John Marston

Study questions John Marston

Antonio’s Revenge

Antonio’s Revenge MCQs

The Dutch Courtesan

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Facts about John Marston

➾ Marston was a vigorous satirist of the Shakespearean era who frequently called himself a “barking satirist”.

➾ He composed his major works for a variety of children’s companies, which were groups of popular boy actors.

➾ His initial literary effort in 1598 was Pigmalion’s Image, an erotic poem written in the fashionable Ovidian style.

➾ Marston endured a brief, bitter literary feud with playwright Ben Jonson, commonly known as “the war of the theatres”.

➾ In the play Poetaster, Jonson satirically depicted Marston as Crispinus, possessing red hair and small legs.

➾ Antonio’s Revenge, his sàvage melodrama, was noted for blending political struggle with elements of parody and pure fantasy.

➾ His celebrated play, The Malcontent, vigorously rails against the perceived iniquities of a corrupt and lascivious court.

➾ Marston was imprisoned in 1605 after Eastward Ho offended King James I with its references to Scottish countrymen.

➾ He left his most erotic play, The Insatiate Countesse, unfinished after another imprisonment, presumably caused by libel.

➾ After quitting the stage in 1609, Marston entered the Church of England and married King James I’s chaplain’s daughter.

➾ In 1633, he dramatically insisted that his name be removed from the collected edition of six of his published plays.

John Marston MCQs

1. When was John Marston born?

A. Oct 7, 1576
B. June 25, 1634
C. 1598
D. 1604

A. Oct 7, 1576.
John Marston, the British dramatist, was baptised on October 7, 1576, which is generally cited as his birth date.

2. Where was John Marston born?

A. Oxfordshire, Eng.
B. London, Eng.
C. Middle Temple
D. Paris, France

A. Oxfordshire, Eng..
John Marston was born in Oxfordshire, England, where he was baptized in 1576.

3. What was John Marston’s primary profession?

A. Diplomat
B. Minister
C. Dramatist
D. Schoolmaster

C. Dramatist.
John Marston is primarily known as an English dramatist and vigorous satirist of the Shakespearean era.

4. When did John Marston die?

A. Oct 7, 1576
B. June 25, 1634
C. 1598
D. 1604

B. June 25, 1634.
John Marston died in London on June 25, 1634, after a career as a writer and clergyman.

5. Which institution provided Marston’s university education?

A. Cambridge
B. Oxford
C. Middle Temple
D. St Paul’s

B. Oxford.
Marston received his formal education at the University of Oxford before moving to London in 1595.

6. Where did Marston reside from 1595?

A. London
B. Oxford
C. Christchurch
D. Middle Temple

D. Middle Temple.
From 1595, Marston resided at the Middle Temple in London, a legal training institution.

7. What genre is Marston chiefly known for?

A. Comedy of manners
B. Erotic poem
C. Satire
D. Masque

C. Satire.
Marston is known as one of the most vigorous satirists during the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras.

8. What was Marston’s first published literary work?

A. The Malcontent
B. Pigmalion’s Image
C. The Scourge
D. Histrio-mastix

B. Pigmalion’s Image.
His literary career started in 1598 with The Metamorphosis of Pigmalion’s Image, an erotic poem.

9. What style was The Metamorphosis of Pigmalion’s Image written in?

A. Ovidian style
B. Satirical verse
C. Blank verse
D. Farcical style

A. Ovidian style.
This first work was an erotic poem written following the newly fashionable Ovidian style.

10. What was the title of Marston’s satirical verse collection (1598)?

A. Pigmalion’s Image
B. The Malcontent
C. The Scourge of Villanie
D. Antonio’s Revenge

C. The Scourge of Villanie.
In 1598, Marston published The Scourge of Villanie, known for its rough-hewn, satirical verses.

