Shakespearean Tragedy Quiz 2 (16 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. A character whose personality and attitude is the opposite of the main character

Correct Answer: A) Foil.

2. What is Shakespeare's innovation in constructing tragic heroes?

Correct Answer: C) Putting thesis and antithesis into a single character.

3. The hero meets his/her catastrophe in this act.

Correct Answer: D) Act 5.

4. What is the purpose of a foil character in a play?

Correct Answer: C) To highlight both characters' traits.

5. True or False? The hero must be of high social status, a well-respected and honorable person.

Correct Answer: B) True.

6. This emphasizes another character's attributes and traits:

Correct Answer: B) Foil.

7. The central character of a drama

Correct Answer: B) Protagonist.

8. A situation in a play in which the audience knows more than the character knows

Correct Answer: C) Dramatic irony.

9. What is the main source of the tragic emotions in Shakespearean tragedies?

Correct Answer: C) Pity and fear.

10. When is the hero's hamartia introduced?

Correct Answer: D) During the exposition.

11. A character's remark that others do not hear

Correct Answer: C) Aside.

12. "a sudden reversal of fortune"

Correct Answer: A) Adventure.

13. Who was seemingly the first to use the English word 'tragedy'?

Correct Answer: D) Chaucer.

14. This term describes a character who usually fails or dies because of a character flaw or a cruel twist of fate:

Correct Answer: A) Tragic hero.

15. During an aside, others on stage can hear the character's remarks.

Correct Answer: B) False.

16. A speech given by a character alone on stage

Correct Answer: B) Soliloquy.