George Chapman

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Facts about George Chapman

➾ His mother’s father served King Henry VIII and later monarchs as sergeant of the buckhounds.

➾ His contemporaries claimed he relied heavily on continental Hellenists to complete his Homeric translations.

➾ Chapman volunteered to fight in the Netherlands during the late 1580s or early 1590s conflict.

➾ Returning to England in 1600, he was arrested and imprisoned for alleged nonpayment of an old debt.

➾ Prince Henry promised him a pension for Homer’s translations but died before giving him money.

➾ He retired to Hitchin, leaving his career to escape London and a potential debtor’s prison.

➾ He began working professionally for the London stage as a dramatist around the age of forty.

➾ He completed Christopher Marlowe’s famous, long, unfinished poem titled “Hero and Leander” in 1598.

➾ He was imprisoned with Jonson and Marston because “Eastward Ho!” contained highly offensive anti-Scottish satire.

➾ Architect Inigo Jones, who designed his masques, created a Roman-style monument for his burial site.

➾ His interest in French history likely came from a relative who served the English government in France.

George Chapman MCQs

1. When was George Chapman born?

A. December 1555
B. c. 1559
C. May 12, 1634
D. Early 1590s

B. c. 1559.
George Chapman, the noted English poet and dramatist, was born around 1559, according to biographical details.

2. Where was George Chapman born?

A. London, England
B. Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
C. Oxford, England
D. Paris, France

B. Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England.
Chapman was born near Hitchin, located in Hertfordshire, England, where his family had long resided for decades.

3. What was George Chapman’s primary career?

A. Military officer
B. English poet, dramatist
C. King’s courtier
D. Local landowner

B. English poet, dramatist.
George Chapman is primarily identified as an English poet and dramatist in the sources that describe his professional life.

4. Which famous poet was inspired by Chapman’s Homer translations?

A. Ben Jonson
B. John Keats
C. Christopher Marlowe
D. John Marston

B. John Keats.
Chapman is best remembered for his Homer translations, which inspired a highly regarded sonnet written by John Keats.

5. What genre dominates Chapman’s major dramatic works?

A. Humours comedy
B. Romance
C. Tragedy
D. Masque

C. Tragedy.
Chapman’s major dramatic work centred on writing tragedies, which often demonstrated his extensive classical background.

6. What was George Chapman’s father’s occupation?

A. Court official
B. Local landowner
C. Chancellor
D. Privy council member

B. Local landowner.
Chapman’s father, named Thomas Chapman, held the position of a local landowner near Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

7. Through his mother, Joan Nodes, to whom was Chapman related?

A. Sir Ralph Sadler
B. Edward Grimeston
C. Inigo Jones
D. Prince Henry

B. Edward Grimeston.
Chapman was related on his mother’s side to Edward Grimeston, whose family worked for the English government.

8. What subject interested Chapman due to the Grimeston family connection?

A. Roman history
B. Greek mythology
C. French history
D. Military science

C. French history.
The Grimeston relationship likely fostered Chapman’s interest in France, explaining his choice of historical tragic subjects.

9. Which two universities did Chapman allegedly attend without receiving a degree?

A. Eton and Cambridge
B. Oxford and Cambridge
C. London and Oxford
D. Sorbonne and Oxford

B. Oxford and Cambridge.
Evidence suggests Chapman attended both Oxford and Cambridge Universities for his education, but left without a degree.

10. What skill did a late 17th-century account say Chapman excelled in at Oxford?

A. Mathematics
B. Greek and Latin
C. Philosophy
D. Legal studies

B. Greek and Latin.
An account from the late seventeenth century said Chapman was “most excellent in the Latin and Greek tongues” at Oxford.

11. What reservation did contemporaries have about Chapman’s Homer translations?

A. Too modern
B. Not dramatic enough
C. Depended on Hellenists
D. Too classical

C. Depended on Hellenists.
Contemporaries claimed that Chapman relied heavily on the works of continental Hellenists for his translations of Homer.

12. In what year did Chapman first enter service in Sir Ralph Sadler’s household?

A. c. 1598
B. c. 1583
C. c. 1600
D. c. 1594

B. c. 1583.
Chapman entered the service of Sir Ralph Sadler, a member of the Privy Council, in approximately 1583.

13. Where did Chapman volunteer to fight in the late 1580s/early 1590s?

A. France
B. Scotland
C. The Netherlands
D. Italy

C. The Netherlands.
During the late 1580s or early 1590s, Chapman volunteered to fight in the Netherlands military conflict.

