The Two Gentlemen of Verona Quizzes

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Quiz 1

1 The Two Gentlemen of Verona was written by ___.
William Shakespeare

John Fletcher

Christopher Marlowe

Ben Jonson
2 The play was most likely written in ___.
1598

1591

1600

1608
3 The play is a ___.
tragedy

history

comedy

romance
4 The play is set in ___.
Verona and Padua

Cornwall and Illyria

Venice and Rome

Verona and Milan
5 Who are the two gentlemen in the play's title?
Speed and Valentine

The Duke and Launce

Launce and Crab

Proteus and Valentine
6 Proteus and Valentine are ___.
cousins

lovers

brothers

best friends
7 At the beginning of the play, Valentine is leaving for ___.
Rome

Venice

Paris

Milan
8 Why does Proteus remain in Verona?
He is in love with Julia.

He has a job there.

He cannot leave his family.

He wants to join the war.
9 Proteus's father is ___.
the Duke

Antonio

Crab

Launce
10 Why is Valentine leaving Verona?
He is joining a war.

He wants to expand his knowledge.

He has a lover in another city.

He is going to serve the Duke of Milan.
11 The play was written during the ___.
Victorian era

Jacobean era

Carolinian era

Elizabethan era
12 Many believe that the play was ___.
the first Shakespeare wrote for the stage

banned from the theaters

never performed

originally written in Latin
13 The earliest suggested date of composition for the play is ___.
1599

1575

1554

1588
14 The play shares many commonalities with ___.
Romeo and Juliet

Hamlet

Macbeth

The Comedy of Errors
15 The play was first published in ___.
1640

1601

1623

1590
16 The play was first published in ___.
quarto form

manuscript

folio form

pamphlet form
17 The first mention of the play's existence was in ___.
1600

1598

1575

1612
18 The central theme of the play is ___.
love

politics

money

friendship
19 Romantic love is presented throughout the play as ___.
an uncontrollable force

a threat to homosocial bonds

a transformative power

all of these
20 Silvia's father is the Duke of ___.
Verona

Venice

Milan

Rome
21 With whom is Silvia in love?
Valentine

Thurio

Launce

Proteus
22 Crab is Launce's ___.
cousin

servant

cat

dog
23 Launce and Speed are ___.
servants

lovers

jesters

cousins
24 Who is Julia's maid?
Silvia

Anna

The Nurse

Lucetta
25 The Duke wants Silvia to marry ___.
Valentine

Proteus

nobody

Thurio