Coriolanus Study Guide

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