The Emperor of the Moon MCQs

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Author: Nasir Iqbal | Assistant Professor of English Literature


Updated on: November 23, 2025
Estimated Reading Time: 16 min

The Emperor of the Moon MCQs

1. Why is Elaria held so closely as a prisoner?

A. Father’s strictness
B. Entertaining Cinthio
C. Reading foolish books
D. Breaking tradition

B. Entertaining Cinthio.
Elaria’s father confined her strictly after she entertained Cinthio under her window the previous night.

2. How does Scaramouch first describe Cinthio’s supposed injury?

A. Mortal blow
B. Quit through the heart
C. Dangerous wound
D. Weapon powder

B. Quit through the heart.
Scaramouch jokes that Cinthio is run “quite through the heart,” but clarifies it is only love.

3. What does Elaria tell Scaramouch he should have said about her letter?

A. Bless me
B. Kiss it often
C. Hundred soft things
D. All of these

D. All of these.
Elaria lists several expected romantic responses, including kissing the letter and saying soft, loving things.

4. What unique characteristic marks the Doctor’s mental state?

A. Loves all rules
B. Always traveling
C. Wants power
D. Lùnatick belief

D. Lùnatic belief.
The Doctor is called “Lùnatic” because he seriously believes and discusses a world on the Moon.
5. What is the Doctor’s specific belief about the Moon’s inhabitants?

A. They are angelic
B. They have a government
C. They are dangerous
D. They grant riches

B. They have a government.
He discourses gravely about the Moon people’s government, institutions, laws, manners, and religion.

6. What type of literature is blamed for infecting the Doctor’s mind?

A. Philosophical Piece
B. Heroick business
C. Lucian’s Dialogue
D. All of these

D. All of these.
He read Lucian’s Dialogue, The Man in the Moon, and a philosophical piece, all deemed ridiculous volumes.

7. What is the name of the planned plot Cinthio and Charmante devised?

A. Doctor’s Folly
B. World in Moon
C. Secret Intrigue
D. Lovers’ Farce

B. World in Moon.
The plot to impose on the Doctor is a “Farce, which shall be called,—the World in the Moon”.

8. Who is dressing up as a Cabalist of the Rosacrusian Order?

A. Cinthio
B. Scaramouch
C. Charmante
D. Doctor

C. Charmante.
Charmante is preparing to dress as a Cabalist to deceive the Doctor and set up the grand imposition.

9. Where is the grand imposition/farce set to be acted?

A. Great Orchard
B. River Gallery
C. Old Apartment
D. Doctor’s Study

C. Old Apartment.
The stage for the farce is the old apartment and the worm-eaten gallery, which no one frequents.
10. What does Bellemante enjoy doing in her “Belle Humour”?

A. Writing Boremes
B. Dancing wildly
C. Talking to lovers
D. Going to the chapel

A. Writing Boremes.
Bellemante states she is in a “Belle Humour for Poetry” and intends to “make some Boremes on Love”.

11. What helps the Cavaliers gain opportunities to see the ladies?

A. Golden key
B. Charmante’s wit
C. Scaramouch’s trust
D. Mopsophil’s help

A. Golden key.
Bribes from the Cavaliers (“Golden key”) opened the hearts of Scaramouch and the Governante.

12. What instrument does the Doctor use to attempt observing the “Monarch of the upper World”?

A. Microscope
B. Horoscope
C. Telescope
D. Quadrant

C. Telescope.
The Doctor instructs Scaramouch to mount the telescope, hoping to survey secrets from afar.

13. What order does Charmante claim to represent when he visits the Doctor?

A. Rosacrusian Order
B. Silent Knights
C. Learned Bards
D. Eutopia Caballa

D. Eutopia Caballa.
Charmante greets the Doctor, saying, “Hail from the great Caballa of Eutopia”.

14. According to Charmante, how do the Cabalists receive intelligence?

A. Writ Divine
B. Sublime ways
C. Stars and Dæmons
D. Fame and rumour

C. Stars and Dæmons.
Charmante claims their intelligence comes from the Stars and “little Dæmons of the Air”.
15. What are the inhabitants of the fiery regions (Salamanders) said to beget?