11. How did Marston refer to himself in The Scourge of Villanie?

A. Master Pedant
B. Barking satirist
C. Translating scholar
D. Witty writer

B. Barking satirist.
Within The Scourge of Villanie, Marston explicitly referred to himself as a “barking satirist”.

12. When did Marston begin writing for the theatre?

A. 1598
B. 1599
C. 1604
D. 1608

B. 1599.
Marston transitioned from publishing poetry and satire to writing for the theatre starting in 1599.

13. What was Marston’s first produced play (published 1610)?

A. The Malcontent
B. Histrio-mastix
C. Antonio’s Revenge
D. Eastward Ho

B. Histrio-mastix.
Marston began writing for the stage in 1599, producing Histrio-mastix.

14. Where was Histrio-mastix likely performed?

A. Blackfriars
B. Paul’s
C. Middle Temple
D. Whitehall

C. Middle Temple.
Histrio-mastix, written in 1599, was probably performed at the Middle Temple.

15. Which literary figure was characterised as Chrisoganus in Histrio-mastix?

A. Ben Jonson
B. George Chapman
C. Thomas Dekker
D. James I

A. Ben Jonson.
In Histrio-mastix, the character Chrisoganus was recognised by the audience as a depiction of Ben Jonson.

16. What was the literary feud between Marston and Jonson called?

A. War of Wit
B. Poetaster Battle
C. War of the Theatres
D. Malcontent Feud

C. War of the Theatres.
A brief and bitter literary feud developed between Marston and Jonson, known as “the war of the theatres”.

17. What play did Jonson depict Marston as Crispinus?

A. Histrio-mastix
B. Poetaster
C. The Malcontent
D. Antonio and Mellida

B. Poetaster.
In his play Poetaster (1601), Jonson depicted Marston as the character Crispinus.

18. What physical characteristic defined Crispinus in Poetaster?

A. Large stature
B. Red hair
C. Master Pedant
D. Pretentious vocabulary

B. Red hair.
Jonson depicted Marston (as Crispinus) as having red hair and notably small legs.

19. Which theatre company did Marston first write major plays for?

A. Queen’s Revels
B. King’s Men
C. Children of Paul’s
D. Middle Temple

C. Children of Paul’s.
Marston wrote Antonio and Mellida and its sequel for the company called the Children of Paul’s.

20. What was the sequel to Antonio and Mellida?

A. The Malcontent
B. Antonio’s Revenge
C. What You Will
D. The Dutch Courtesan

B. Antonio’s Revenge.
Antonio’s Revenge (1601) is the recognised sequel to Antonio and Mellida (1600).

21. Which of Marston’s Children of Paul’s plays is the most memorable?

A. Antonio and Mellida
B. Antonio’s Revenge
C. What You Will
D. Histrio-mastix

B. Antonio’s Revenge.
Antonio’s Revenge is noted as being the most memorable of the plays written for the Children of Paul’s.

22. What genre characterises Antonio’s Revenge?

A. Farcical comedy
B. Sàvage melodrama
C. Revenge tragedy
D. Historical play

B. Sàvage melodrama.
The play is described as a sàvage melodrama focusing on a political power struggle.

23. Which play did Marston write in 1601, besides Antonio’s Revenge?

A. The Malcontent
B. What You Will
C. The Dutch Courtesan
D. Eastward Ho

B. What You Will.
Marston wrote What You Will (1601) for the Children of Paul’s theatre company.

24. What company did Marston transfer his allegiance to in 1604?

A. Children of Paul’s
B. Queen’s Revels
C. King’s Men
D. Middle Temple

B. Queen’s Revels.
In 1604, he moved to the boy company at Blackfriars Theatre, known as the Children of the Queen’s Revels.

