Tamburlaine the Great Quizzes

Tamburlaine the Great Quiz 1

1 What was Tamburlaine’s occupation before he took up war?
Farmer

Poet

Shepherd

Blacksmith
2 Tamburlaine’s reference to Mycetes as “the wise king of Persia” is an example of:
Hyperbole

A pun

Irony

Exposition
3 Zenocrate sees the fate of which of these characters as a potential allegory for the fate of Tamburlaine?
Bajazeth

Sigismund

The Soldan of Egypt

Cosroe
4 Marlowe’s Prologue to Part One implies that Tamburlaine the Great will differ from contemporary drama by:
By being a tragedy, not a comedy

Its majestic theme

Its length

Not employing a chorus
5 What makes Mycetes an obvious target for a scourge of God?
He’s incompetent, a king by birth only

He’s corrupt

He disrespects the gods

He’s usurped his kingdom from his more capable brother
6 The significance of the opening scene of the Persian court is that
It creates suspense by delaying the introduction of Tamburlaine

It illustrates Marlowe’s ideas about how nobles should behave

It demonstrates the limitations of earthly power

It sets up a contrast between the Persian kings and Tamburlaine
7 Which other play most famously describes poetry as a mirror?
Hamlet

Romeo and Juliet

Dr. Faustus

Aeschylus's Agamemnon
8 From which of these sources did Marlowe likely derive his theme of the “scourge of God”?
The legend of Hercules

Thomas Fortescue's, "The Forest"

The Bible

Catholic Doctrine
9 Why might Marlowe have presented Part One of Tamburlaine as a tragedy when it isn’t one?
Writing tragedy was how one became a ‘serious’ dramatist

To invoke a set of expectations that he can then subvert

To differentiate himself from the early plays of Shakespeare

Tragedies were more popular in Elizabethan England than comedies
10 Which of Tamburlaine’s three children is the most developed character?
Amyras

Calyphas

Celebinus

None of them are developed very much
11 What is the best paraphrase of the quote, “Nature, that framed us of four elements...Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds”?
Everybody secretly wants to be king

Nature fills everyone's mind with delusions of grandeur

It's the nature of human beings to aspire to more than they are

Scythians are naturally inclined towards conquest
12 What does Tamburlaine do with the body of Zenocrate after she's dead?
He asks Theridamas to bring the body back to Egypt to be buried with her father

He has her embalmed and carried around with him

He burns it

He has a temple built for her to be buried in
13 To which of Marlowe’s other plays does Tamburlaine relate most closely?
Dido, Queen of Carthage

Edward II

Dr. Faustus

The Jew of Malta
14 The term “scourge of God” refers to
A tyrant or warlord whose appearance indicates an immanent apocalypse

A tyrant or warlord who indirectly serves God’s will by punishing the unjust

An anti-Christ figure, bent on working against Christianity on earth

A messenger from God, sent to earth to spread a warning message
15 The most surprising feature of Tamburlaine’s appearance is
His relatively short stature

His resemblance to the Renaissance figure of the poet

Its stark contrast to representations of other Scythians

His divergence from Classical standards of beauty
16 The contrast between Tamburlaine’s statement of his ambitions and his pursuit of purely earthly goals is an example of
Irony

Hypocrisy

Bathos

Contrast
17 What is the clearest addition Marlowe makes to the type of the Classical hero with Tamburlaine?
His extreme cruelty

His capacity for romantic love

His skill at oratory

His low birth
18 Which character besides Tamburlaine is the most developed and significant in Part One?
Theridamas

Zenocrate

Cosroe

Bajazeth
19 The correspondence between Tamburlaine’s appearance and his character is best described as an example of
Imagery

The Renaissance understanding of the Classical conception of the hero

The Christian concept of virtue

Symbolism
20 What is Cosroe’s biggest mistake in dealing with Tamburlaine?
He forgets to ask Tamburlaine to swear loyalty to him

He insults Scythians, enraging Tamburlaine

He underestimates him

He gives him too large a reward, making him greedy
21 What is the main function of the scene in which Tamburlaine confronts Mycetes when the latter is attempting to hide his crown?
Comic relief

To demonstrate Mycetes's cowardice

To establish Mycetes’ lack of competence with words

To connect Tamburlaine’s verbal victory over Mycetes with his military victory
22 Generally, what does dialogue prose signify in Tamburlaine the Great?
A lack of education in the speaker

The coarseness of the speaker or the sentiments conveyed

Marlowe’s moral disapproval of the beliefs of the speaker

The plainspoken veracity of the speaker
23 Which of the following characters dies offstage?
The King of Arabia

Olympia

Zabina

Mycetes
24 How does Tamburlaine conceive of nobility?
It's a natural gift

It is achieved through deeds

It's a gift from god

It stems from the circumstances of one's birth
25 Tamburlaine responds to the pleas of the Virgins of Damascus by
Agreeing to spare the women and children of Damascus

Having them killed and hung on the walls of the city

Sympathizing, but refusing to go back on his word

Refusing to grant mercy, but allowing them to return to the city

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Tamburlaine the Great

by Christopher Marlowe

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