A. Demy Gods
B. Kings and Heroes
C. Philosophers
D. Immortal Races

B. Kings and Heroes.
Charmante states that Salamanders, spirits of the fiery regions, beget Kings and Heroes.

16. What spiritual creatures were meant to immortalise Man?

A. Gnomes
B. Nymphs
C. Salamanders
D. Silfs and Nymphs

D. Silfs and Nymphs.
Man was intended to achieve immortality through the love and conversation of the Silfs and Nymphs.

17. What condition must the Doctor meet to join the Great Caballa Society?

A. Perfect sight
B. Absolute abstinence
C. Secret keeping
D. Noble birth

B. Absolute abstinence.
Charmante suggests “An absolute abstinence from carnal thought, devout and pure of Spirit” is required.

18. What does the Doctor see in his second, successful attempt through the telescope?

A. Nymph reposing
B. Angel-like Beauty
C. Glorious Cloud
D. The Emperor

B. Angel-like Beauty.
After praying, the Doctor sees “a Beauty young and Angel like, leaning upon a Cloud”.

19. How did the Salamander conceal his identity when visiting Alexander’s mother?

A. Invisible form
B. Form of Serpent
C. Divine Species
D. As King Philip

B. Form of Serpent.
Alexander was begot by a Salamander who visited his mother “in the form of a Serpent”.
20. When the Doctor sees the Emperor Iredonozar, how does the Monarch look?

A. Seated on Throne
B. Most sad and pensive
C. In Love-Fit’s on
D. All of these

D. All of these.
The Doctor reports seeing a sad and pensive monarch seated on a throne who is suffering a “Love-Fit’s on”.

21. Why is the Emperor struggling with his love for a mortal?

A. Her quality means
B. Needs Cabal consent
C. She is already wed
D. Doctor is watching

A. Her quality means.
Charmante explains the Emperor struggles “‘twixt Love and Honour” because the mortal’s quality is too mean.

22. Who does Scaramouch request permission to marry from the Doctor?

A. Elaria
B. Bellemante
C. Peter
D. Mopsophil

D. Mopsophil.
Scaramouch requests Mopsophil, the Daughter’s governess, noting she is rich and has his affection.

23. Who has the Doctor promised Mopsophil to marry?

A. Harlequin
B. Cinthio
C. Farmer for son
D. Peter

C. Farmer for son.
The Doctor dismisses Scaramouch’s suit, saying he has promised Mopsophil to a farmer for his son.

24. Harlequin initially resolves to die by what method?

A. Hanging
B. Drowning
C. Laughed to death
D. Sword Capers

C. Laughed to death.
Harlequin decides he must die a death “uncommon,” choosing to tickle himself to death.
25. What animal does Scaramouch compare himself to if discovered by the Doctor?

A. Church Spout
B. Dog in Halter
C. Silf
D. Traitor

A. Church Spout.
Scaramouch plans to put himself in a ridiculous posture so the Doctor would mistake him for a “Church Spout”.

26. Who is secretly hiding under the carpeted table?

A. Cinthio
B. Scaramouch
C. Doctor
D. Harlequin

D. Harlequin.
After escaping Scaramouch, Harlequin finds the table with the carpet and creeps under it.

27. What is Charmante’s immediate response to seeing the Boremes in Bellemante’s book?

A. Asks who wrote
B. Jealous rage
C. Calls her Cocquett
D. All of these

D. All of these.
Charmante asks who wrote the different character, enters a jealous rage, and calls her a “vain, conceited, Amorous Cocquett”.

28. Why does the Doctor leave the house unexpectedly during Act I?

A. To see Cabal
B. Brother is dying
C. To find Cinthio
D. Attend a meeting

B. Brother is dying.
He says he must go immediately, although it is dark, because his sick brother, the Advocate, sent for him.