25. What is Marston’s best-known work?

A. Antonio’s Revenge
B. Eastward Ho
C. The Malcontent
D. The Dutch Courtesan

C. The Malcontent.
Marston’s best-known play is The Malcontent, which was produced in 1604.

26. What is the main subject of satire in The Malcontent?

A. Political power
B. Incestuous love
C. Lascivious court
D. Scottish countrymen

C. Lascivious court.
The Malcontent satirises and rails at the iniquities of a lascivious court.

27. When was The Dutch Courtezan produced?

A. 1600
B. 1601
C. 1603–04
D. 1608

C. 1603–04.
The Dutch Courtezan was produced for the Blackfriars Theatre company between the years 1603 and 1604.

28. What critical opinion was held about The Dutch Courtezan?

A. Sàvage melodrama
B. Cleverest comedy
C. Most erotic
D. Minor work

B. Cleverest comedy.
The play, despite its coarse counterplot, was considered one of the cleverest comedies of its era.

29. What traditional dramatic device did Marston utilise in The Malcontent?

A. Comedy of manners
B. Revenge tragedy
C. Farcical counterplot
D. Heroic couplets

B. Revenge tragedy.
Marston utilised all the apparatus of contemporary revenge tragedy in The Malcontent.

30. How did the wronged hero in The Malcontent regain power?

A. Murdering tormentors
B. Sophisticated stratagems
C. Public confession
D. Using parody

B. Sophisticated stratagems.
The hero, Malevole, regains power using sophisticated Machiavellian stratagems, not murder.

31. With whom did Marston collaborate on Eastward Ho (1605)?

A. Ben Jonson/Chapman
B. Dekker/Rowley
C. Jonson/Dekker
D. Chapman/Rowley

A. Ben Jonson/Chapman.
In 1605, Marston collaborated with Ben Jonson and George Chapman on the comedy Eastward Ho.

32. What genre is Eastward Ho?

A. Revenge tragedy
B. Masque
C. Historical play
D. City comedy

D. City comedy.
Eastward Ho is explicitly described as a comedy that focuses on contrasts in city life.

33. Why were the authors of Eastward Ho imprisoned in 1605?

A. Debt
B. Political libel
C. Incestuous love
D. Royal displeasure

B. Political libel.
The play contained satirical references to opportunistic Scottish countrymen, which offended King James I.

34. What relationship did the authors have with King James I’s countrymen?

A. Sympathy
B. Satiric references
C. Diplomatic ties
D. Literary feud

B. Satiric references.
The play contained satiric references to the King’s Scottish countrymen, causing offence.

35. When was Marston’s second imprisonment?

A. 1605
B. 1608
C. 1609
D. 1633

B. 1608.
Marston suffered another imprisonment in 1608, presumably for libel.

36. What play did Marston leave unfinished in 1608?

A. The Malcontent
B. The Dutch Courtesan
C. The Insatiate Countesse
D. Antonio’s Revenge

C. The Insatiate Countesse.
He left The Insatiate Countesse unfinished after his 1608 imprisonment.

37. What is notable about The Insatiate Countesse?

A. Best known work
B. Most erotic play
C. Earliest play
D. Only comedy

B. Most erotic play.
The unfinished play, The Insatiate Countesse, is noted as Marston’s most erotic work.

38. What institution did Marston enter in 1608/1609?

A. Middle Temple
B. Parliament
C. Church of England
D. Queen’s Revels

C. Church of England.
Following his 1608 imprisonment, Marston entered the Church of England and took orders in 1609.

39. Whose daughter did John Marston marry?

A. King James I’s chaplain
B. George Chapman
C. Thomas Dekker
D. The Earl of Kildare

A. King James I’s chaplain.
Marston married the daughter of James I’s chaplain after entering the church.

40. When did Marston accept an ecclesiastical post in Hampshire?

A. 1609
B. 1616
C. 1633
D. 1634

B. 1616.
He accepted a position in Christchurch, Hampshire, holding an ecclesiastical post starting in 1616.

41. What was the title of the collected edition of Marston’s plays (1633)?

A. Tragedies and Comedies
B. Six New Plays
C. The Works of John Marston
D. The Malcontent

C. The Works of John Marston.
The 1633 collected edition of six of his plays was titled The Workes of John Marston.

42. What did Marston insist on regarding the 1633 collection?

A. Removal of plays
B. Anonymous publication
C. Removal of his name
D. Collaboration credit

C. Removal of his name.
In 1633, Marston apparently insisted upon the removal of his name from the collection of his plays.