14. What resulted in Chapman’s arrest and imprisonment in 1600?

A. Political satire
B. Debt nonpayment
C. Marston collaboration
D. Treason

B. Debt nonpayment.
Chapman was arrested and imprisoned in 1600 upon returning to England because of an alleged nonpayment of debt.

15. Who was Chapman’s early patron and tutoring pupil who promised him a pension?

A. King James I
B. Sir Ralph Sadler
C. Prince Henry
D. Ben Jonson

C. Prince Henry.
Prince Henry, whom Chapman tutored, promised him a pension for his Homer translations, but died prematurely.

16. Why did Chapman leave London between 1614 and 1619?

A. Finished his career
B. Escaping debtors’ prison
C. Jonson dispute
D. Marriage

B. Escaping debtors’ prison.
Chapman likely left London and retired to Hitchin between 1614 and 1619 to avoid being imprisoned for debt.

17. What was George Chapman’s first published work?

A. Ovid’s Banquet of Sense
B. The Shadow of Night
C. Iliad translation
D. The Blind Beggar

B. The Shadow of Night.
Chapman’s first published work was the long poem titled The Shadow of Night, which appeared in 1594.

18. What work did Chapman complete for Christopher Marlowe in 1598?

A. Doctor Faustus
B. The Spanish Tragedy
C. Hero and Leander
D. Tamburlaine

C. Hero and Leander.
Chapman completed Christopher Marlowe’s unfinished poem, Hero and Leander, and published his continuation in 1598.

19. Approximately at what age did Chapman begin working as a dramatist?

A. Twenty
B. Forty
C. Fifty-five
D. Thirty

B. Forty.
Chapman began writing for the London stage, becoming a dramatist, at the approximate age of forty.

20. Who was the leading theatre owner Chapman first wrote plays for?

A. Ben Jonson
B. Philip Henslowe
C. Lord Chamberlain
D. John Marston

B. Philip Henslowe.
Chapman started his career writing plays for Philip Henslowe, who was the leading theater owner and producer.

21. What is the title of Chapman’s first known surviving play?

A. The Shadow of Night
B. A Humorous Day’s Mirth
C. The Blind Beggar of Alexandria
D. Bussy d’Ambois

C. The Blind Beggar of Alexandria.
The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (1596), a comedy, is likely Chapman’s first known surviving stage work.

22. What style of comedy does A Humorous Day’s Mirth foreshadow?

A. Jacobean revenge
B. Humours comedy
C. Restoration comedy
D. Romantic intrigue

B. Humorous comedy.
An Humorous Day’s Mirth (1597) foreshadows Ben Jonson’s later humours comedies by focusing on human foibles.

23. Which ancient Roman playwright inspired Chapman’s All Fools?

A. Seneca
B. Plautus
C. Terence
D. Aristophanes

C. Terence.
The comedy All Fools (1599) was based on adapting material from two different plays by the Roman writer Terence.

24. Which contemporary critic listed Chapman among the leading dramatists in 1598?

A. Ben Jonson
B. John Dryden
C. Francis Meres
D. John Aubrey

C. Francis Meres.
In 1598, Francis Meres included Chapman among the leading dramatists in both tragedy and comedy genres.

25. What kind of elements did The Gentleman Usher blend, like Beaumont and Fletcher?

A. Realistic and absurd
B. Serious and comic
C. Political and familial
D. Moral and profane

B. Serious and comic.
The Gentleman Usher is noted for successfully blending serious and comic elements, like a tragicomedy.

26. Which of Chapman’s comedies presents a society full of chaos and corruption?

A. May Day
B. Monsieur d’Olive
C. The Widow’s Tears
D. All Fools

C. The Widow’s Tears.
The Widow’s Tears is considered his most serious comedy, depicting a society plagued by corruption and chaos.

27. Which collaborators were imprisoned with Chapman for anti-Scottish satire in Eastward Ho!?

A. Marlowe and Shirley
B. Jonson and Marston
C. Heywood and Fletcher
D. Dekker and Middleton

B. Jonson and Marston.
Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston were imprisoned because Eastward Ho! contained anti-Scottish satire.

