The English Traveller MCQs

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Author: Nasir Iqbal | Assistant Professor of English Literature


Updated on: November 27, 2025
Estimated Reading Time: 18 min

The English Traveller MCQs

1. Dalavill has “the theoric,” but Young Geraldine possesses what kind of complementary skill?

A. Master guide
B. Practic usage
C. Noble heart
D. Actual travel

B. Practic usage.
Dalavill has theoretical knowledge (the theoric), but Young Geraldine has practical experience from his journeys, which is the practic.

2. What kind of professional can navigate to the Indies without relying on book knowledge?

A. Fixed star
B. Wise professor
C. Plain pilot
D. Young scholar

C. Plain pilot.
A practical, plain pilot can steer a course and return with profit, even if they lack scholarly, written knowledge.

3. What kind of knowledge does Dalavill say completes a “complete gentleman”?

A. Full perfection
B. Noble lineage
C. Knowledge travel
D. Fluent speaking

C. Knowledge travel.
Dalavill states that “knowledge by travel,” gained through experience abroad, proves essential in completing a gentleman.

4. Which two European countries does Young Geraldine know intimately, having “sucked their air”?

A. Italy Spain
B. Rome France
C. Greece Italy
D. Spain France

D. Spain France.
Young Geraldine explicitly states that he knows “Spain and France” and has absorbed a breath of every language there.
5. By which two specific, noble attributes does the servant Roger welcome the gentlemen?

A. Wisely well
B. No less
C. Truly honourably
D. Ingeniously nobly

D. Ingeniously nobly.
Roger welcomes them as “most ingeniously and nobly welcome,” applying attributes fitting a soldier and a scholar.

6. Roger compares the old master/young mistress match to “cold January” and what other season?

A. Cold season
B. Lusty May
C. May conjunction
D. Youth age

B. Lusty May.
Roger uses the metaphor of “cold January and lusty May” to highlight the major age disparity between the Wincotts.

7. What two contrasting attributes does Dalavill use to describe Wincott’s wife as unparalleled?

A. Great modesty
B. Years disparity
C. Beauty virtue
D. Sweet sympathy

C. Beauty virtue.
Dalavill praises Wincott’s wife, saying she is “For beauty and for virtue unparalleled” in full perfection.

8. What harmonious quality exists between the Wincotts despite their difference in years?

A. Chaste respect
B. Full perfection
C. Sweet sympathy
D. Noble marriage

C. Sweet sympathy.
The combination of Wincott’s age and his Wife’s modesty creates a “sweet sympathy” that crowns their marriage.

9. Young Geraldine is made a stranger to what location, despite living close to Wincott?

A. His house
B. Loyal guests
C. Father’s house
D. Near neighbours

C. Father’s house.
Geraldine notes that Wincott is “so wedded to my company” that he makes Geraldine a stranger to his own father’s house.
10. What specific lack does Old Master Wincott lament having, which Geraldine’s father possesses?

A. No happiness
B. No heir
C. Childless comfort
D. Childless estate

D. Childless estate.
Wincott expresses envy of Geraldine’s father for having an heir, while Wincott himself is “childless”.

11. What specific object, mounted on four lions, does the Wife ask Geraldine if he saw in Rome?

A. Idol temple
B. Great pyramis
C. Pantheon structure
D. Capitol monument

B. Great pyramis.
The Wife specifically asks about the “great pyramis Reared in the front, on four lions mounted” in Rome.

12. Geraldine claims his travel was purely aimed at language and achieving what other goal?

A. Meet beauty
B. Foreign pleasures
C. To know
D. See monuments

C. To know.
Geraldine maintains that his travel “Was only aimed at language, and to know,” overlooking other sights as common objects.

13. What group does the Wife suggest flattery is an inherent ‘adjunct’ of, thereby dismissing Geraldine’s compliment?

A. All strangers
B. Noble travellers
C. Their sex
D. Country travellers

C. Their sex.
The Wife claims “Flattery in men’s an adjunct of their sex,” suggesting Geraldine is flattering her simply because he is a man.

