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Timon of Athens
William Shakespeare
Study Guide
Summary
Plot Overview
Summary & Analysis
Act I, Scene i
Act I, Scene ii
Act II, Scenes i-ii
Act III, Scenes i-iii
Act III, Scenes iv-vi
Act III, Scene vii
Act IV, Scenes i-ii
Act IV, Scene iii
Act V, Scenes i-ii
Act V, Scenes iii-iv
Analysis
Characters
Further Study
Context
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Context
Summary
Characters
Act 1, Scene i
Act 1, Scene ii
Act 2, Scenes i-ii
Act 3, Scenes i-iii
Act 3, Scenes iv-vi
Act 3, Scene vii
Act 4, Scenes i-ii
Act 4, Scene iii
Act 5, Scenes i-ii
Act 5, Scenes iii-iv
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Further Study
Act 5, Scenes i-ii Quiz
Further Study
Act 5, Scenes i-ii Quiz
1
of 5
Who accompanies The Poet to Timon's cave?
The Jeweler
The Painter
Apemantus
Answers A and B
2
of 5
Two senators visit Timon in his cave and ask him to ___.
Return to Athens
Repent
Help them find Alcibiades
Disclose Alcibiades' plan
3
of 5
What does The Poet offer Timon in exchange for gold?
A prophecy
A sonnet
A ballad
Promises of future work
4
of 5
How does Timon respond when the two senators enter his cave and greet him?
Turns them away
Greets them coldly
Wishes a plague on them
Falls to their feet
5
of 5
According to Timon, what will his gravesite become when he is dead?
A poisonous olive tree
A gate to hell
A cursed tomb
An oracle
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