MEASURE FOR MEASURE - SHAKESPEARE

MEASURE FOR MEASURE - SHAKESPEARE

1. Who is second in charge to both the Duke and Angelo?  Escalus

2. Where does Measure for Measure take place? Vienna

3. Which crime is Claudio charged with?  fornication

4. Isabella, Claudio's sister, is in training to be a nun

5. Why does the Duke give Angelo power over Vienna? so Angelo can clean up the city

6. Rather than leave the city, the Duke disguises himself as:  a friar

7. Why does Claudio get Isabella involved in his case? because she might persuade Angelo

8. Lucio can be best characterized as a(n):  indulgent, lusty man

9. What does Escalus think of Claudio's punishment? he thinks it is overly harsh

10. The name of the silly, muddled constable is: Elbow

11. Under what condition will Angelo let Claudio live? if Isabella will sleep with him

12. Who engineers Claudio's escape and survival from punishment? the Duke

13. Who is Mariana? Angelo's former fiancee

14. Lucio gets into trouble with the Duke for: spreading slanders about him

15. Which woman sleeps with Angelo in the play?  Mariana

16. Who is supposed to be executed along with Claudio?  Barnardine

17. When Angelo's conditions for Claudio's release are met, Angelo:

speeds up Claudio's execution

18. Why does the Duke tell Isabella her brother is dead?

so that she will be happier when she learns the truth

19. What is Angelo's reaction at receiving the Duke's position?

he is humbled by the power

20. Mistress Overdone is:  proprietor of a whorehouse

21. What else does Angelo do to clean up the city, besides sentencing Claudio?

shuts down all whorehouses outside the city

22. What evidence is there that Claudio committed fornication, or lechery? his fiancee is pregnant

23. The Duke's assumed name when he dresses up as a friar is: Ludovico

24. Which of these characters is aware of the Duke's disguise before the end?

Friar Thomas

25. Who convinces Isabella to advocate for her brother?  Lucio

26. Measure for Measure is one of the problem plays.

27. The play was performed first in 1603.

28. Who offered the description problem play to Measure for Measure? F.A. Boas

29. what is the source of the play? Whetstone’s Promos and Cassandra and Cinthio’s Epitia

30. Who is the duke of Vienna?  Vincentio

31. Who did Vincentio make to rule as deputy?  Angelo

32. Who is the old advisor of Vincentio? Escalus

33. Who is the brothel Keeper? Mistress Overdon

34. Cladian is betrothed to? Juliet.

35. Who is pregnant before marriage? Juliet.

36. Who is the sister of Cladio? Isabella

37. Who is Friar Thomas? Leader of Monastery

38. Who is the constable in the play? Elbow

39. Elbow brings a complaint against? Pompey

40. What is the complaint? Pompey enticed Mrs.Elbow.

41. What is Pompey? The Tapster, a pimp in Mrs. Overdon’s house.

42. Who is Froth? A witness

43. Who is Mariana? Lady engaged to Angelo

44. Who is Mariana’s brother? Fredrick

45. Why was the engagement of Marianna and Angelo broken? Marianna lost her marriage dowry.

46. How did Marianna lose it? Fredrick drowned in the sea.

47.  Where is the title of the play taken?  Sermon on the Mount

48. Who has become the victim of revived law? Cladio

49. Who is the child of Adam in the play? Angelo

50. According to Cladio, what is the least deadly sin? Lechery.

51. who called Cladio a faithless coward? Isabella

52. what is the name of disguised friar? Friar Nodorick

53. Who marries Mariana? Angelo

54. who marries Juliet? Cladio

55. The Duke proposed marriage to Isabella

56. How was Cladio’s punishment avoided?  By sending  the head of Ragozine.