29. What reason does Mopsophil give for preferring the Farmer’s Son?

A. He is handsome
B. He keeps a Calash
C. He is wealthy
D. He loves her truly

B. He keeps a Calash.
Mopsophil declares she is for the Farmer’s Son because a “Coach is the most agreeable thing about a man”.
30. Who does Bellemante hide in her closet initially?

A. Cinthio
B. Harlequin
C. Charmante
D. Doctor

C. Charmante.
Bellemante states she left Charmante confined to her closet when her uncle was about to surprise them.

31. Who does Elaria hide in the closet later, accidentally creating confusion?

A. Scaramouch
B. Cinthio
C. Charmante
D. Peter

B. Cinthio.
Elaria put Cinthio into the closet to conceal him from the returning Doctor, unaware that Charmante was inside.

32. How does Cinthio disguise his presence when discovered by the Doctor?

A. Hides in shadows
B. Speaks through a tube
C. Acts as a Mad Man
D. Runs quickly out

C. Acts as a Mad Man.
When Cinthio realises he is discovered, he begins acting mad, calling himself Gog Magog, the Spirit of Power.

33. What does Cinthio accuse Elaria of when he flees in a jealous rage?

A. Having many lovers
B. Being perfidious
C. Lying to him
D. Being too kind

B. Being perfidious.
Cinthio accuses her of perfidiousness and shame after finding the “perfidious Woman” had hidden a rival.

34. What is Cinthio’s first thought regarding Elaria’s virtue after their fight?

A. Proof against vice
B. She is wavering
C. Easily manipulated
D. Too cautious

A. Proof against vice.
Charmante defends Elaria, suggesting her “nice Virtue is Proof against the Vices of her Sex”.
35. Who explains to Charmante that he wrote the verses found by Bellemante?

A. Cinthio
B. Bellemante
C. Harlequin
D. Scaramouch

C. Harlequin.
Harlequin admits that he was the “Spark that writ the proper Stuff” to help Charmante.

36. How does Scaramouch propose the lovers look to show repentance?

A. Arms across
B. Sigh and look scurvily
C. Hats pulled down
D. All of these

D. All of these.
Scaramouch tells them their simple, sad, and scurvy looks are a token of repentance for their quarrel.

37. What type of habits are the ladies and lovers dressed in for the ball?

A. La Mode
B. A la Gothic
C. Fantastical
D. Everyday

B. A la Gothic.
Elaria says she is pleased with the habits, which Bellemante describes as “A la Gothic and Uncomune”.

38. How does Bellemante suggest lovers can express affection while dancing?

A. Gaze and Sigh
B. Press the Hand
C. Receive a Kiss
D. All of these

D. All of these.
Bellemante claims that making love can be done in dancing through gazing, sighing, pressing hands, and kissing.

39. Why did the Doctor return early from his supposed trip?

A. Heard Fiddles
B. Valet informed him
C. Forgot his keys
D. Scaramouch betrayed

B. Valet informed him.
The Doctor met his brother’s valet a league from town and discovered the lie that his brother was sick.
40. Where do the lovers hide when the Doctor suddenly returns?

A. Next Room
B. Hanging figures
C. Closet
D. Under tables

B. Hanging figures.
Scaramouch places the whole company behind the front curtain, where they stand motionless as tapestry figures.

41. What prevents the Doctor from being certain he was struck by Harlequin?

A. Scaramouch’s lie
B. Imagination
C. Lack of light
D. Peter’s distraction

B. Imagination.
When asked what struck him, Scaramouch suggests it was merely the Doctor’s feeling of Imagination.

42. According to Bellemante, what physical item proved her “dream” was real?

A. Ring of Lustre
B. Diamond Chain
C. New Gown
D. Silver key

B. Diamond Chain.
Bellemante shows her arm, claiming her glorious lover tied a diamond chain, proving her vision was real.

