Pericles, Prince of Tyre Quizzes

Pericles, Prince of Tyre Quiz 1

1 Pericles is the Prince of ___.
Antioch

Tyre

Tarsus

Pentapolis
2 Pericles is a/an ___.
Victorian play

Elizabethan play

Carolinian play

Jacobean play
3 Pericles was first published in ___.
1609

1625

1632

1599
4 Pericles first appeared in ___.
manuscript

folio

pamphlet

quarto
5 Pericles is a ___.
romance

comedy

history

tragedy
6 Unlike most of Shakespeare's play, Pericles has ___.
ten acts

no main character

no female characters

questionable authorship
7 When was the first time Pericles appeared in a Shakespeare collection?
It never appeared in a collection.

The nineteenth century

The third folio

The twenty-first century
8 Pericles is based on ___.
Confessio Amantis

The Odyssey

The Metamorphoses

Virgil's Eclogues
9 Who wrote the text on which Pericles is based?
John Gower

Christopher Marlowe

Geoffrey Chaucer

Philip Sidney
10 The source material for Pericles was written in the ___.
15th century

14th century

16th century

10th century
11 The source material for Pericles was written during the ___.
contemporary period

ancient period

medieval period

early modern period
12 Pericles takes place in ___.
the court of Rome

the ancient Mediterranean

England

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

Pericles and Antiochus

Pericles and Marina

Marina and Antiochus
14 Most critics maintain that Shakespeare wrote ___.
half the play

only the end of the play

none of the play

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

Christopher Marlowe

George Wilkins

Ben Jonson
16 Who serves as the chorus in the play?
Pericles

Shakespeare

Thaisa

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

Aside

Stage direction

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

Gower

Antiochus

Marina
19 Which of these dramatic genres inspired Pericles?
Ancient Greek tragedy

City comedy

The morality play

Early modern comedy
20 Which of these characters is an antagonist?
Marina

Antiochus

Simonides

Lysimachus
21 The play begins in ___.
Pentapolis

Antioch

Tyre

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

everywhere

Tyre

Tarsus
23 Pericles travels to Antioch to ___.
pursue the king's daughter in marriage

reveal the king's secret

deliver food and provisions

start a war
24 What is Antiochus' sin?
Envy

Incest

Pride

Greed
25 Antiochus poses what to all suitors of his daughter?
A shooting challenge

A riddle

A quest

A fistfight

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