43. What was the anonymous title of the 1633 reissue of his plays?

A. Six New Plays
B. Tragedies and Comedies
C. The Malcontent
D. The Scourge of Villanie

B. Tragedies and Comedies.
The collection was reissued anonymously the same year as Tragedies and Comedies.

44. Why is Marston known for / the reason for his fame?

A. Diplomatic loyalty
B. Creating tragedy
C. Vigorous satire
D. Legal expertise

C. Vigorous satire.
His fame stems from being one of the most vigorous satirists of the Shakespearean era.

45. What were the organised groups of boy actors called?

A. King’s Men
B. Children’s companies
C. Blackfriars
D. Middle Temple

B. Children’s companies.
Marston wrote for children’s companies, which were organised groups of boy actors popular then.

46. What characterises the verses of The Scourge of Villanie?

A. Erotic, Smooth
B. Rough-hewn
C. Pretending
D. Witty

B. Rough-hewn.
The verses of The Scourge of Villanie are described as being rough-hewn and somewhat obscure.

47. What term did Jonson use for Marston’s pretentious vocabulary?

A. Rough-hewn
B. Ovidian style
C. Disgorged pill
D. Barking satire

C. Disgorged pill.
Crispinus (Marston) was given a pill that forced him to disgorge a pretentious vocabulary.

48. What elements defined Antonio’s Revenge besides melodrama?

A. Fantasy/Parody
B. Revenge/Satire
C. Machiavellian/Erotic
D. Farcical/Witty

A. Fantasy/Parody.
Antonio’s Revenge contains elements of parody and fantasy, besides being a sàvage melodrama.

49. What element made The Dutch Courtezan coarse?

A. Political libel
B. Incestuous love
C. Farcical counterplot
D. Satiric references

C. Farcical counterplot.
The Dutch Courtezan included a coarse, farcical counterplot alongside its main action.

50. What distinguished the court setting of The Malcontent?

A. Iniquitous
B. Noble
C. Political
D. Humble

A. Iniquitous.
The play is centred on railing at the iniquities found within a lascivious court.

The Dutch Courtesan MCQs

1. What specific items did Cocledemoy steal from Mulligrub’s taverne?

A. Silver coins
B. Neat of goblets
C. Velvet purse
D. Leather jerkin

B. Neat of goblets.
Cocledemoy stole a set of interlocking silver drinking cups after entertaining his associate, Mary Faugh.

2. Who is Cocledemoy’s “instrument of fornication” that assists him in the theft?

A. Drawer’s sister
B. Mistress Mary Faugh
C. Blind Harper
D. Vintner’s wife

B. Mistress Mary Faugh.
Mary Faugh is the bawd who assisted Cocledemoy in the theft and helped him escape through the tavern window.

3. Freevill compares brothels (Stewes) to the Low Countreys, arguing war there prevents what?

A. Trade disruption
B. War coming home
C. Financial ruin
D. Social unrest

B. War coming home.
Freevill suggests brothels divert sexual misconduct and sin away from married men’s own houses and families.

4. Freevill implies that investing money in women may provide the client with what specific return?

A. A secure title
B. The French disease
C. True charity
D. Good housing

B. The French disease.
He explains that unlike other investments, prostìtutes bestow venereal disease, which will stick by the client long-term.

5. Mulligrub misquotes which Latin phrase when lamenting the catastrophe of the stolen goblets?

A. O iustus iustum
B. Hie finis Priami
C. Tempus preteritum
D. Video meliora

B. Hie finis Priami.
Mulligrub misquotes this Latin line, meaning “This is the end of Priam,” to exaggerate his sense of catastrophic loss.

6. Cocledemoy facetiously argues that bawds’ shops are most honourable because they sell what type of wares?

A. Fine silks
B. Divine virtues
C. Legal bonds
D. Golden goods

B. Divine virtues.
He refers to virginity and modesty, stating that bawds sell these high-value gems by wholesale.

7. Freevill claims that a wise man engaged in the “belly act” (copulation) looks like what figure?

A. A wise man
B. A fool
C. A tyrant
D. A courtier

B. A foole.
The “belly act” is listed as a function where even a person with wisdom appears universally ridiculous.

8. Malheureux feels afflicted upon seeing Francischina because his normally “cold bloud” is overcome by what?

A. Strong right
B. Weak destiny
C. Proportion
D. Very bowels

C. Proportion.
Malheureux’s natural cold temperament is disturbed by sudden, strong passion when viewing the courtesan’s beauty.

9. Cocledemoy states that, unlike physicians who profit from maladies, his trade profits from others’ what?

A. Misfortune
B. Vexation
C. Pleasure
D. Giddiness

C. Pleasure.
He argues a bawd’s gain is merciful because she lives by others’ enjoyment and sexual rising.

10. Which classical text’s opening line does Cocledemoy quote when addressing the barber-surgeon?

A. Aeneid
B. Tullie’s Offices
C. Metamorphoses
D. The Iliad

B. Tullie’s Offices.
He quotes “Quanquam te Marcefili, my boy,” the opening line of Cicero’s De Officiis.

11. What small item does Beatrice give Freevill as a “sleight favour” of her constant love?

A. A diamond
B. A finger ring
C. A gold chain
D. A lock of hair

B. A finger ring.
Freevill vows never to part with the ring unless he parts from life, affirming their eternal bond.

12. Malheureux envies free-born birds because their “inborn heat” (passion) is not considered what in them?

A. Shame
B. Madness
C. Sinne
D. Folly

C. Sinne.
He laments that human custom, unlike nature in birds, restrains passion and deems it a crime.

13. Malheureux quotes the Latin phrase “O miseri quorum gaudia crimen habent,” meaning their joy is deemed what?

A. A punishment
B. A crime
C. A tragedy
D. A virtue

B. A crime.
This line, translating to “O miserable they, whose joys in fault we lay,” sums up his conflict.

14. Freevill argues that, paradoxically, “incontinence will force” a state of what in a man?

A. A surrender
B. A Continence
C. A moral flaw
D. Depression

B. A Continence.
Freevill believes excessive sexual heat will burn itself out, thus naturally leading the person to restraint.

