Titus Andronicus Quizzes

Titus Andronicus Quiz 1

By W.C. Miller · Edited by Jordan Reid Berkow · Last reviewed September 15, 2006

1 When did Shakespeare write Titus Andronicus?

Between 1590 and 1594

Between 1615 and 1620

Between 1550 and 1553

Between 1600 and 1607
2 Titus Andronicus is:

a fictional character invented by Shakespeare

a historical general who lived in the late Roman Empire

a fictional character invented by Marlowe

a mythological general
3 Who are the Andronici?

the good guys

the imperial Roman family

the family of which Titus is the patriarch

famous Roman tribunes
4 Titus Andronicus is Shakespeare's ____ tragedy.

second

first

best-loved

worst
5 The critical consensus about Titus over the last three centuries has tended to be:

negative

positive

indifferent

amused
6 Titus Andronicus takes place in:

England

Gothic France

Rome

Spain
7 In the course of the play, which of the following characters is NOT offered the Roman empery?

Titus

Lucius

Bassianus

Saturninus
8 Why does Tamora seek vengeance on the Andronici?

because Titus ordered the death of her son, Alarbus

because Titus cooked her sons into a pie

because Titus insulted her lover, Aaron

because she is a Goth
9 Who is Caesar?

Julius Caesar

any Roman leader

the Roman emperor

the Roman king
10 Who has Titus been warring against before the play begins?

the Celts

Saturninus

the Goths

the Franks
11 Who or what are the Goths?

a barbarous race of Romans

a foreign army

the French

a Germanic tribe
12 Why does Bassianus believe he should be elected Roman emperor?

because he is more deserving of the empery than his older brother

because he is the eldest of his father's sons

because he has won the war with the Goths

because he has the people's hearts
13 How does Mutius die?

he kills himself for shame when Lavinia refuses to marry Saturninus

Titus kills him when he helps Lavinia to escape from Saturninus

he is killed in battle with the Goths

Titus kills him when he pledges allegiance to Saturninus
14 Which of these words or titles does NOT describe Tamora?

Queen of the Goths

prisoner

Roman Empress

murderer
15 Of Titus' 25 sons, how many have died by the end of the play?

23

22

24

21
16 What does "ad manes fratrem" mean?

"to our family tomb"

"to the wars of our brothers"

"to our brothers' spirits"

"to men and brothers"
17 Saturninus' first choice for his empress is:

Lavinia

Tamora

Tertia

Cornelia
18 Who says, "What, villain boy / Barr'st my way in Rome?"

Saturninus

Titus

Tamora

Marcus
19 Titus feels that Bassianus' seizure of Lavinia is:

treason

uncouth

murder

justified
20 What word best describes Lavinia?

powerless

rude

powerful

brilliant
21 How does Aaron resolve the dispute between Chiron and Demetrius?

he suggests that they both have her

he decides in Demetrius' favor

he decides in Chiron's favor

he suggests that neither have her
22 Why does Aaron plant gold in the forest?

the reason is never clear

to frame Titus' sons for the murder of Bassianus

to frame Bassianus for threatening the emperor

to hide it from those who would take it from him
23 How is Titus punished for his killing of Mutius?

he is banished

he is forced to pay a fine

he is plagued by Lucius

he isn't punished
24 Who plots the rape of Lavinia?

Tamora

Aaron

Chiron and Demetrius

it isn't plotted; it happens spontaneously
25 Lavinia is NOT compared to:

Titan

Philomel

Lucrece

Dido

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