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The Alchemist Quiz 1

  • 1. What is the opening line of the play?
    •     "Now is the winter of our discontent".
    •     "I fart at thee."
    •     "Believ't, I will."
    •     "Gold! Always believe in the soul."

  • 2. What are Subtle and Face doing as the play opens?
    •     Farting
    •     Arguing
    •     Performing alchemy
    •     Getting dressed

  • 3. Where does Face claim he found Subtle?
    •     In prison
    •     In a chemist's shop, performing alchemy
    •     Homeless, on the street, dressed in rags
    •     In a theater

  • 4. Who says, "I fart at thee"?
    •     Ananias
    •     Face
    •     Dol Common
    •     Subtle

  • 5. Ananias and Tribulation are members of which religious order?
    •     Buddhism
    •     Islam
    •     Christianity
    •     Anabaptism

  • 6. Where is the play set?
    •     Cookham
    •     Hackney
    •     Blackfriars
    •     Manchester

  • 7. In whose house is the play set?
    •     Mammon's
    •     Subtle's
    •     Face's
    •     Lovewit's

  • 8. In which year was the play written?
    •     1589
    •     1594
    •     1605
    •     1610

  • 9. Ben Jonson was almost executed for which crime?
    •     Conmanship
    •     Sorcery
    •     Exposing himself
    •     Murder

  • 10. Alchemy is the practice of turning base metal into what?
    •     Lead
    •     Gold
    •     Silver
    •     Pewter

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