15. What is the fake name Cocledemoy uses when he appears disguised as a barber surgeon?

A. Holifernes Rains-cure
B. Andrew Sharke
C. Maister Gudgeon
D. Captaine Swash

B. Andrew Sharke.
Cocledemoy uses this name after stealing the real apprentice’s shaving basin and apron for his jest.

16. Francischina threatens to scratch out whose eyes and suck the holes, fueled by jealousy?

A. Mary Faugh’s
B. Beatrice’s
C. Sir Lionell’s
D. Freevill’s

B. Beatrice’s.
She is enraged because Freevill plans to marry Beatrice and has given her the friendship ring.

17. What specific deed does Francischina require Malheureux to commit to win her exclusive love?

A. Leave the City
B. Kill Freevill
C. Give her money
D. Forget Beatrice

B. Kill Freevill.
She tells him she cannot love him while Freevill lives, pushing him toward the unreasonable act.

18. What physical token must Malheureux bring back to Francischina as irrefutable evidence of Freevill’s demise?

A. Freevill’s sword
B. Beatrice’s ring
C. A lock of hair
D. His bloody cloak

B. Beatrice’s ring.
The ring, which Freevill held “deare as the ayre,” would be the irrevocable token of his death.

19. Malheureux pulls back from the murder plot, concluding that true friendship is superior because it is what?

A. Momentary
B. Corporal
C. Spiritual
D. Unavoidable

C. Spiritual.
Spiritual friendship brings no remorse or “languishing,” unlike lust, which provides only fleeting pleasure.

20. Cocledemoy is able to place a coxcomb on Mulligrub’s head because the Vintner does what specific action?

A. Falls asleep
B. Closes his eyes
C. Turns around
D. Sings a song

B. Closes his eyes.
Mulligrub shuts his eyes tightly, believing the action is a necessary part of the barber’s trick.

21. Crispinella finds kissing offensive when the man’s breath smells worse than what specific item?

A. Rotten fruit
B. Putrified maribone
C. Dead fish
D. Burnt wood

B. Putrified maribone.
She complains about foul breath and stubble, claiming she had to spend ten shillings to soothe her lips.

22. Crispinella compares husbands generally to which items drawn in a lottery, implying their worthlessness?

A. Grand prizes
B. Golden tickets
C. Forty blankes
D. Top score

C. Forty blankets.
She suggests a woman will typically draw forty worthless tickets before finding a desirable man to marry.

23. The formal contract between Beatrice and Freevill is set to be celebrated that night with what event?

A. A wedding
B. A sermon
C. A mask
D. A baptism

C. A mask.
Freevill promised to provide a mask to entertain the family and kin during the evening feast.

24. Caqueteur falsely claims that Tysefew pawned the diamond ring to him for money to pay for what expense?

A. A new horse
B. Supper last night
C. A new sword
D. His debts

B. Supper last night.
Caqueteur lies to hide his theft, claiming Tysefew needed the money for food the previous evening.

25. Freevill and Malheureux plan to stage a public “seeming challenge” that looks like what sort of conflict?

A. A robbery
B. A sudden fight
C. A drunken fit
D. A public scandal

B. A sudden fight.
This feigned quarrel provides the cover needed to make Francischina believe Freevill has been slain.

26. Mulligrub vows to hire a knave to assure Cocledemoy of what consequence before he dies?

A. Eternal grace
B. Eternal damnation
C. Immediate release
D. A good conscience

B. Eternal damnation.
Mulligrub’s vengeance extends to ensuring Cocledemoy’s conscience suffers spiritual despair before the hanging.

27. Cocledemoy argues that cheating Mulligrub is lawful, comparing it to taking eggs from hens and which natural process?