14. What group of people does Roger, the servant, claim is his master’s “best clock”?

A. The cook
B. Roger himself
C. Dinner time
D. The house

B. Roger himself.
Wincott refers to Roger as “my best clock” because he consistently “strikes true to dinner” with his announcements.
15. Reignald boasts that their great “empire” in the house is now in its what specific year?

A. Anno tertio
B. Second term
C. Whole year
D. Short year

A. Anno tertio.
Reignald asserts that two years of their “great empire” have passed, and they now “Write anno tertio,” the third year.

16. Who does the other servant, Robin, say will quickly “depose” Reignald from his rule?

A. Young Lionel
B. The cook
C. The old man
D. The seneschal

C. The old man.
Robin warns Reignald that “the old man lives That shortly will depose you” from his mighty lord status.

17. Reignald claims the house rooms smell luxurious with musk, civet, and what specific costly resin?

A. Rich ambergris
B. Aromatic gums
C. Sweet perfumes
D. Powdered spice

A. Rich ambergris.
Reignald boasts that the palace smells of “musk, civet and rich ambergris,” indicating extreme luxury and expense.

18. Robin complains they keep Christmas all year long and blot out what religious period from the calendar?

A. Holy time
B. The whole year
C. Lean Lent
D. Drunken surfeits

C. Lean Lent.
Robin complains that they “blot lean Lent Out of the calendar” by perpetually engaging in feasting and revels.

19. Robin complains that Wincott’s “modest house” was turned into what kind of degradation?

A. Tavern bar
B. Pallets of lust
C. Common stews
D. Riotous place

C. Common stews.
Robin specifies that the modest house was “Turned to a common stews” due to the endless riots and hiring of pròstitutes.
20. Young Lionel strictly commands that his celebratory supper must contain absolutely no specific type of food?

A. Turkey capon
B. Fresh fowl
C. Costly fare
D. Butcher’s meat

D. Butcher’s meat.
Young Lionel instructs Reignald: “No butcher’s meat; Of that beware in any case,” highlighting his preference for expensive fowl.

21. Young Lionel compares young men, established by their parents, to what metaphorical object?

A. Well-built structure
B. Worn building
C. House new-built
D. Well contrived

C. House new-built.
Young Lionel uses the analogy of a “house new built” to represent the young man raised and polished by his parents.

22. What is the name of the “lazy tenant” that ruins the newly constructed house (youth) through neglect?

A. Lust sloth
B. Profuse Excess
C. Love tenant
D. Negligence vice

C. Love tenant.
Lionel claims the destruction begins when the “lazy tenant, Love, steps in” followed by Sloth and Profuse Excess.

23. What object does Blanda call the “glass in whom I judge my face,” referring to Lionel?

A. Her lute
B. Her dress
C. Her beauty
D. Young Lionel

D. Young Lionel.
Blanda reveals her devotion, stating that “He is the glass in whom I judge my face,” meaning she defines herself through him.

24. What practice does the bawd, Scapha, advise Blanda to engage in, comparing it to a travelling hackney?

A. Drink waters
B. Wear jewels
C. Love gently
D. Avoid shame

A. Drink waters.
Scapha advises Blanda to “learn to drink of all waters,” meaning she should be available to all men, not just one.
25. What physical action does Lionel threaten to perform upon Scapha if she speaks against his wishes again?

A. Pluck out
B. Send to hell
C. Give her knife
D. Starve her

A. Pluck out.
Lionel warns Scapha that if she speaks again, he will “make a way To have thy tongue plucked out”.

26. What specific, used article of clothing is Scapha confined to wear as part of her punishment?

A. Plain dress
B. One garment
C. Cast one
D. New clothes

C. Cast one.
Lionel confines Scapha to wear “one garment And that shall be a cast one,” meaning it must be old and ragged.

27. Scapha’s drink is confined to the refuse and snuffs found at the bottom of what vessels?

A. Sour milk
B. Dry springs
C. The flagons
D. Hot waters

C. The flagons.
Her drink is limited to the “refuse of the flagons, jacks, And snuffs,” which are the dregs and scrapings of drink.

