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Coriolanus Quiz 1

  • 1. The original name of Coriolanus is:
    •     Lucius
    •     Brutus
    •     Caius Martius
    •     Gaius Menenius

  • 2. At the beginning of the war, the Romans are at war with:
    •     the Greeks
    •     the Sicilians
    •     the Volscians
    •     the Visigoths

  • 3. From where does Coriolanus get his name?
    •     from an old Roman general
    •     a defeated enemy town
    •     from Aufidius, as an honorary title
    •     from his position as consul

  • 4. Who makes a speech supporting Coriolanus before the Roman senate?
    •     Lucius
    •     Brutus
    •     Menenius
    •     Cominius

  • 5. What is the name of Coriolanus' mother?
    •     Valeria
    •     Virgilia
    •     Vesperia
    •     Volumnia

  • 6. Which pair serve as tribunes of Rome?
    •     Brutus and Sicinius
    •     Brutus and Lucius
    •     Cominius and Martius
    •     Sicinius and Lucius

  • 7. At the beginning of the play, what do the people claim to want?
    •     representation in the senate
    •     grain
    •     money
    •     less military service

  • 8. Who regales the people with the parable of the body and the stomach?
    •     Lucius
    •     Martius
    •     Menenius
    •     Cominius

  • 9. In this parable, what do the body and the stomach stand for, respectively?
    •     the tribunes and the senate
    •     the senate and the plebeians
    •     the Roman state, and the senate
    •     the patricians and the plebeians

  • 10. Who is the overall leader of the Romans in their battle against the Volscians?
    •     Lucius
    •     Martius
    •     Menenius
    •     Cominius

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