43. Who is Harlequin disguised as when he accuses Scaramouch of bigamy?

A. Fille de Chambre
B. Farmer’s Wife
C. Gýpsy
D. Mopsophil’s Spouse

A. Fille de Chambre.
Harlequin is in “Women’s Cloths” and claims he came to serve the young ladies in the quality of a Fille de Chambre.

44. What disguise does Scaramouch use to sneak back into the house and deliver letters?

A. Astronomer
B. Apothecary
C. Farmer
D. Courtier

B. Apothecary.
Scaramouch sits in a chair disguised as an Apothecary’s Shop, dressed in black clothes and a ruff.
45. What does the Apothecary (Scaramouch) point to as a sign of his advantageous setup?

A. His black cloak
B. His occupation
C. His noble title
D. His chair

B. His occupation.
Scaramouch points to his shop/chair, mentioning his “circumstantial Implements of my Occupation”.

46. What feature of the Apothecary’s appearance does Mopsophil claim denotes a “Villainous Inconstancy”?

A. Grey Eyes
B. Black Eyebrows
C. Black Beard
D. All of these

D. All of these.
Mopsophil states she dislikes his “Grey Eyes, and Black Eyebrows and Beard,” which denote inconstancy.

47. After being tossed in a blanket, Harlequin is convinced to impersonate whom?

A. Prince of Thunderland
B. Rosacrusian Cabalist
C. Ambassador
D. Baker

C. Ambassador.
Scaramouch saves Harlequin by claiming he pretends to be an Ambassador from the Emperor of the Moon.

48. Who are the two figures that descend to act as the Emperor’s interpreters?

A. Cinthio and Charmante
B. Ferdinand and Peter
C. Keplar and Gallileus
D. Harlequin and Scaramouch

C. Keplar and Gallileus.
They introduce themselves as Keplair and Gallileus, sent from the upper world to interpret for Iredonozor.

49. The marriage ceremony for Elaria and Bellemante takes place at what location?

A. Parnassus Hill
B. The Altar
C. The Zodiac
D. Olympus Top

B. The Altar.
The lovers are led to a Temple with an altar where a Hymeneal Song is sung while their hands are joined.
50. What is the Doctor’s final action after learning he has been cured of his folly?

A. Joins the Cabal
B. Forgives the plot
C. Burns all his books
D. Travels to the Moon

C. Burns all his books.
Cured of his delusion, the Doctor vows, “Burn all my Books, and let my Study Blaze”.

Brief Overview

The Emperor of the Moon: A Farce is a play by Aphra Behn. It was first staged in 1687. The play functions as a lighthearted farce that subtly addresses issues of identity and class mobility, showing how servants and young people can outwit their patriarchal superior.

The play centers on Doctor Baliardo, an old gentleman so obsessed with the Moon that he is called “Lunátic.” He wrongly believes the Moon is a real world with people. He keeps his daughter, Elaria, and his niece, Bellemante, virtually captive in his home.

The young women have lovers: Elaria loves Cinthio, and Bellemante loves Charmante. The lovers plan an elaborate trick, or “Farce,” called “The World in the Moon,” to gain the Doctor’s consent to marry the girls.

Charmante first pretends to be a wise man, a “Caballist.” He convinces the Doctor that the mighty Emperor of the Moon, Iredonozar, is secretly in love with Elaria.

The servants, including Scaramouch, help carry out the scheme. When the Doctor returns unexpectedly, the lovers hide behind a curtain, pretending to be a piece of tapestry.

Later, the girls pretend they had visions of the royal Moon lovers, which makes the Doctor even more committed to the fantasy. The trick ends when Cinthio (as the Emperor) and Charmante (as the Prince) descend in a grand stage show to marry the ladies.

Scaramouch also wins the Governess, Mopsophil, by pretending to be a prince who defeated her in a mock duel. The conspirators then tell the Doctor the truth. The Doctor realizes there is “no Emperor of the Moon,” is cured of his folly, and accepts the marriage.

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