Comus Quizzes

Comus Quiz 1

1 When was Comus first performed?
1634.

1640.

1629.

1667.
2 To which station was John Egerton promoted?
Archbishop of Canterbury.

Lord Protector of the Commonwealth.

Lord President of Wales.

General of the English Forces.
3 Who played the Lady in the original performance of Comus?
Alice Egerton.

Margaret Cavendish.

Queen Anne of Denmark.

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

All Saints Day.

Christmas.

Easter.
5 What is the original title of the masque?
Lycidas.

Comus and the Lady.

A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle.

Virtue's Triumph.
6 Which of these was not typical of the masque genre at the time Milton was writing?
They focused on Christian themes.

They depicted courtly revelry.

They were performed at court.

They featured royals as players.
7 Where was John Milton educated?
The Inns of Court.

Cambridge.

He did not have a formal education.

Oxford.
8 What was Milton's original career path before he became a poet?
Anglican priest.

Scientist.

Soldier.

Lawyer.
9 What was Milton's first poem to appear in print?
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity.

Lycidas.

Epitaph on the admirable Dramaticke Poet, W. Shakespeare.

L'allegro.
10 Of which of these institutions was Milton not critical?
Christianity.

The English Monarchy.

The English University System.

The Anglican Church.
11 What is Milton's most famous work?
When I Consider How My Light is Spent.

Lycidas.

Paradise Lost.

Comus.
12 Who is the protagonist of Comus?
Attendant Spirit.

The Lady.

Sabrina.

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

Comus.

Sabrina.

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

A servant.

A guardian angel.

A nymph.
15 Who has sent the Attendant Spirit to earth?
Sabrina.

Jove.

Aphrodite.

Neptune.
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?
Comus's clan.

Blue-haired deities.

Nymphs.

The two brothers and the Lady.
18 Who is Comus's father?
Neptune.

Bacchus.

Apollo.

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

Athena.

A Siren.

Scylla.
20 How does Comus corrupt his victims?
He injects them with a potion.

He erases their memory.

He covers them with a magic blanket.

He makes them drink from a charmed glass.
21 What happens to Comus's victims?
They become beasts that must follow him.

They die.

They are transformed into elements of nature.

They can no longer eat or drink.
22 Why is the Attendant Spirit on earth?
To protect the Lady and her brothers.

To find Sabrina.

To separate the Lady from her brothers.

To spy on Comus.
23 What is the closest in meaning to "ambrosial weeds" (16)?
Godly clothing.

Virtuous people.

Dirty games.

Delicious plants.
24 To whom does the description "a noble peer of mickle trust" likely refer (31)?
John Milton.

William Shakespeare.

John Egerton.

God.
25 Why does the Attendant Spirit hide at the end of his opening speech?
He is avoiding Jove's gaze.

The Lady sees him.

Comus approaches.

He does not want to be sent back to heaven.

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