28. What distinguished Chapman as the most didactic tragic playwright of his era?

A. Satirical comments
B. Classical education
C. Deliberate instruction
D. Plot complexity

C. Deliberate instruction.
He is described as the most deliberately didactic tragic playwright of his time, emphasising moral instruction strongly.

29. According to Chapman’s dedication, what is the ‘soul’ and ‘limits’ of authentic tragedy?

A. Political drama
B. Sensual descriptions
C. Excitement to virtue
D. Historical accuracy

C. Excitement to virtue.
Chapman wrote that tragedy should feature “elegant and sententious excitation to virtue” and instruction against vice.

30. What style of tragedy is Bussy d’Ambois described as?

A. Romantic
B. Senecan melodrama
C. Restoration
D. Domestic tragedy

B. Senecan melodrama.
Bussy d’Ambois (1604), Chapman’s first tragedy, fits the mould of an Elizabethan Senecan melodrama.

31. Where did Chapman base the setting for at least four of his tragedies?

A. Italy
B. Roman history
C. Spanish history
D. French history

D. French history.
At least four of Chapman’s tragedies, including Bussy d’Ambois, were based on detailed French history.

32. What conflict does Bussy d’Ambois primarily dramatise?

A. Soldier versus nature
B. Morality versus corruption
C. King versus commoner
D. Tragedy versus comedy

B. Morality versus corruption.
The play dramatises the complex interaction between its hero’s morality and pervasive social corruption at court.

33. What is Bussy d’Ambois compared to in his dying words?

A. A fallen angel
B. A thunderbolt
C. A martyr
D. A wounded animal

B. A thunderbolt.
In his final moments, Bussy d’Ambois compares himself to a thunderbolt that should have shaken the firmament.

34. Bussy d’Ambois anticipates the prevailing tone in the subsequent drama of which period?

A. Elizabethan
B. Jacobean
C. Caroline
D. Restoration

B. Jacobean.
The pessimism arising from unresolved moral conflicts in Bussy d’Ambois anticipates later Jacobean drama.

35. Who is the main character in The Revenge of Bussy d’Ambois?

A. Arbaces
B. Clermont
C. Bussy
D. Thomas

B. Clermont.
The Revenge of Bussy d’Ambois (c. 1610) centres on Clermont, Bussy’s stoical and self-sufficient brother.

36. Why does Clermont commit suìcide in The Revenge of Bussy d’Ambois?

A. Failed vengeance
B. Honour requires it
C. A friend died
D. Arrested for murder

C. A friend died.
Clermont ends up committing suìcide in the play after a close friend and admirer of his passes away.

37. What genre label is often applied to The Revenge of Bussy d’Ambois?

A. Comedy of humours
B. Revenge tragedy
C. Tragicomedy
D. Domestic tragedy

B. Revenge tragedy.
The play is often labelled a “revenge tragedy,” similar in style to Thomas Kyd’s The Spanish Tragedy.

38. What primarily makes up the bulk of The Revenge of Bussy d’Ambois?

A. Action sequences
B. Political debates
C. Moralising speeches
D. Love scenes

C. Moralising speeches.
The play is static and composed mostly of extended moralising speeches, with limited dramatic action.

39. Which of Chapman’s tragedies is called an “undramatic collection of introspective homiletic speeches”?

A. The Maid’s Tragedy
B. Caesar and Pompey
C. Bussy d’Ambois
D. The Widow’s Tears

B. Caesar and Pompey.
Caesar and Pompey (c. 1613) is criticized for being an undramatic series of moralizing, introspective speeches.

40. Which historical figure’s story does The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron rewrite?

A. Caesar
B. Achilles
C. Coriolanus
D. Pompey

B. Achilles.
A critic noted that the Byron play is essentially Chapman’s rewriting of the classic Achilles story.

41. What flaw leads to the tragic danger in the Byron plays?

A. Sexual desire
B. Political conspiracy
C. Unbridled egotism
D. Lack of morality

C. Unbridled egotism.
The Byron play highlights the tragic dangers caused by allowing unbridled, excessive egotism to run free.

42. Which English playwright revised Chapman’s The Tragedy of Chabot, Admiral of France?

A. Ben Jonson
B. James Shirley
C. John Marston
D. Philip Massinger

B. James Shirley.
Any quality the last play, The Tragedy of Chabot, possesses as a stage piece likely comes from James Shirley’s revisions.

