Comus Quizzes

Comus Quiz 1

1 When was Comus first performed?
1667.

1629.

1640.

1634.
2 To which station was John Egerton promoted?
Lord President of Wales.

Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.

General of the English Forces.

Archbishop of Canterbury.
3 Who played the Lady in the original performance of Comus?
Queen Anne of Denmark.

Margaret Cavendish.

Alice Egerton.

Amelia Lanyer.
4 On which holiday was Comus first performed?
Christmas.

Michaelmas.

Easter.

All Saints Day.
5 What is the original title of the masque?
Virtue's Triumph.

Lycidas.

Comus and the Lady.

A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle.
6 Which of these was not typical of the masque genre at the time Milton was writing?
They featured royals as players.

They depicted courtly revelry.

They were performed at court.

They focused on Christian themes.
7 Where was John Milton educated?
The Inns of Court.

Cambridge.

Oxford.

He did not have a formal education.
8 What was Milton's original career path before he became a poet?
Scientist.

Anglican priest.

Soldier.

Lawyer.
9 What was Milton's first poem to appear in print?
Epitaph on the admirable Dramaticke Poet, W. Shakespeare.

L'allegro.

Lycidas.

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity.
10 Of which of these institutions was Milton not critical?
Christianity.

The English Monarchy.

The Anglican Church.

The English University System.
11 What is Milton's most famous work?
Lycidas.

Comus.

Paradise Lost.

When I Consider How My Light is Spent.
12 Who is the protagonist of Comus?
Comus.

Sabrina.

The Lady.

Attendant Spirit.
13 Who is the antagonist of Comus?
The Elder Brother.

Sabrina.

Comus.

The Lady.
14 Whom does the Attendant Spirit most closely resemble?
A servant.

A nymph.

A guardian angel.

A soldier.
15 Who has sent the Attendant Spirit to earth?
Neptune.

Aphrodite.

Sabrina.

Jove.
16 What disguise the Attendant Spirit assume?
Thyrsis, a shepherd.

Sabrina, a water nymph.

Comus, a sorcerer.

Comus's follower.
17 Who are Neptune's children?
The two brothers and the Lady.

Blue-haired deities.

Nymphs.

Comus's clan.
18 Who is Comus's father?
Apollo.

Neptune.

Bacchus.

Jove.
19 Who is Comus's mother?
Athena.

Circe.

A Siren.

Scylla.
20 How does Comus corrupt his victims?
He covers them with a magic blanket.

He makes them drink from a charmed glass.

He injects them with a potion.

He erases their memory.
21 What happens to Comus's victims?
They can no longer eat or drink.

They die.

They are transformed into elements of nature.

They become beasts that must follow him.
22 Why is the Attendant Spirit on earth?
To find Sabrina.

To protect the Lady and her brothers.

To spy on Comus.

To separate the Lady from her brothers.
23 What is the closest in meaning to "ambrosial weeds" (16)?
Delicious plants.

Dirty games.

Virtuous people.

Godly clothing.
24 To whom does the description "a noble peer of mickle trust" likely refer (31)?
John Egerton.

God.

William Shakespeare.

John Milton.
25 Why does the Attendant Spirit hide at the end of his opening speech?
He does not want to be sent back to heaven.

The Lady sees him.

He is avoiding Jove's gaze.

Comus approaches.

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