Cymbeline Quiz Questions
1. What is the primary setting of Cymbeline in Britain?
(a) London
(b) Wales
(c) Scotland
(d) Cornwall
2. Who is the king of Britain in the play?
(a) Claudius
(b) Lear
(c) Cymbeline
(d) Henry V
3. Who is Imogen’s husband?
(a) Cloten
(b) Posthumus Leonatus
(c) Iachimo
(d) Arviragus
4. What does Iachimo wager with Posthumus?
(a) That he can seduce Imogen
(b) That he can defeat Posthumus in a duel
(c) That he can steal a valuable jewel from Imogen
(d) That he can outsmart Posthumus in a game of chess
5. How does Imogen disguise herself after escaping from Cloten?
(a) As a man
(b) As a nun
(c) As a beggar
(d) As a queen
6. Who are the two brothers who raise Imogen in the woods?
(a) Polydore and Arviragus
(b) Guiderius and Arviragus
(c) Polydore and Cadwal
(d) Cadwal and Guiderius
7. What is the name of the Roman general who invades Britain?
(a) Julius Caesar
(b) Calpurnia
(c) Lucius
(d) Antony
8. How does Posthumus learn about Imogen’s supposed infidelity?
(a) From Iachimo
(b) From Cloten
(c) From a letter
(d) From a vision
9. Who is the Queen of Britain, Cymbeline’s wife?
(a) Queen of Britain
(b) Gertrude
(c) Queen Katherine
(d) Queen Elinor
10. What does the Queen try to poison Imogen with?
(a) A love potion
(b) A sleeping potion
(c) A deadly poison
(d) A healing potion
11. Who is the servant who helps Imogen escape?
(a) Pisanio
(b) Cornelius
(c) Iachimo
(d) Cloten
12. How does Cymbeline learn the truth about Imogen’s innocence?
(a) From Posthumus
(b) From Pisanio
(c) From Iachimo
(d) From a letter
13. What happens to Iachimo at the end of the play?
(a) He is exiled
(b) He is executed
(c) He marries Imogen
(d) He becomes a monk
14. How does the play end?
(a) With a tragic death
(b) With a happy reunion
(c) With a political upheaval
(d) With a religious conversion
15. What is the overall theme of Cymbeline?
(a) The dangers of jealousy
(b) The power of forgiveness
(c) The inevitability of fate
(d) The importance of loyalty
16. What is the significance of the laurel wreath in the play?
(a) It symbolizes victory
(b) It symbolizes love
(c) It symbolizes innocence
(d) It symbolizes death
17. Who is the character who is most associated with the idea of “fortune”?
(a) Posthumus
(b) Imogen
(c) Iachimo
(d) Cymbeline
18. What is the dramatic irony in the play?
(a) The audience knows the truth about Imogen’s innocence, but Posthumus does not.
(b) The audience knows that Imogen is alive, but Posthumus thinks she is dead.
(c) The audience knows that Iachimo is a villain, but Imogen does not.
(d) The audience knows that the Queen is plotting against Imogen, but Cymbeline does not.
19. What is the role of the gods in the play?
(a) They are indifferent to human affairs
(b) They are actively involved in human affairs
(c) They are merely symbols of nature
(d) They are not mentioned at all
20. Who is revealed to be the true father of Guiderius and Arviragus?
(a) Cymbeline
(b) Posthumus
(c) Belarius
(d) Iachimo
21. What happens to Cloten at the end of the play?
(a) He is exiled
(b) He dies
(c) He becomes king
(d) He marries Imogen
22. What is the role of the Roman army in the play?
(a) To invade Britain
(b) To help Cymbeline
(c) To act as a neutral force
(d) To be defeated by the British
23. What is the significance of the “reunion” between Posthumus and Imogen at the end of the play?
(a) It is a symbol of forgiveness
(b) It is a symbol of love
(c) It is a symbol of hope
(d) It is a symbol of justice
24. What is the overall tone of the play?
(a) Tragic
(b) Comic
(c) Romantic
(d) Satirical
25. What is Imogen’s relationship to Cymbeline?
(a) Daughter
(b) Wife
(c) Sister
(d) Cousin
Cymbeline Quiz Questions with Answers
1. What is the primary setting of Cymbeline in Britain?
(b) Wales
2. Who is the king of Britain in the play?
(c) Cymbeline
3. Who is Imogen’s husband?
(b) Posthumus Leonatus
4. What does Iachimo wager with Posthumus?
(a) That he can seduce Imogen
5. How does Imogen disguise herself after escaping from Cloten?
(a) As a man
6. Who are the two brothers who raise Imogen in the woods?
(b) Guiderius and Arviragus
7. What is the name of the Roman general who invades Britain?
(c) Lucius
8. How does Posthumus learn about Imogen’s supposed infidelity?
(a) From Iachimo
9. Who is the Queen of Britain, Cymbeline’s wife?
(a) Queen of Britain
10. What does the Queen try to poison Imogen with?
(c) A deadly poison
11. Who is the servant who helps Imogen escape?
(a) Pisanio
12. How does Cymbeline learn the truth about Imogen’s innocence?
(c) From Iachimo
13. What happens to Iachimo at the end of the play?
(a) He is exiled
14. How does the play end?
(b) With a happy reunion
15. What is the overall theme of Cymbeline?
(b) The power of forgiveness
16. What is the significance of the laurel wreath in the play?
(a) It symbolizes victory
17. Who is the character who is most associated with the idea of “fortune”?
(d) Cymbeline
18. What is the dramatic irony in the play?
(a) The audience knows the truth about Imogen’s innocence, but Posthumus does not.
19. What is the role of the gods in the play?
(b) They are actively involved in human affairs
20. Who is revealed to be the true father of Guiderius and Arviragus?
(a) Cymbeline
21. What happens to Cloten at the end of the play?
(b) He dies
22. What is the role of the Roman army in the play?
(a) To invade Britain
23. What is the significance of the “reunion” between Posthumus and Imogen at the end of the play?
(b) It is a symbol of love
24. What is the overall tone of the play?
(c) Romantic
25. What is Imogen’s relationship to Cymbeline?
(a) Daughter
