The Brothers Menaechmus Quizzes

The Brothers Menaechmus Quiz 1

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1 Plautus wrote the play in the _____ century BCE.

3rd

5th

4th

2nd
2 The play is best described as

tragedy

religious

comedy

farce
3 Which Shakespeare play did "Brothers" clearly influence?

Much Ado About Nothing

The Comedy of Errors

Twelfth Night

The Tempest
4 The action all takes place

on a city street

inside Menaechmus I's house

in Erotium's house

at the harbor
5 Who does not get a real name?

The cook

The slave

The concubine

The wife
6 Where does Menaechmus II live?

Syracuse

Rome

Sicily

Athens
7 What does Brush like more than anything?

Women

Sleeping

Gambling

Food
8 Menaechmus I curses his wife for being a/an

judge

spy

customs officer

police officer
9 What does Menaechmus I steal from his wife?

A shawl

A skirt

A dress

A necklace
10 With whom are Brush and Menaechmus I planning to eat?

Erotium

The Wife

No one

The other well-to-do men
11 What will Menaechmus I and Brush do while they wait for dinner?

Gamble

Drink

Walk around town

Sit and talk
12 Who is Cylindrus?

The maid

The doctor

A slave

The cook
13 Cylindrus says a parasite eats as much as how many men?

15

3

10

8
14 How long have Menaechmus II and Messenio been traveling?

8 years

4 years

2 years

6 years
15 Messenio says Epidamnus is full of all the following except

spies

seductresses

swindlers

spongers
16 Who is the first person to mistake the brothers?

The Doctor

Erotium

The Wife

Cylindrus
17 What does Cylindrus conclude about Menaechmus II?

He is stupid

He is being cruel

He is crazy

He is joking around
18 Messenio says women like Erotium send their maids and slaves to where to find men?

The assembly

The harbor

The temple

The marketplace
19 When Erotium confuses the two brothers, Menaechmus II assumes she is

stupid

telling the truth

crazy

joking
20 How does Menaechmus II react when he is mistaken?

With gentle confusion

With anger

With a desire to discover the mystery

With delight
21 Who is Messenio mistaken for?

The missing twin

The cook

A slave

The parasite
22 What does Menaechmus II eventually decide to do about Erotium?

Go inside her house

Question her further

Turn her in to the authorities

Ignore her
23 Messenio compares Erotium and her home to a/an

prison

den of thieves

pirate ship

snake pit
24 When we meet Brush for the second time, he is mad because

he got called into work

he did not get to eat enough

he did not get dinner

Menaechmus I deliberately left him
25 What did Menaechmus I get called to?

The assembly

The doctor's house

His father-in-law's house

The temple

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