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1. The title of the play comes from a quotation from what source?
2. In what city does the play take place?
3. This play boasts some unusual character names, such as Mistress Overdone, a clown with the unlikely name of Pompey, and a constable named after this body part.
4. The play begins with the Duke, Vincentio, leaving his deputy in charge of the city in his absence. Where does the Duke say he is going?
5. In reality, the duke intends to remain in town incognito in order to observe how Angelo handles the job. Why?
6. What disguise does Duke Vincentio adopt?
7. One of Angelo's first acts is to sentence a young man named Claudio to death. What was Claudio's crime?
8. Claudio's sister Isabella is about to enter a convent belonging to which religious order?
9. Ironically, Isabella's great friend, who brings her word of Claudio's arrest and condemnation, is Lucio, a character whose ribald tongue rivals Mercutio. Lucio later utters one of the great Shakespearean insults when he says of Angelo that "...it is certain that when he makes water, his urine is..." what?
10. When Isabella goes to Angelo to plead for her brother's life what, to Angelo's great surprise, happens?
11. At their second interview, Isabella is horrified when, in exchange for her brother's life, Angelo asks her to do this.
12. A desperate Isabella turns for advice to her confessor, Friar Lodowick (the disguised Duke). He introduces her to Mariana, Angelo's repudiated fiancee. What does Mariana offer to do for Isabella?
13. Angelo had renounced his betrothal to Marianna, citing some question that he had heard about her virtue. What does the Duke believe to have been the real reason Angelo renounced Marianna?
14. Mariana, still hopelessly in love with the man so who heartlessly rejected her, is one of the most poigant characters in Shakespeare. What nineteenth-century English poet was moved to write a poem about her?
15. After the supposed tryst with Isabella has taken place, Angelo goes back on his word and gives the order for Claudio's execution, requiring that Claudio's head be brought to him as assurance. Vincentio tells the jailer to bring Angelo the head of another prisoner, resembling Claudio, who has died that morning. What is this prisoner's name?
16. Yes or no- does the Duke tell Isabella about the business of the switched heads?
17. True or False- Angelo feels no qualms of conscience about his (supposed) seduction and betrayal of Isabella.
18. In the final scene of the play, Angelo is exposed by Isabella, Mariana, and the now undisguised Duke. Angelo begs the Duke to have him put to death as punishment for his gross misuse of power. Does the Duke fulfill his request?
19. In this final scene, Vincentio, whilst disguised as Friar Lodowick, is roundly abused by Lucio, who is much chagrined when he discovers his true identity. How does Vincentio punish Lucio?
20. At the play's conclusion, Vincentio, who has fallen in love with Isabella, asks her to marry him (she has not yet taken her vows). How does she respond?
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