43. Which Shakespearean hero does Chabot resemble in Chapman’s last play?

A. Hamlet
B. Othello
C. Coriolanus
D. King Lear

C. Coriolanus.
The main character, Chabot, bears resemblance to William Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, as both characters suffer due to their excessive pride.

44. When did George Chapman die?

A. May 12, 1634
B. c. 1619
C. March 6, 1616
D. August 1, 1625

A. May 12, 1634.
George Chapman passed away in London, England, on May 12, 1634, following his retirement years.

45. Who designed the Roman-style monument for Chapman’s burial site?

A. John Keats
B. Ben Jonson
C. Inigo Jones
D. Sir Ralph Sadler

C. Inigo Jones.
The English architect Inigo Jones, who designed Chapman’s masques, designed his Roman-style burial monument.

46. Which of Chapman’s plays is his primary lasting achievement among non-Shakespearean works?

A. All Fools
B. Bussy d’Ambois
C. The Widow’s Tears
D. Caesar and Pompey

B. Bussy d’Ambois.
Of his tragedies, only Bussy d’Ambois retains a notable place among the non-Shakespearean plays of that era.

47. Chapman’s tragedies are compared with the Roman plays of which two contemporaries?

A. Marlowe and Shakespeare
B. Daniel and Jonson
C. Fletcher and Middleton
D. Shirley and Marston

B. Daniel and Jonson.
Chapman’s tragedies are unique, except the Roman plays written by Samuel Daniel and Ben Jonson.

48. What concept often slowed the pace of Chapman’s dramatic plots?

A. Detailed scenery
B. Heroic ideals
C. Humours comedy
D. Contemporary politics

B. Heroic ideals.
Heroic ideals are central to his characters, but these philosophical elements sometimes slowed the play’s action.

49. Which critic described Chapman as a great playwright and consistent philosopher?

A. Lee Bliss
B. John F. Danby
C. Charlotte Spivack
D. Richard S. Ide

C. Charlotte Spivack.
Charlotte Spivack offered a favourable assessment, considering Chapman a great playwright and consistent philosopher.

50. What two literary focuses dominated much of Chapman’s professional career besides drama?

A. Law and politics
B. Masques and satires
C. Translations and poems
D. Finance and tutoring

C. Translations and poems.
Chapman’s primary literary foci, besides his plays, were his classical translations and his long narrative poems.

All Fools MCQs

1. What ancient Greek comic vein is subject to personal application in the play?

A. Glorious contest
B. Old Comedy
C. Eupolis and Cratinus
D. Bitter spleens

C. Eupolis and Cratinus.
The ancient comic vein of Eupolis and Cratinus is now revived and applied personally.

2. The spleen was regarded as the seat of what, according to a footnote?

A. Various emotions
B. Comic spirit
C. Bitter jests
D. Glorious contest

A. Various emotions.
The spleen was regarded as the seat of various emotions.

3. Rinaldo observes Fortunio wailing his fortunes, like a bird that sings in the sky?

A. The owl
B. The sparrow
C. The lark
D. The swallow

C. The lark.
Rinaldo observes Fortunio wailing his fortunes, like the lark mounting the sky in shrill and cheerful notes.

