The Revenger’s Tragedy Quizzes

The Revenger's Tragedy Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne · Edited by A. Boghani · Last reviewed September 26, 2014

1 "The Revenger's Tragedy" was first published in

1607

1610

1700

1650
2 The author of "The Revenger's Tragedy" is most likely

John Webster

Ben Jonson

William Shakespeare

Thomas Middleton
3 "The Revenger's Tragedy" falls into all of the following genres EXCEPT:

a morality play

a satire

a revenge tragedy

a tragedy of the blood
4 The Revenger's Tragedy is part of the __________ tradition.

Elizabethan

Victorian

Spanish

Jacobean
5 For many years, scholars believed that __________ wrote "The Revenger's Tragedy"

John Webster

Cyril Tourneur

Alfred Lord Tennyson

William Shakespeare
6 The protagonist of "The Revenger's Tragedy" is

Vindice

Antonio

Lussurioso

Hippolito
7 "Vindice" means

lustful

intelligence

victory

vengeance
8 What is Vindice carrying in the first scene?

A skull

A dagger

A book

A bottle of poison
9 Who killed Gloriana?

The Duchess

Lussurioso

Spurio

The Duke
10 Vindice agrees to dress up as a

musician

apothecary

pander

priest
11 Who raped Antonio's wife?

Spurio

Ambitioso

Junior

Supervacuo
12 Junior's attitude at his hearing can be best described as:

enraged

smug

sorrowful

confused
13 Why does the Duchess become angry with the Duke in Act I?

He has a bastard

He ignores her

He sleeps with other women

He won't help Junior
14 Whom does Spurio hate the most in the whole court?

The Duchess

Vindice

The Duke

Junior
15 Spurio says that it is in his nature to be ________

adulterous

religious

shy

duplicitous
16 "Bawd" is another term for a

woman

virgin

nun

madam
17 Whom does Lussurioso want to seduce via Vindice?

Gratiana

Antonio's wife

Castiza

Gloriana
18 Whom does Vindice hold responsible for his father's death?

The Duke

Lussurioso

Gratiana

The Duchess
19 What is the fate of Lord Antonio's wife in the play?

The Duke poisons her

Antonio kills her

She kills herself

She runs away
20 According to the play, the most a woman's _________ is her most valuable asset.

spirituality

beauty

chastity

meekness
21 Which of the following is NOT true about the pander's meeting with Castiza and Gratiana?

Castiza refuses Lussurioso's offer completely

Gratiana refuses the offer at first but then gives in

Castiza is tempted by Lussurioso's seduction

The pander is actually Vindice in disguise
22 Who bursts in on the Duke and Duchess in bed?

Ambitioso

Spurio

Supervacuo

Lussurioso
23 What does the Duke do to Lussurioso after he bursts into the Duchess's room?

Sends him to prison

Laughs him away

Lets him go with a warning

Kills him
24 Besides Lussurioso, whom does Ambitioso want to kill?

Junior

The Dyke

Supervacuo

The Duchess
25 Who secures Lussurioso's release from prison?

He escapes

Vindice

The Duke

The Duchess

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