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Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure
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Reading Comprehension - Year 12 Advanced Course in English PMG
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1
Pompey has a choice: serve a prison term or become an executioner's assistant, he decides to
commit suicide - not "wither away to a slow death in prison"
learn a new trade -- executioner's assistant
serve a prison term of "two-score years"
run away in the middle of the night
2
Which play was not written during Shakespeare's great tragedies (1601 -1608)?
Midsummer Night's Dream
Measure for Measure
Troilus and Cressida
All's Well that Ends Well
3
The Duke assures Mariana that the "substitute bed partner" scheme is not immoral because
neither partner was a virgin
it was acceptable behavior during the Renaissance
Angelo is Mariana's "husband on a pre-contract"
the Duke himself thought up the scheme
4
Who said the following: “I crave death more willingly than mercy."
Angelo
Claudio
Peter
Pompey
5
Isabella is not weighing her brother's life against her virginity, but his life on earth vs.
his chances of living in hell
the everlasting life of her immortal soul
reinstating her brother's reputation
the remainder of her mortal life
6
Who said : “Who is it that hath died for this offence? / There's many have committed it."
Francisca
the Duke
Juliet
Isabella
7
Angelo reneges on his promise to Isabella that he would free her brother because he
is cruel and amoral
was obeying orders from the Duke
intended to carry out the letter of the law, no matter what
feared that Claudio, if freed, would take his revenge
8
Who said: "Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice/Hath often still'd my brawling discontent"
Lucio
Mistress Overdone
Francisca
Mariana
9
The basic plot of
Measure for Measure supposedly occurred in
Florence in 1525
Naples in 1600
Rome in 1580
Milan in 1547
10
In order to go unrecognized among his subjects, the Duke is disguised as a
an executioner
a nun
a servant
a friar
11
The theme of
Measure for Measure is
the importance of being earnest
the importance of laughter despite tragedy
the temperance of justice with mercy
the light of hope in the face of defeat