4. What natural thing is described as providing “moist vapours” from the heart to the eyes?

A. Valerio’s love
B. Violent heat
C. Kindly warmth
D. Unkind father

B. Violent heat.
In Fortunio, violent heat raises moist vapours from the heart into his eyes.

5. What relative term does Fortunio use when addressing Valerio?

A. Good brother
B. Kind servant
C. Poor fox
D. Gentle friend

A. Good brother.
Fortunio addresses Valerio directly by saying, “O, brother, love rewards our services”.

6. Rinaldo vows eternal wars against whom, calling them shutlecocks?

A. Court gentlemen
B. The whole sex
C. Rich men
D. The heavens

B. The whole sex.
Rinaldo says he vows eternal wars against women, referring to the whole sex.

7. What physical item is described as being ‘Spong’d up’ or trimmed?

A. Her face
B. The temple
C. The dowry
D. Rich attire

A. Her face.
The footnote indicates that “Spong’d up” (line 74) refers to making up or trimming the face.

8. Rinaldo tells Fortunio that Egypt had temples dedicated to women of the richest what?

A. Frame on earth
B. Alabaster pillars
C. Bright glory
D. Eternal honour

A. Frame on earth.
Rinaldo reads that Egypt heretofore had temples of the richest frame on earth for women.

9. Instead of gods and goddesses, what kind of creature might celestial inner parts have?

A. A painted fowl
B. A serpent
C. A fury
D. A deity

A. A painted fowl.
Valerio states that inner parts might have a painted fowl, a fury, or a serpent.

10. Valerio says all virtues are born in men and are what?

A. Buried in women
B. Buried in men
C. Faintly shining
D. Revealed by love

B. Buried in men.
Valerio says that all virtues born in men are buried in men.

11. According to Valerio, love brings forth the honourable fruits of what four things?

A. Valour, wit, virtue, haughty thoughts
B. Beauty, knowledge, kindness, joy
C. Wit, virtue, devotion, reverence
D. Honour, peace, delight, truth

A. Valor, wit, virtue, haughty thoughts.
Love brings forth the honourable fruits of valour, wit, virtue, and haughty thoughts.