28. Roger reports that canary wine flows freely at the Lionel house like what public ceremonial structure?

A. Water tankards
B. Pints pottles
C. Coronation conduits
D. Hogshead butts

C. Coronation conduits.
Roger claims wine runs “like the conduits of a coronation day,” signifying an unrestrained and luxurious flow of drink.

29. Wincott compares the son’s riotous consumption of wealth to a shipwreck occurring in what unlikely location?

A. Gulfs pirates
B. Cross tides
C. The harbour
D. Storms danger

C. The harbour.
Wincott contrasts the father gaining wealth abroad with the son who “Here shipwrecks in the harbour” through prodigality.
30. What object did the drunken revelers mistake for Neptune’s trident during their mock shipwreck?

A. Constable’s staff
B. Bass viol
C. Fiddler’s stick
D. The watch

A. Constable’s staff.
When the constable enters, the drunkards adore his staff and “think it Neptune’s trident” in their confusion.

31. During the mock shipwreck, what musical instrument did a guest sit in, mistaking it for a boat?

A. A stool
B. A bedpost
C. Bass viol
D. The tester

C. Bass viol.
One guest sits in the belly of the musical instrument, taking the “bass viol for the cock-boat” during the revel.

32. The Wife tells Geraldine that through her husband’s trust, “Midnight hath been as” what time of day in their privacy?

A. Later hours
B. Her home
C. Mid day
D. Early morning

C. Mid day.
She assures Geraldine that because of her husband’s confidence, “Midnight hath been as mid-day” in their bedchamber.

33. Before his travel, Geraldine claims the Wife was the financial “exchequer” for his hopes and what other resource?

A. Her body
B. Her honor
C. And love
D. Marriage vows

C. And love.
Geraldine says the Wife was the “exchequer” (treasury) of all his “hopes and love” before he departed on his journey.

34. The Wife makes Geraldine swear by what specific entity to reserve himself until her husband dies?

A. His father
B. His love
C. Her honour
D. By heaven

D. By heaven.
The Wife makes Geraldine swear “by heaven” and by his future thriving to remain a single man for her.
35. What kind of bondage does Shafton threaten Sir Charles with?

A. Irons
B. Perpetual bondage
C. Death
D. Bad usage

B. Perpetual bondage.
Shafton promises Sir Charles that “Actions and actions” shall keep him in perpetual bondage fast (This question/answer is from a previous source, but was included in the provided text block I used for the prior 50 set, and is a placeholder here).

36. The young revelers refer to the constable and his watchmen collectively by what mythological name?

A. Neptune Triton
B. Sea gods
C. Ovid says
D. Learned poets

A. Neptune Triton.
The drunkards mistake the constable for Neptune and call his watchmen “his Tritons,” mythological attendants of the sea god.

37. Reignald instructs the hiding group to maintain what condition to avoid detection, even from pets?

A. Total silence
B. No drinking
C. Answer him
D. Any sound

A. Total silence.
Reignald warns them to keep “All silence” so that not “a dog to howl Or cat to mew” is heard in the house.

38. What object does Young Lionel give Reignald, delivering his “hope” into the servant’s safe trust?

A. His purse
B. The key
C. New keys
D. The warrant

B. The key.
Young Lionel hands Reignald “the key,” trusting him to manage the situation and play the jailer for their durance.

39. What type of “special things” does Old Lionel refuse to leave aboard the ship, carrying them home himself?

A. His servants
B. Special things
C. Merchandise safe
D. His health

B. Special things.
Old Lionel specifies that “These special things And of most value we’ll not trust aboard” the ship.
40. Reignald claims the house has stood desolate due to the supposed haunting for how long?

A. Seven months
B. Six months
C. Many days
D. One month

A. Seven months.
Reignald tells Old Lionel that it has been “full seven months Since any of your house durst once set foot” over the threshold.

41. What debt does Reignald advise Old Lionel to promise the usurer he will pay?

A. Next year
B. Pay tomorrow
C. Cash quickly
D. Never pay

B. Pay tomorrow.
Reignald instructs Old Lionel to “stop his clamorous mouth” by promising, “say you’ll pay’t tomorrow.”

42. Reignald tells Old Lionel the borrowed money was used by Young Lionel to purchase what two assets?

A. Gold jewels
B. Land houses
C. New clothes
D. Fine banquets

B. Land houses.
Reignald assures Old Lionel that the borrowed sum, combined with other money, was used by the son to purchase “land and houses.”

