SparkNotes: Titus Andronicus: Review Quiz

Tamora is the Queen of:

(A) The Trojans

(B) The Amazons

(C) The Moores

(D) The Goths

Lavinia is compared to each of the following, except:

(A) A doe

(B) An exotic bird

(C) A wasp with a sting

(D) A tree with(out) branches

Marcus says that the sight of Lavinia will do what to her father?

(A) Blind him

(B) Break his heart

(C) Numb him

(D) Kill him

The following statement about Marcus is false:

(A) He is a Roman Tribune of the People.

(B) He is the first to see Lavinia after she is raped.

(C) He wouldn't hurt a fly.

(D) He has twenty-five nephews.

Characters in the play die by all the following means except:

(A) Live burial

(B) Hanging

(C) Drowning

(D) Baking

Titus Andronicus bears the title of:

(A) Emperor

(B) General

(C) Tribune

(D) Duke

To trick Titus, Tamora disguises herself as:

(A) Rape

(B) Murder

(C) Corporate Embezzlement

(D) Revenge

Which injury does Titus inflict upon himself?

(A) He stubs his toe.

(B) He gouges out his eyes.

(C) He chops off his hand.

(D) He pulls out his hair.

Lavinia is killed by:

(A) Titus

(B) Chiron

(C) Demetrius

(D) Tamora

Which is the chronologically correct order of deaths?

(A) Lavinia, Tamora, Saturninus, Titus

(B) Saturninus, Tamora, Aaron, Titus

(C) Lavinia, Tamora, Titus, Saturninus

(D) Lucius, Titus, Saturninus, Aaron

The infamous line "I have done your mother" is said by:

(A) Titus

(B) Aaron

(C) Saturninus

(D) Lucius

Tamora sends Aemilius to:

(A) Titus Andronicus, to insult him.

(B) Marcus Andronicus, to ask him to speak to Lucius.

(C) Young Lucius, to return the weapons.

(D) Lucius Andronicus, to request a parley.

Who is left to be emperor of Rome at the end of the play?

(A) Marcus

(B) Aemilius

(C) Lucius

(D) Young Lucius

To Titus, the judges taking his sons away are worse than:

(A) Tigers

(B) Goths

(C) Murderers

(D) Stones

Aaron tells Lucius everything in exchange for a promise to keep whom alive?

(A) Tamora

(B) His child

(C) Aaron

(D) Saturninus

On the verge of death, Aaron regrets that:

(A) He cannot save his son.

(B) He is not white.

(C) He has committed too many crimes.

(D) He cannot commit ten thousand more crimes.

To which myth does Lavinia refer in order to name her plight to her father and uncle?

(A) The myth of Philomela

(B) The myth of Procne

(C) The myth of Persephone

(D) The myth of Phyllis

Why does Lucius leave Rome?

(A) He can no longer stand Rome

(B) He must escape his enemies

(C) He has been banished from Rome

(D) Titus will not let him into the house

Aaron is a:

(A) Sore

(B) Boar

(C) Moore

(D) Whore

What does Titus send to the empress's sons as gifts through Young Lucius?

(A) His armor

(B) Weapons and a quote from Horace

(C) Alarbus's entrails

(D) Lucius's declaration of war

What does Titus ask Lavinia to hold between her teeth?

(A) His severed hand

(B) A basin to catch Chiron and Demetrius's blood

(C) Ovid's Metamorphosis

(D) His cook's knife

Why does Titus laugh?

(A) He is delighted at the thought of revenge.

(B) He has not another tear to shed.

(C) Lavinia looks funny without hands.

(D) He is confused and insane.

The following pair are not brothers:

(A) Lucius and young Lucius

(B) Bassianus and Saturninus

(C) Chiron and Demetrius

(D) Quintus and Martius

Who is the first person to be slaughtered in the play, and why?

(A) Mutius, for defending Lavinia against Titus

(B) Nurse, for knowing the secret of Aaron's son

(C) Alarbus, as a sacrifice to Titus's dead sons

(D) Lavinia, for outliving her virtue