12. The fox in Aesop’s fable lost what object?

A. Its tail
B. Its friend
C. Its life
D. Its strength

A. Its tail.
Valerio refers to himself as the poor fox from Aesop’s fables that lost its tail.

13. What term does Rinaldo use for the occupation Valerio’s father intends for him?

A. Court service
B. Husbandry
C. Gentlemen’s duty
D. Overseer

B. Husbandry.
Rinaldo tells Valerio that his rural service is converted from Pan to Cupid.

14. What relative term does Gostanzo use for Rinaldo’s brother?

A. My son
B. Your silly father
C. My brother
D. Your brother

D. Your brother.
Gostanzo refers to Rinaldo’s brother in Act I, saying, “That gentlewoman hath my brother married”.

15. What does Rinaldo say must “shine out of riches” in choosing a wife?

A. A man’s chief lodestar
B. Love
C. Honesty
D. Wisdom

A. A man’s chief lodestar.
Rinaldo states that a man’s chief lodestar should be his wealth when choosing a wife.

16. How does Gostanzo describe Marc Antonio’s character toward his children?

A. Too indulgent
B. Severe father
C. Too wise
D. Kind friend

A. Too indulgent.
Gostanzo calls Marc Antonio an honest knight, but too indulgent to his presuming children.

17. What does Rinaldo promise Marc Antonio he will conceal?

A. Gostanzo’s actions
B. The secret
C. The disgrace
D. Fortunio’s shame

B. The secret.
Rinaldo promises to conceal the secret by way of an atonement for Marc Antonio.

18. What characteristic of Gostanzo is noted by Marc Antonio when he arrives?

A. Honourable Knight
B. Kind friend
C. Wise man
D. Good husband

A. Honourable Knight.
Marc Antonio greets Gostanzo with “God save thee, honourable Knight Gostanzo”.

19. What does Gostanzo compare the hair of Marc Antonio’s son’s wife to?

A. Pure ivory
B. Fair eyes
C. Hair pure amber
D. Ruby lips

C. Hair pure amber.
Gostanzo mockingly describes the wife’s wealth, saying her hair is pure amber.

20. What is the definition of “disparagement” in the context of marriage, according to the footnote?

A. Disrespect shown
B. Dishonour of rank
C. Great shame
D. Contemned anger

B. Dishonour of rank.
Disparagement means dishonour or disgrace of marriage to one of an inferior rank.

21. What does Marc Antonio fear his son is too blind to see?

A. Want of competency
B. Loss of wit
C. Dissolute desires
D. Good choice

A. Want of competency.
Marc Antonio worries his son will live in want of competency or perhaps poverty.

22. Gostanzo cites a proverb that an idle youth should be lopp’d away like what?

A. A whole tree
B. A rotten branch
C. A loose vine
D. A wayward son

B. A rotten branch.
Gostanzo uses the proverb that ‘one branch should utterly be lopp’d away’.

23. Which Elizabethan university, known for learning, does Gostanzo recommend for Marc Antonio’s younger son?

A. Cambridge
B. Oxford
C. Padua
D. London

C. Padua.
Gostanzo advises sending Marc Antonio’s younger son to Padua for his learning.

24. What does the term “glass” (mirror) symbolise in Gostanzo’s speech about his son?

A. A reflection
B. A precedent
C. A broken life
D. A new father

B. A precedent.
Gostanzo wants his son’s example to serve as a mirror (glass) to mend the faults of others.

25. Rinaldo, aside, refers to Gostanzo as a dissembling knight who is what?

A. Too rash
B. Good sir
C. Old, politic
D. Wise friend

C. Old, politic.
Rinaldo refers to Gostanzo aside as “old, politic, dissembling knight”.

26. What does Rinaldo say the deception will prove an excellent ground to sow?

A. Seed of mirth
B. Hollow friendship
C. Good counsel
D. Brotherly love

A. Seed of mirth.
Rinaldo says the scheme will prove an excellent ground to sow the seed of mirth amongst them.

27. Gratiana says love is like smoky fire, better to attend than what?

A. Burn forever
B. Fine the smoke
C. Have both
D. Be jealous

B. Fine the smoke.
Gratiana says love is like a smoky fire, better to attend the smoke than find the fire.

28. The country game “Barley-break” involves couples doing what?

A. Singing songs
B. Breaking apart
C. Being caught
D. Embracing

C. Being caught.
Barley-break is a country game where couples are pressed by the “catchers”.

29. Fortunio fears breaking up their gathering because of whose presence?

A. Valerio’s father
B. Rinaldo’s sister
C. Jealous spy
D. Sergeant John

C. Jealous spy.
Fortunio fears they shall break too soon because of Valerio’s “jealous spy”.

30. Rinaldo instructs Valerio to kneel to him, to mark what?

A. His fate
B. What cause
C. His learning
D. His father

B. What cause.
Rinaldo tells Valerio to kneel and bless him, and “Mark what cause”.

31. Valerio confirms that the secret meetings occurred.

A. By logic
B. By stealth
C. By arrangement
D. By magic

B. By stealth.
Rinaldo states they met by stealth, and Valerio affirms, “By logic” (meaning naturally/accordingly).

32. What does Rinaldo say Valerio can do while living in one house with his wife?

A. Meet and kiss
B. Eat and drink
C. Live, eat, drink
D. Be merry

C. Live, eat, drink.
Rinaldo says they shall have all means “To live in one house, eat and drink together”.

33. What position is Valerio’s marriage supposed to hide, according to Rinaldo?

A. Fortunio’s wife
B. Valerio’s secret
C. Brother’s house
D. Father’s business

A. Fortunio’s wife.
Rinaldo will tell Valerio’s father that Fortunio’s sweetheart is actually Valerio’s wife.

34. Gostanzo accuses Marc Antonio of showing too much of what quality to his son?

A. Simple lenity
B. Harsh temper
C. Good advice
D. Poor judgment

A. Simple lenity.
