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Titus Andronicus
William Shakespeare
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Act I, Scene i
Act II, Scenes i-iii
Act II, Scene iv
Act III, Scenes i and ii
Act IV, Scenes i and ii
Act IV, Scenes iii and iv
Act V, Scenes i and ii
Act V, Scene iii
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Act 1, Scene i
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1. Tamora is the Queen of:
The Trojans
The Amazons
The Moores
The Goths
2. Lavinia is compared to each of the following, except:
A doe
An exotic bird
A wasp with a sting
A tree with(out) branches
3. Marcus says that the sight of Lavinia will do what to her father?
Blind him
Break his heart
Numb him
Kill him
4. Which of the following statements about Marcus is false:
He is a Roman Tribune of the People.
He is the first to see Lavinia after she is raped.
He is bloodthirsty and violent.
He has twenty-five nephews.
5. Characters in the play die by all the following means except:
Live burial
Hanging
Drowning
Stabbing
6. Titus Andronicus bears the title of:
Emperor
General
Tribune
Duke
7. To trick Titus, Tamora disguises herself as:
Rape
Murder
Corporate Embezzlement
Revenge
8. Which injury does Titus inflict upon himself?
He stubs his toe.
He gouges out his eyes.
He chops off his hand.
He pulls out his hair.
9. Lavinia is killed by:
Titus
Chiron
Demetrius
Tamora
10. Which is the chronologically correct order of deaths?
Lavinia, Tamora, Saturninus, Titus
Saturninus, Tamora, Aaron, Titus
Lavinia, Tamora, Titus, Saturninus
Lucius, Titus, Saturninus, Aaron
11. The infamous line "I have done your mother" is said by:
Titus
Aaron
Saturninus
Lucius
12. Tamora sends Aemilius to:
Titus Andronicus, to insult him.
Marcus Andronicus, to ask him to speak to Lucius.
Young Lucius, to return the weapons.
Lucius Andronicus, to request a parley.
13. Who is left to be emperor of Rome at the end of the play?
Marcus
Aemilius
Lucius
Young Lucius
14. To Titus, the judges taking his sons away are worse than:
Tigers
Goths
Murderers
Stones
15. Aaron tells Lucius everything in exchange for a promise to keep whom alive?
Tamora
His child
Aaron
Saturninus
16. On the verge of death, Aaron regrets that:
He cannot save his son.
He is not white.
He has committed too many crimes.
He cannot commit ten thousand more crimes.
17. To which myth does Lavinia refer in order to name her plight to her father and uncle?
The myth of Philomela
The myth of Procne
The myth of Persephone
The myth of Phyllis
18. Why does Lucius leave Rome?
He can no longer stand Rome
He must escape his enemies
He has been banished from Rome
Titus will not let him into the house
19. Aaron is a:
Sore
Boar
Moore
Whore
20. What does Titus send to the empress's sons as gifts through Young Lucius?
His armor
Weapons and a quote from Horace
Alarbus's entrails
Lucius's declaration of war
21. What does Titus ask Lavinia to hold between her teeth?
His severed hand
A basin to catch Chiron and Demetrius's blood
Ovid's
Metamorphosis
His cook's knife
22. Why does Titus laugh?
He is delighted at the thought of revenge.
He has not another tear to shed.
Lavinia looks funny without hands.
He is confused and insane.
23. The following pair are not brothers:
Lucius and young Lucius
Bassianus and Saturninus
Chiron and Demetrius
Quintus and Martius
24. Who is the first person to be slaughtered in the play, and why?
Mutius, for defending Lavinia against Titus
Nurse, for knowing the secret of Aaron's son
Alarbus, as a sacrifice to Titus's dead sons
Lavinia, for outliving her virtue
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