A. Hunting deer
B. Fishing
C. Tree-felling
D. Sheep-shearing

D. Sheep-shearing.
He considers Mulligrub a wicked “jumbler of elements,” justifying taking the Vintner’s ill-got gains.

28. What token does Cocledemoy give Mistress Mulligrub to convince her to return the new standing cup?

A. Mulligrub was clean-shaven
B. Mulligrub lost his coat
C. Mulligrub sent a note
D. Mulligrub had a new sword

A. Mulligrub was clean-shaven.
The token that Mulligrub was “dry shaved this morning” proves that the Vintner had supposedly sent him.

29. Mistress Mulligrub asks for her parlour to be perfumed because it smells of which profane substance?

A. Sweet wine
B. Salt butter
C. Profane Tabacco
D. French disease

C. Profane Tabacco.
An Elder of the Family of Love informed her that tobacco was not permitted in their congregation.

30. Besides the new cup, what specific food item did Cocledemoy trick Mistress Mulligrub into returning to him?

A. Blackbird pie
B. Green onions
C. Jole of Salmon
D. Toasted cheese

C. Jole of Salmon.
She was fooled into sending back the salmon, which she had prepared for dinner, along with the cup.

31. The public quarrel between the friends ignites when Malheureux executes what action during the mask?

A. Drew his sword
B. Took Beatrice
C. Exchanged gloves
D. Threatened Sir Hubert

B. Took Beatrice.
Malheureux seizing Beatrice from Freevill during the mask provides the visible excuse for the feigned fight.

32. Tysefew boasts that he performed “protested gallantrie” for Crispinella by drinking what disgusting liquid?

A. Swalowd flap-dragons
B. Drunk urine
C. Stabbed his arm
D. Eat glasses

B. Drunk urine.
He lists this vulgar act alongside others, such as eating burning raisins, to prove the depth of his devotion.

33. Crispinella agrees to marry Tysefew if she is silent in his house, modest at his table, and what in his bed?

A. Wanton in my bed
B. Richly dressed
C. Always singing
D. Highly honoured

A. Wanton in my bed.
Tysefew accepts these conditions, noting his whole being will belong to her if she complies.

34. Freevill instructs Malheureux to claim that he is safely hiding, where, after the feigned fight?

A. At his own house
B. At a jeweller’s
C. At Sir Hubert’s
D. At a brothel

B. At a jeweller’s.
Freevill names “maister Shatewes the Jewellers” as the trusted, but fictitious, location for his safety.

35. Francischina expects Malheureux to return and eat what specific aphrodisiac to increase his lust for her?

A. Salt butter
B. Raw salmon
C. Cawdle of Cock-stones
D. Toasted cheese

C. Cawdle of Cock-stones.
This rich, warm drink is intended to enhance Malheureux’s desire before he returns to possess Francischina.

36. Francischina, driven by vengeance, plots to make Beatrice suffer by driving her to what extreme state?

A. Killing her
B. Robbing her
C. Making her run mad
D. Selling her

C. Making her run mad.
Francischina’s vengeance is psychological torment: Freevill is dead, Malheureux will hang, and Beatrice will go insàne.

37. Francischina tells Sir Lionell that Freevill gave her Beatrice’s ring while jesting about Beatrice’s rejected what?

A. His loyalty
B. His promise
C. His scorn
D. Her kindness

D. Her kindness.
She fabricates the story that Freevill scorned Beatrice’s love just before he was supposedly murdered.

38. Beatrice’s deep affection is revealed when she takes Freevill’s supposed death and “leudlie intimated wrongs” with what kind of acceptance?

A. Patient kindness
B. Great fury
C. Total surrender
D. Bitter words

A. Patient kindness.
She received his death and the false report of his scorned love with “suffering sweetnesse, quiet modesty”.

39. Cocledemoy, disguised as a robbed man, falsely claims the thief was wearing the habit of which occupation?

A. A barber
B. A vintner
C. A Sergeant
D. A gull

B. A vintner.
This lie ensures the Watch arrests Mulligrub, whom Cocledemoy saw approaching wearing the stolen cloak.

40. Why do the Watchmen instantly arrest Mulligrub and place him in the stocks?

A. Drunkenness
B. Suspicion of Felonious
C. Being a Vintner
D. Puritanism

B. Suspicion of Felonious.
Mulligrub confesses he took the cloak, confirming the Watch’s belief that he is a “strong thief”.

