Quick Quiz

1. Why does Theseus imprison the Theban soldiers Arcite and

Palamon?
a. Because they survived Theseus’s battle against them
b. Because they betrayed Theseus during battle
c. Because they were mercenaries who tried to kill Theseus
d. Because they were caught stealing

2. What do the cousins fight over?

a. Who gets to sleep closer to the prison tower window.
b. Who can shoot an arrow more accurately into the garden below.
c. How best to escape from prison.
d. A woman, Emelye, whom they see from the prison tower.

3. How do the Knights get freed?

a. Palamon is pardoned, and Arcite escapes.
b. Arcite is pardoned, and Palamon escapes.
c. They knock out the guard, steal his keys, and run out of the castle.
d. Emelye takes pity on them and lets them out one night.

4. What does Arcite disguise himself as?

a. A eunuch named Perotheus.
b. A court jester named Thebes.
c. A noble servant named Philostrate.
d. A soldier in Theseus’s army.

5. What does Theseus decide to do when he catches Arcite and

Palamon fighting in a field?
a. Make the two fight to the death on the spot.
b. Hold a tournament in a year in which the winner gets to marry
Emelye.
c. Hold a tournament in a year in which Emelye will determine the
winner and marry him.
d. Make the two plead their case to Emelye and let her decide.
6. What does Theseus build in preparation for the tournament?
a. A great hall where the victory feast will be held.
b. A grand church where the winner and Emelye will wed.
c. A magnificent stadium with three temples to the gods.
d. A full scale replica of the Acropolis.

7. Whom does Emelye want to marry?

a. She doesn’t want to marry anyone but Diana tells her she must.
b. She favors Palamon.
c. She is deeply in love with Arcite, whom she saw looking at her
from the Tower window.
d. She is deeply in love with a duke named Perotheus and plans to
marry him in secret before the tournament.

8. Who wins the battle?

a. Arcite
b. Palamon
c. They are both killed.
d. It is a tie.

9. What happens during the victory lap around the stadium?

a. Palamon is struck by lightning.
b. Emelye falls off a horse and is killed.
c. Arcite falls off his horse and is fatally crushed.
d. Palamon stabs Arcite in a fit of rage.

10. After many years of grieving, what does Theseus suggest?

a. That Emelye be sent to marry an Italian prince.
b. That Palamon and Emelye marry.
c. That Emelye take over as Queen of Athens.
d. That Palamon be executed.