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Run For Your Life Trivia Quiz

Many Shakespeare characters have been banished on pain of death, or end up fleeing for their lives - and while many of them return with a vengeance, at first they're running for their lives. Let's see who Shakespeare sets on the run.

A multiple-choice quiz by merylfederman. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
merylfederman

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
350,833

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2014

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. This famous romantic title character is banished on pain of death from his hometown of Verona, where he has just killed Tybalt. He flees to Mantua but comes back when his beloved is reported dead. Which title character is this? Hint

Hamlet

Antony

Romeo

Timon

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Question 2 of 10

2. In "Richard II," the title king arbitrates a fight between two noblemen. One is Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, and the other is a man destined to usurp his king. Richard banishes both men: Norfolk forever, but his future nemesis for only six years. Who is this man, who returns to take the crown? Hint

Henry Monmouth (Henry V)

Edward March (Edward IV)

Edward of Angouleme (Edward III)

Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV)

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Question 3 of 10

3. In "Titus Andronicus", two of Titus' sons are falsely accused of murder and sentenced to death. Titus' oldest son tried to free them, and for that crime he was banished from Rome on pain of death. Who is Titus' oldest son? Hint

Mutius

Martius

Lucius

Quintus

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Question 4 of 10

4. In "Cymbeline," the title king is incensed when his daughter Imogen marries a low-ranking soldier instead of her princely step-brother. He separates the newlyweds and banishes the husband from the country. Who is this low-ranking soldier who wins the heart of the princess of Britain? Hint

Cloten

Guiderius

Iachimo

Posthumus

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Question 5 of 10

5. In "Coriolanus", the title character is banished from Rome when his political opponents accuse him of being a traitor to the people of the city. He flees - but wait, Coriolanus is a title, not his real name. Who is this man before his military honor is bestowed on him? Hint

Tullus Aufidius

Titus Lartius

Menenius Agrippa

Caius Martius

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Question 6 of 10

6. In "King Lear," the title character disowns his youngest daughter in anger, when a loyal courtier steps forward to say he shouldn't do it. "Step not between the dragon and his wrath!" is the king's implacable reply - the king banishes the courtier for his insolence. Which courtier is this? Hint

Duke of Albany

Earl of Kent

Duke of Cornwall

Earl of Gloucester

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Question 7 of 10

7. At the end of "Henry IV Part II," Prince Hal becomes king - Henry V. When he becomes the king, he cruelly rebukes his former friend and drinking buddy, the fat old man who led the Eastcheap gang and thought he'd have a friend in the new king. Which comic giant is this, who is banished from the presence of the king? Hint

Falstaff

Pistol

Bardolph

Poins

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Question 8 of 10

8. In "The Winter's Tale," the king of Sicilia, Leontes, becomes convinced that his best friend and king of Bohemia had an affair with his wife, and fathered her unborn child. His friend flees for his life before he can be killed. Which king is this - who is of course innocent of such a crime? Hint

Polixenes

Antigonous

Camillo

Florizel

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Question 9 of 10

9. Another "King Lear" character is set on the run - Edmund, the bastard son of the Earl of Gloucester, convinces his older legitimate brother that their father is after him, and gets his brother to run for his life. Who is this legitimate brother, who flees in disguise to avoid death or capture? Hint

Oswald

Albany

Curan

Edgar

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Question 10 of 10

10. In "Much Ado About Nothing," the villain of the play who had convinced Claudio to put aside his fiancee flees Messina. He is captured at the end, but had fully intended to flee from answering for his crimes. Who is this man, brother to Don Pedro and all around not nice guy? Hint

Don Conrade

Don Leonato

Don Borachio

Don John

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Romeo

Romeo, of "Romeo and Juliet," kills Juliet's cousin Tybalt in a vengeful rage after Tybalt had killed Mercutio. Romeo is banished for this crime, on pain of death, but cannot resist returning to die next to his wife Juliet when he learns that she is dead. He poisons himself over her apparently-dead body.

Answer: Henry Bolingbroke (Henry IV)

Henry Bolingbroke, the Duke of Hereford, is banished for six years, but when his father John of Gaunt (the Duke of Lancaster), dies, things go bad. Richard steals Bolingbroke's inheritance since Bolingbroke is still banished, but Bolingbroke returns with a vengeance for his new title and fortune. The scandal ends Richard's reign.

Answer: Lucius

Lucius tries to rescue his brothers Martius and Quintus but is prevented and banished. But he gathers an army of Goths and returns to visit his vengeance on the Romans who have wronged him.

Answer: Posthumus

In the first act of "Cymbeline," we discover that the princess married the soldier Posthumus instead of her step-brother Cloten, the foolish son of her father's second, evil wife. Posthumus returns in a suicidal despair to fight and die for Britain in the war against Rome.

Answer: Caius Martius

Caius Martius Coriolanus is the title character who is banished after a troubled political campaign leaves him vulnerable to personal attacks. He joins up with Tullus Aufidius, a Volscian rival whom he had fought in the past, to take on the state that was so ungrateful for his military service.

Answer: Earl of Kent

The Earl of Kent is the loyal servant to Lear who protests when the king rashly disowns his one honest daughter, Cordelia. Kent disguises himself instead of leaving in exile, and remains a servant to the mad Lear.

Answer: Falstaff

John Falstaff, the old knight who had been Hal's friend for two plays, is banished from the king's presence (more like a restraining order than banishment, but it has a dark, sad effect on the lovable old knight). Hal knows he needs to turn over a new leaf and not associate with his sketchy childhood acquaintances any more, now that he is king.

Answer: Polixenes

Polixenes is the king of Bohemia, who is told by Camillo to flee Leontes' wrath. He would otherwise have been poisoned or otherwise dispatched by the determined king Leontes.

Answer: Edgar

Edgar is the legitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester. Falsely accused of plotting against his father's life, he flees and transforms himself into a mad homeless man living in the woods, who doesn't strike anyone as a possibly treacherous nobleman.

Answer: Don John

Don John is the criminal brother of Don Pedro, the military leader who leads the force that Benedick and Claudio fight in. He dupes Claudio into believing that his fiancee Hero is being unfaithful, and nearly gets away with it, but is captured during his escape attempt.

Source: Author merylfederman

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