41. Disguised as a Belman, Cocledemoy gains Mulligrub’s trust by claiming he knew her before she was married.

A. Francischina
B. Mistress Mulligrub
C. Mistress Faugh
D. Beatrice

B. Mistress Mulligrub.
Cocledemoy uses this specific detail about the wife’s past to pretend familiarity and earn the Vintner’s trust.

42. The Watch moves Mulligrub to Newgate because Cocledemoy claims Mulligrub’s house was suspected of being what?

A. A printing press
B. A bawdie Taverne
C. A goldsmith shop
D. A Puritan church

B. A bawdie Taverne.
The disguised Cocledemoy reinforces the suspicion that the tavern was a receptacle for cut-purses and thieves.

43. What grotesque action did Mulligrub promise to perform on Cocledemoy’s grave after his planned execution?

A. Burn his house
B. Pisse on his grave
C. Hang his wife
D. Rob his corpse

B. Pisse on his grave.
Mulligrub expresses extreme anger by repeatedly threatening this final act of spiritual and physical desecration.

44. Francischina tells Sir Lionell that Malheureux claimed he disposed of Freevill’s body in what manner?

A. By stabbing it
B. By hiding it
C. By burning it
D. Spurnd him in River

D. Spurnd him in the River.
Malheureux confessed to dragging the body by the heels to the nearest wharf and pushing it into the water.

45. Francischina orders the disguised Freevill to tell Beatrice that Freevill, with his last gasp, left her what?

A. His fortune
B. His ring
C. His curse
D. His blessing

C. His curse.
She demands that he tell Beatrice that Freevill cursed her for causing the quarrel that led to his death.

46. Freevill calls Francischina “unrepentant” and beyond all measure of grace because she is what?

A. A thief
B. Damd immediately
C. A witch
D. A friend

B. Damd immediatlie.
He is horrified that a thing of beauty created for sweet use should become “unutterably hellish”.

47. Overcome by grief, Beatrice questions whether it is lawful to take one’s own life when we should not do what?

A. Seek revenge
B. Love fiercely
C. Continue to live
D. Accept sorrow

C. Continue to live.
Her profound sorrow makes her believe that torment means heaven must desire her immediate death.

48. Tysefew announces that Malheureux has been “doom’d to death” following what legal proceeding that day?

A. The public sessions
B. The King’s decree
C. A private decree
D. His own confession

A. The public sessions.
Tysefew relays the news that the court has condemned Malheureux for Freevill’s supposed murder.

49. Malheureux warns that anyone who wishes to land at this “fatal shore” (execution) should first do what?

A. Kill his friend
B. Love a Whore
C. Steal goblets
D. Trust Fortune

B. Love a Whore.
He realises that lust (loving a whore) was the root cause that ruined his good breeding and led to disgrace.

50. Cocledemoy reveals that all his knavery and deception were performed for what ultimate reason?

A. For pure malice
B. For a friend
C. For Wits’ sake
D. For Burnish’s sake

C. For Wit’s sake.
He claims his complex actions were Euphonice gratia, meaning they were done only for verbal humour and cleverness.

Brief Overview

The Dutch Courtesan is a play by John Marston, first published in 1605. This Jacobean comedy centers on the moral and social difference between the genuine love of a wife and the destructive lust of a courtesan.

The main story presents three types of affection. There is the ideal love between Beatrice and Freevill. Then there is the more normal love shown by Crispinella and Tysefew. The third type is destructive lust, which involves the courtesan, Francischina, and Freevill’s unhappy friend, Malheureux.

Malheureux’s intense desire for Francischina overcomes him. She maliciously demands that he murder his friend Freevill to prove his love. Malheureux agrees to the plot to kill Freevill and bring Francischina a ring as proof. However, Malheureux quickly regrets his promise, realizing friendship is greater than lust.

Freevill and Malheureux fake a quarrel, and Freevill pretends to die. Francischina, believing Freevill dead, tries to torment Beatrice and gets Malheureux arrested for the false crime.

Meanwhile, a subplot follows Cocledemoy, a witty City companion. Cocledemoy, disguised as a barber and a belman, repeatedly steals from the puritan Vintner, Mulligrub. Mulligrub is eventually arrested and sent to jail.

In the end, the truth is fully revealed. Francischina is condemned. Cocledemoy returns the stolen goods, stating his knavery was only for Wit’s sake. Freevill, Beatrice, Crispinella, and Tysefew are all happily reunited.