Gostanzo claims Marc Antonio’s indulgence (too simple lenity) taught his son to rebel.

35. Marc Antonio refers to his son, who has been enchanted by his mistress, as what figure?

A. Young Paris
B. Poor Fortunio
C. Angry son
D. Disobedient fool

A. Young Paris.
Marc Antonio refers to his son, enchanted by “this Helen,” as “young Paris”.

36. Gostanzo compares friendship in the fond world to what maternal figure?

A. A loving aunt
B. A doting mother
C. A harsh governess
D. A humble servant

B. A doting mother.
Gostanzo says the fond world calls friendship a term like a doting mother.

37. Gostanzo instructs Valerio to entertain Fortunio and his fair wife until he wins what?

A. Valerio’s loyalty
B. Kinder’s opinion
C. Marc Antonio’s
D. Better judgment

B. Kinder opinion.
Gostanzo tells Valerio to entertain them until he wins his father to conceive a kinder opinion.

38. Gratiana notes that a courtier, like Rinaldo, makes what go far?

A. His eyes
B. His lips
C. His wit
D. His service

B. His lips.
Gratiana says a courtier (Rinaldo) makes his lips go far, as he does all things.

39. Gostanzo states he has never played the blank fool by doing what?

A. Swearing loudly
B. Kissing a wench
C. Drinking wine
D. Dancing too soon

B. Kissing a wench.
Gostanzo asks Marc Antonio if he ever appeared like a “blank fool” by kissing a wench.

40. Marc Antonio agrees to keep his son from more expensive courses, including what?

A. Fencing and dancing
B. Gaming and swearing
C. Drinking and smoking
D. Singing and joking

A. Fencing and dancing.
Marc Antonio promises to keep his son from spending money on fencing and dancing schools.

41. Gazetta sings a song while performing what domestic activity?

A. Spinning thread
B. Sitting sewing
C. Reading books
D. Talking loudly

B. Sitting sewing.
Gazetta enters the stage, sits, and sings while sewing a piece of embroidery.

42. What flower does Gazetta say “columbine” is?

A. The pansy
B. Thankless flower
C. Lover’s thoughts
D. The cuckoo’s flower

D. The cuckoo’s flower.
The footnote identifies columbine as the cuckoo’s flower, implying cuckoldry.

43. Cornelio compares himself to Menelaus, who entertained whom, leading to misfortune?

A. Paris
B. Ulysses
C. Hector
D. Menelaus

A. Paris.
Cornelio references Menelaus, who hospitably entertained Paris, only to have Paris subsequently rob him of his wife.

44. Valerio mocks the military profession of Dariotto by comparing him to what officials?

A. Corporals
B. Sergeants
C. Soldiers
D. Captains

A. Corporals.
Valerio states Dariotto is “straight, he sees a sort of corporal,” officers who arrest people.

45. What does Valerio demonstrate with his untrussing and capering?

A. His qualities
B. His new song
C. His new dance
D. His loyalty

A. His qualities.
Valerio shows off his “qualities” by loosening his clothing and dancing a caper.

46. What does Rinaldo declare he was born to do?

A. See wit triumph
B. Help his brother
C. Gull, the father
D. Make mischief

C. Gull the father.
Rinaldo states clearly, “O father, pardon, I was born to gull thee”.

47. What object must be carried away, according to Gostanzo, to remedy Fortunio’s late tempted eyes?

A. The cause
B. The object
C. The wife
D. The servant

B. The object.
Gostanzo claims the only remedy is to remove the cause and carry away the object.

48. What does Rinaldo promise Gostanzo he will swallow, meaning he will accept the bait?

A. The joke
B. The marriage
C. The gudgeon
D. The promise

C. The gudgeon.
Rinaldo says Gostanzo will “swallow the gudgeon,” meaning he will accept the bait.

49. What does Dariotto say he needs to be to draw customers to his house?

A. Mad and jealous
B. Witty and wise
C. Quiet and dull
D. Brave and bold

A. Mad and jealous.
Dariotto claims the way to draw customers to his house is to be mad and jealous.

50. Gostanzo threatens to cut the thread of Valerio’s living for marrying whom?

A. A trull
B. A beggar
C. A shrew
D. A whore

B. A beggar.
Gostanzo threatens to “cut the thread of all my living” for taking a beggar to wife.

Brief Overview

All Fools is a comedic play by George Chapman, initially printed in London in 1605. The play functions as a “comedy of humours” and focuses on deception, familial relationships, and the folly of human pride.

The play opens with three young men: Rinaldo, Fortunio, and Valerio. Rinaldo observes that Fortunio is consumed by the “violent heat” of love.

The central plot involves the complex deception of two controlling fathers, Gostanzo and Marc Antonio. Gostanzo is sarcastically called the “wretched Machiavellian” and a “covetous knight” due to his obsession with wealth and control over his sons.

Rinaldo informs Gostanzo that his brother has married a gentlewoman with an “unnourishing dowry,” which Gostanzo disapprovingly hears is “pure amber.” Gostanzo advises Marc Antonio to send his younger son to Padua for learning, intending to control his own sons better.

Rinaldo plans to use his own son’s faults as a mirror to expose the fathers’ folly. He sets up a trick to reveal that the supposed gentlewoman is actually Valerio’s wife. He calls this trick an “excellent ground to sow the seed of mirth.” Valerio and Fortunio quickly agree to the plan.

Gostanzo later tells Rinaldo that the only remedy is to remove the “cause” and carry away the “object” of Fortunio’s desires. When Valerio kneels to Gostanzo as part of the trick, Gostanzo threatens to “cut the thread of all my living” for taking “a beggar to wife,” showing his extreme fury over the perceived loss of wealth and honor.