43. Reignald claims the house Young Lionel purchased is next to Old Lionel’s, belonging formerly to whom?

A. Ricott’s house
B. An unthrift
C. A merchant
D. Dalavill’s uncle

A. Ricott’s house.
After struggling for a name, Reignald identifies the purchased property as “My neighbour Ricott’s.”

44. Young Geraldine’s chambermaid, Bess, implies Dalavill enjoys what hidden aspect of Wincott’s wife?

A. The shadow
B. The substance
C. The friendship
D. The love

B. The substance.
Bess warns Geraldine, “You dote upon the shadow, But another he bears away the substance,” implying Dalavill sleeps with the wife.
45. What specific day of the week and time does Geraldine arrange to visit Wincott privately?

A. Monday night
B. Sunday noon
C. Last month
D. Mid day

A. Monday night.
Geraldine tells Roger, “On Monday night… ’twill be midnight first,” that he will visit Wincott privately.

46. What entry point does Geraldine request Wincott leave open for his secret visit?

A. Front door
B. Kitchen hatch
C. Garden door
D. Back gate

C. Garden door.
Geraldine requests that Wincott “let the garden door stand ope” at midnight so he can enter secretly.

47. What does Reignald admit he used as his initial pretence of affection to shield his affair with Wincott’s wife?

A. Sister Pru
B. Sister Wife
C. Old man
D. Geraldine friend

A. Sister Pru.
Dalavill admits that his affair with the Wife was shielded by his “pretended love” unto her sister, Prudentilla.

48. Old Geraldine compares his son, floating between virtue and vice, to a well-built vessel navigating between what two elements?

A. Shipwreck harbor
B. Storms without
C. Virtue vice
D. Two currents

D. Two currents.
Old Geraldine tells his son he floats “Like to a well-built vessel ’tween two currents,” identifying them as virtue and vice.

49. When Geraldine discovers the adultery, what item does he lament leaving in his chamber?

A. His lute
B. His key
C. His sword
D. His friend

C. His sword.
Geraldine regrets leaving “My sword” behind, saying it prevented him from performing “a noble execution” on the pair.
50. What specific day of the month does Geraldine reveal he discovered the Wife’s adultery?

A. Monday ninth
B. Sunday seventh
C. Last month
D. Mid day

A. Monday ninth.
Geraldine tells the Wife the precise time of his discovery: “Monday the ninth Of the last month”.

Brief Overview

The English Traveller is a play by Thomas Heywood, published in 1633. The play is a Jacobean domestic tragedy that focuses on themes of misplaced loyalty, virtue, and betrayal within an English household.

The story opens with Young Geraldine, a traveler, meeting Master Dalavill. They visit Old Master Wincott and his Wife. Wincott welcomes Geraldine warmly, treating him like a son. Wincott notes that Geraldine and his Wife are similar in age.

Geraldine tells the Wife that his travel focused only on knowledge. The Wife says men naturally flatter women. Geraldine vows to choose his bride in England. In a secret meeting, the Wife and Geraldine confess they once hoped to marry. The Wife makes Geraldine swear to remain single until her old husband dies.

The play includes a subplot where Young Lionel wastes his father’s money on riotous parties. Lionel’s servant, Reignald, tricks Old Lionel upon his return from sea. Reignald lies that Young Lionel bought a neighbor’s house with the money and that the father’s house is haunted.

Later, Geraldine’s maid suggests Dalavill is having an affair with Wincott’s Wife, bearing away the “substance” while Geraldine focuses on the “shadow.” Geraldine dismisses this as slander.

Geraldine secretly visits the Wife’s chamber but finds Dalavill and the Wife whispering and laughing in bed. Geraldine regrets leaving his sword behind, preventing him from performing “noble execution.” The Wife later dies in her husband’s arms, confessing in a letter that Dalavill was the villain and that Geraldine was noble. Wincott is left heartbroken.

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