Pericles, Prince of Tyre Quizzes

Pericles, Prince of Tyre Quiz 1

1 Pericles is the Prince of ___.
Antioch

Pentapolis

Tyre

Tarsus
2 Pericles is a/an ___.
Elizabethan play

Carolinian play

Victorian play

Jacobean play
3 Pericles was first published in ___.
1599

1625

1609

1632
4 Pericles first appeared in ___.
pamphlet

manuscript

folio

quarto
5 Pericles is a ___.
romance

history

tragedy

comedy
6 Unlike most of Shakespeare's play, Pericles has ___.
no female characters

no main character

ten acts

questionable authorship
7 When was the first time Pericles appeared in a Shakespeare collection?
The twenty-first century

The third folio

It never appeared in a collection.

The nineteenth century
8 Pericles is based on ___.
Virgil's Eclogues

The Odyssey

The Metamorphoses

Confessio Amantis
9 Who wrote the text on which Pericles is based?
Philip Sidney

Geoffrey Chaucer

Christopher Marlowe

John Gower
10 The source material for Pericles was written in the ___.
16th century

15th century

10th century

14th century
11 The source material for Pericles was written during the ___.
ancient period

medieval period

contemporary period

early modern period
12 Pericles takes place in ___.
the ancient Mediterranean

England

the court of Rome

ancient Egypt
13 Which of these are protagonists in the play?
Cleon and Dionyza

Pericles and Marina

Marina and Antiochus

Pericles and Antiochus
14 Most critics maintain that Shakespeare wrote ___.
none of the play

half the play

only the end of the play

one scene of the play
15 Who is often considered Shakespeare's collaborator on Pericles?
John Webster

Ben Jonson

Christopher Marlowe

George Wilkins
16 Who serves as the chorus in the play?
Thaisa

Pericles

Shakespeare

Gower
17 Which dramatic device appears frequently in the choric interludes?
Monologue

Dumbshow

Stage direction

Aside
18 Who is the first person to appear on stage?
Pericles

Gower

Marina

Antiochus
19 Which of these dramatic genres inspired Pericles?
The morality play

Ancient Greek tragedy

Early modern comedy

City comedy
20 Which of these characters is an antagonist?
Lysimachus

Antiochus

Marina

Simonides
21 The play begins in ___.
Pentapolis

Tyre

Antioch

Tarsus
22 At the end of the play, Pericles rules over ___.
everywhere

Tarsus

Tyre

Pentapolis
23 Pericles travels to Antioch to ___.
reveal the king's secret

start a war

deliver food and provisions

pursue the king's daughter in marriage
24 What is Antiochus' sin?
Envy

Pride

Greed

Incest
25 Antiochus poses what to all suitors of his daughter?
A fistfight

A riddle

A shooting challenge

A quest

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