This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Drama > Shakespearean Tragedy – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Shakespearean Tragedy Quiz 4 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the essential ingredient in tragedy according to Shakespeare? A) Unexpected suffering and calamity. B) Happiness and prosperity. C) Comedic relief. D) Peace and tranquility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unexpected suffering and calamity. 2. What did actors receive instead of the full script? A) Pages of lines and cues. B) Character descriptions. C) Scene breakdowns. D) Stage directions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pages of lines and cues. 3. What does the legendary figure of Cassandra symbolize in relation to Shakespearean tragic heroes? A) Insight and peace. B) Insight and happiness. C) Punishment and joy. D) Punishment and insight. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Punishment and insight. 4. A drama that results in a catastrophe-most often death for the main character is a A) Comedy. B) History. C) Fiction. D) Tragedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tragedy. 5. A character whose personality and attitude is the opposite of the main character A) Foil. B) Aside. C) Protagonist. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Foil. 6. What is Shakespeare's innovation in constructing tragic heroes? A) Making them completely evil. B) Giving them no redeeming qualities. C) Putting thesis and antithesis into a single character. D) Making them morally ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Putting thesis and antithesis into a single character. 7. The hero meets his/her catastrophe in this act. A) Act 1. B) Act 2. C) Act 3. D) Act 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Act 5. 8. What is the purpose of a foil character in a play? A) To provide comic relief. B) To have a similar personality as the protagonist. C) To highlight both characters' traits. D) To be the main antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To highlight both characters' traits. 9. True or False? The hero must be of high social status, a well-respected and honorable person. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. This emphasizes another character's attributes and traits: A) Aside. B) Soliloquy. C) Tragic hero. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foil. 11. The central character of a drama A) Protagonist. B) Antagonist. C) Soliloquy. D) Character flaw. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protagonist. 12. A situation in a play in which the audience knows more than the character knows A) Character flaw. B) Allusion. C) Dramatic irony. D) Comic relief. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dramatic irony. 13. What is the main source of the tragic emotions in Shakespearean tragedies? A) Joy and happiness. B) Love and compassion. C) Pity and fear. D) Excitement and adventure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pity and fear. 14. When is the hero's hamartia introduced? A) During the rising action. B) During the exposition. C) During the climax. D) During the catastrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) During the exposition. 15. A character's remark that others do not hear A) Tragedy. B) Soliloquy. C) Aside. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aside. 16. "a sudden reversal of fortune" A) Identification. B) Adventure. C) Catharsis. D) Hubris. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adventure. 17. Who was seemingly the first to use the English word 'tragedy'? A) Aristotle. B) Boethius. C) Shakespeare. D) Chaucer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chaucer. 18. This term describes a character who usually fails or dies because of a character flaw or a cruel twist of fate: A) Antagonist. B) Tragic hero. C) Protagonist. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tragic hero. 19. During an aside, others on stage can hear the character's remarks. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. A speech given by a character alone on stage A) Comic relief. B) Soliloquy. C) Tragedy. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Soliloquy. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesGenres QuizzesShakespearean Tragedy Quiz 1Shakespearean Tragedy Quiz 2Shakespearean Tragedy Quiz 3American Drama QuizDr Faustus By Christopher Marlowe QuizDrama QuizHamlet QuizMacbeth QuizPlay By Sakespear QuizShakespearean Drama Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books