This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Shakespearean Tragedy – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespearean Tragedy Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is FALSE? A) The hero is influenced by a serious character flaw. B) The hero makes poor decisions. C) The hero will come to regret his/her choices. D) The hero must die a brutal death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The hero must die a brutal death. 2. Rhetorical questions A) Must be paired with a correct answer. B) Require no answer. C) Use words or phrases more than once to emphasize ideas. D) Suffer complete ruin or death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Require no answer. 3. True or False? The hero is responsible for his/her own downfall. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What is the main focus of Shakespeare's tragedies, according to one critic? A) The cause of suffering. B) The resolution of conflicts. C) The metaphysical truth of the worldview. D) The emotional truth of the struggle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The emotional truth of the struggle. 5. A character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another character A) Foil. B) Aside. C) Tragedy. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 6. What does the tragic madness in Shakespeare's heroes contain? A) Punishment and joy. B) Insight and happiness. C) Insight and peace. D) Punishment and insight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punishment and insight. 7. An antagonist A) Is when the audience knows more than the characters. B) Reveals a character's private thoughts. C) Is an adversary or hostile force opposing the protagonist. D) A speech given by a character alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is an adversary or hostile force opposing the protagonist. 8. The point of no return during; the hero makes an irreversible (undoable) decision A) Rising action. B) Exposition. C) Climax. D) Inciting action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Climax. 9. Parallelism A) Is a mathematical term, not a literary device. B) Is the use of words or phrases more than once to emphasize ideas. C) Is the repetition of grammatical structures to express ideas that are related or of equal importance. D) Uses questions that require no answer to make the speaker's rightness seem self-evident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is the repetition of grammatical structures to express ideas that are related or of equal importance. 10. "Thrice to thine, and thrice to mineAnd thrice again, to make up nine." is an example of A) Blank verse. B) Parallelism. C) Soliloquy. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition. 11. The peripeteia occurs in this act. A) Act 2. B) Act 3. C) Act 4. D) Act 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Act 3. 12. Why/when does Juliet use OXYMORONS? A) She is angry about her arranged marriage to Paris. B) She is angry that her new husband just killed her cousin. C) She is fearful that the sleeping potion may not work. D) She sees Romeo for the first time at the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is angry that her new husband just killed her cousin. 13. What is an oxymoron? A) A term with opposite words to show conflicting feelings or ideas. B) An outside character who appears only once in the play. C) A character who remains nameless but helps stir the conflict. D) A conflict that makes things appear different from what they really are. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A term with opposite words to show conflicting feelings or ideas. 14. The hero's downfall A) Adventure. B) Inciting action. C) Crisis. D) Catastrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catastrophe. 15. The force working against the protagonist A) Antagonist. B) Soliloquy. C) Protagonist. D) Character flaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Antagonist. 16. A humorous/ funny scene that relieves the tension A) Aside. B) Foil. C) Comic Relief. D) Tension Relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comic Relief. 17. The audience's emotional reaction or cleansing of emotions A) Catastrophe. B) Catharsis. C) Identification. D) Hamartia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Catharsis. 18. A SPEECH given by a character alone that exposes their thoughts and feelings to the audience A) Soliloquy. B) Monologue. C) Dialogue. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 19. A character's remarks (1-2 lines) that reveals a character private thoughts; NOT A SPEECH A) Monologue. B) Soliloquy. C) Aside. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aside. 20. Which critic has written that Shakespeare's tragedies are primarily about 'uncompensated suffering'? A) Chestnut. B) Cast. C) The advantages. D) Carstain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chestnut. 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