(B) Fondness

(C) Adoration

(D) Hatred

Timon expects to soon:

(A) Die.

(B) Move to a bigger cave.

(C) Grow tired of being a hermit.

(D) Capitalize on his wealth.

Alcibiades arrives at Athens's gates with his army. The senators try to defend the city how?

(A) With rocks.

(B) With laws.

(C) By explaining to Alcibiades that the whole city shouldn't suffer for the mistakes of a few.

(D) By insulting Alcibiades's mother and hoping he won't attack.

Alcibiades agrees:

(A) To torture only senators.

(B) To kill every tenth man.

(C) To leave without a fight.

(D) To enter the city in peace and only punish those who slighted Timon and himself.

But news on Timon arrives:

(A) He's moved away.

(B) He wants to return to Athens.

(C) He sees the error of his ways.

(D) He's dead.

Timon died believing:

(A) He was rich.

(B) He was in Sparta.

(C) Everyone hated him.

(D) He did the wrong thing.

Of Timon, Alcibiades says:

(A) Many will remember him for his kindness.

(B) Many will hate him.

(C) No one will remember him.

(D) The city will be renamed "Timon".