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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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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