The Alchemist (Jonson) Quizzes

1. What is the opening line of the play?

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

2. What are Subtle and Face doing as the play opens?

• Performing alchemy
• Farting
• Arguing
• Getting dressed

3. Where does Face claim he found Subtle?

• In a chemist's shop, performing alchemy
• In a theater
• Homeless, on the street, dressed in rags
• In prison

4. Who says, "I fart at thee"?

• Dol Common
• Subtle
• Face
• Ananias

5. Ananias and Tribulation are members of which religious order?

• Christianity
• Anabaptism
• Islam
• Buddhism

6. Where is the play set?

• Cookham
• Hackney
• Manchester
• Blackfriars

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?

• Murder
• Exposing himself
• Conmanship
• Sorcery

10. Alchemy is the practice of turning base metal into what?

• Silver
• Pewter
• Lead
• Gold