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1 trivia quiz  The Life and Works of Christopher Marlowe icon
10 multiple-choice questions on England's first great playwright.
Tough 10Q
129 plays
Apr 13 07
Pantscat
2 trivia quiz  Dr. Faustus icon
I hope you enjoy this quiz on a play that I find extremely fascinating! Please note that there are two main versions of this play: a concise A text and a more detailed B text. Some of the events referred to in this quiz may not be in the A text.
Tough 10Q
243 plays
Feb 25 06
Lucay
3 trivia quiz  "Edward II" - Marlowe's Classic History Play icon
Sex, violence, horror, power, tragedy - these are all at the core of Christopher Marlowe's most "finished" play. These questions are on the action and the characters of the drama.
Tough 25Q
174 plays
May 18 03
Philian
4 trivia quiz  Christopher Marlowe's "Dr Faustus" icon
Give yourself a break from Shakespeare and have a try at one of his contemporaries' most famous plays.
Average 10Q
345 plays
Feb 16 04
Plumbus gold

Some sample questions from this category:

* After Faustus finishes signing the contract, two Latin words appear inscribed on his arm: Homo fuge. What is the translation of these words?
* After the Earl of Leicester and Sir Thomas Berkeley Edward II is placed with his final set of gaolers. What are their names?
* In the play "Edward II" how does Marlowe arrange the King's death on stage?
* To which foreign nobleman does Isabella turn when her brother, the King of France, refuses to help her?
* When Kent decides to throw in his lot with the rebels who is the nobleman who immediately decides to trust him?
* After they have captured Gaveston which two men amongst the nobles want to give Edward one last chance of seeing his favourite?
* Which of the rebels is in the end directly responsible for Gaveston's death?
* What complaint do Lancaster and Mortimer make against Edward when they decide to "speak their minds"?
* From whom has Gaveston received a letter that he reads aloud at the beginning of the play?
* Which sorts of men does Gaveston plan to use to make the "pliant" king do anything that he (Gaveston) wants?
* What relation are the Younger Mortimer and the Elder Mortimer to each other?
* What pet-name for the King does Gaveston use in his aside to the audience?
* Who is the only noble to speak out on the King's side in this first confrontation at the beginning of the play?
* Lancaster leaves the court in defiance telling Edward he must either change his mind or expect to see something floating in blood. What is it that will "float in blood"?
* Which clergyman do Gaveston and the King throw into the gutter?
* Amongst the titles that Edward II showers on Gaveston are Lord High Chamberlain, Chief Secretary to the State, King and Lord of Man. Which important earldom does he also give to Gaveston?
* With which of the nobles does the Queen seem to find the most sympathy?
* How does Edward try to influence the nobles into a position where they won't support the Archbishop of Canterbury in his petition to have Gaveston exiled again?
* Which power base does he threaten to destroy after the nobles have left and he has signed the paper banishing Gaveston?
* What does Edward call Isabella just before he says farewell to Gaveston?

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