Thomas Dekker

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The Witch of Edmonton MCQs

Thomas Dekker MCQs

1. When was Thomas Dekker born?

A. Sixteen hundred
B. Fifteen seventy-two
C. Fifteen seventy-five
D. Sixteen twenty-two

B. Fifteen seventy-two.
Dekker was an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer believed to have been born around the year 1572.

2. Where was Thomas Dekker born?

A. London, England
B. Clerkenwell, England
C. Amsterdam, Holland
D. York, England

A. London, England.
Sources suggest that Thomas Dekker was born in London, likely around 1572, although little is known about his origins.

3. What was Dekker’s final year of death?

A. 1625
B. 1632
C. 1616
D. 1640

B. 1632.
Thomas Dekker died in 1632, specifically on 25 August, and was buried at St James’s Church, Clerkenwell.

4. What profession was Dekker known for?

A. Elizabethan dramatist
B. Royal courtier
C. University lecturer
D. Physician, playwright

A. Elizabethan dramatist.
Dekker was primarily known as an English Elizabethan dramatist and a prolific, versatile writer and pamphleteer.

5. What ancestry is suggested by Dekker’s last name?

A. French
B. Dutch
C. German
D. Spanish

B. Dutch.
References in his pamphlets, and his last name itself, suggest that Dekker may have possessed Dutch ancestry.

6. What type of school did Dekker likely attend?

A. University college
B. Grammar school
C. Private tutoring
D. Military academy

B. Grammar school.
Dekker’s work includes translations from Latin, which suggests that he likely attended a grammar school in his youth.

7. When did Dekker begin his theatre writing career?

A. Early 1590s
B. Middle 1590s
C. 1603, after plague
D. During his prison term

B. Middle 1590s.
Dekker started his career as a professional theatre writer during the middle of the 1590s.

8. Whose account book first mentions Thomas Dekker?

A. Christopher Beeston
B. Philip Henslowe
C. Edward Alleyn
D. John Dryden

B. Philip Henslowe.
Dekker is first mentioned in early 1598 in the account book belonging to Philip Henslowe of the Admiral’s Men.

9. What manuscript features Dekker’s handwriting?

A. The Gull’s Hornbook
B. Sir Thomas More
C. Golden Slumbers
D. The Witch of Edmonton

B. Sir Thomas More.
Dekker’s handwriting is found within the manuscript of Sir Thomas More, though the date of his involvement is uncertain.

10. Around how many plays was Dekker involved in for Henslowe between 1598 and 1602?

A. About ten
B. About twenty
C. About forty
D. About sixty

C. About forty.
Between the years 1598 and 1602, Dekker was involved in approximately forty plays for Philip Henslowe.

11. Which noted contemporary playwright lampooned Dekker as Demetrius Fannius?

A. John Marston
B. Ben Jonson
C. Thomas Middleton
D. John Webster

B. Ben Jonson.
Ben Jonson lampooned Thomas Dekker by portraying him as the character Demetrius Fannius in his play Poetaster.

12. What derogatory term did Jonson use to describe Dekker’s work?

A. Bumbling hack
B. Poetic fool
C. Simpleton writer
D. Poor adapter

A. Bumbling hack.
Ben Jonson, Dekker’s contemporary rival, viewed him dismissively, calling him a “bumbling hack”.

13. What Dekker play marked the end of the “poetomachia”?

A. The Honest Whore
B. Poetaster
C. Satiromastix
D. The Bellman

C. Satiromastix.
Dekker’s riposte to Jonson, Satiromastix, performed in 1601, is noted as marking the formal end of the “poetomachia”.

14. Which character did Satiromastix cast Ben Jonson as?

A. Demetrius
B. Horace
C. Anaides
D. Page

B. Horace.
In Satiromastix, Dekker casts Ben Jonson in the role of Horace, portraying him as hypocritical and affected.

15. In what year did Dekker and Jonson collaborate on a pageant?

A. 1600
B. 1603
C. 1612
D. 1607

B. 1603.
Following the poetomachia, Dekker and Jonson collaborated in 1603 on a pageant for James I’s Royal Entry.

16. What was the subject of Dekker’s festival book for the Royal Entry?

A. London’s history
B. The Magnificent Entertainment
C. Coronation songs
D. King James’s life

B. The Magnificent Entertainment.
Dekker wrote the festival book detailing the 1603 pageant for the coronation of James I, titled The Magnificent Entertainment.

17. What 1599 play is considered Dekker’s acknowledged masterpiece?

A. Lust’s Dominion
B. Old Fortunatus
C. The Shoemaker’s Holiday
D. The Honest Whore

C. The Shoemaker’s Holiday.
The Shoemaker’s Holiday, published in 1599, is identified as Dekker’s acknowledged masterpiece, a rowdy comedy.

18. What genre is The Shoemaker’s Holiday categorized as by modern critics?

A. Revenge tragedy
B. Citizen comedy
C. Satirical pamphlet
D. Romantic drama

B. Citizen comedy.
Modern critics categorize The Shoemaker’s Holiday as a citizen comedy, focused on ordinary Londoners’ lives.

19. For how many years was Dekker imprisoned in King’s Bench Prison?

A. Three years
B. Five years
C. Seven years
D. Ten years

C. Seven years.
Dekker was confined in the King’s Bench Prison starting in 1612 and remained imprisoned for seven difficult years.

20. What caused Dekker’s imprisonment in 1612?

A. Anti-Catholic writing
B. Fighting Ben Jonson
C. A forty-pound debt
D. Slander charges

C. A forty-pound debt.
Dekker’s lifelong issues with debt culminated in 1612 when he was imprisoned over a forty-pound debt to John Webster’s father.

21. Where had Dekker previously been imprisoned in 1599?

A. Newgate Prison
B. King’s Bench
C. Poultry Compter
D. The Fleet

C. Poultry Compter.
Earlier in his career, in 1599, Dekker had faced debt troubles and was imprisoned in Poultry Compter.

22. What physical change did Dekker report happened during his prison experience?

A. Lost his eyesight
B. Turned his hair white
C. Lost ability to write
D. Gained weight

B. Turned his hair white.
Dekker reported that the difficult experience of his seven years in prison caused his hair to turn entirely white.

23. Who was one associate that supported Dekker while he was imprisoned?

A. William Shakespeare
B. John Milton
C. Edward Alleyn
D. Francis Meres

C. Edward Alleyn.
Despite the hardships, Dekker received support from associates during his imprisonment, including Edward Alleyn and Endymion Porter.

24. Did Dekker cease writing during his imprisonment?

A. Yes, completely
B. No, only plays
C. Yes, only pamphlets
D. No, continued pamphleteering

D. No, continued pamphleteering.
Even though he stopped writing plays while imprisoned, Dekker continued working as a pamphleteer throughout those years.

25. Which playwright was a collaborator of Dekker both before and after his imprisonment?

A. John Dryden
B. Thomas Middleton
C. John Webster
D. Philip Massinger

C. John Webster.
Dekker collaborated with John Webster before 1612 (e.g., Westward Ho) and after his release (e.g., Keep the Widow Waking).

26. What play, co-written in 1624, dramatized two recent murders in Whitechapel?

A. The Virgin Martyr
B. Match Me in London
C. Keep the Widow Waking
D. The Spanish Gýpsy

C. Keep the Widow Waking.
Keep the Widow Waking (1624), a collaboration, focused on the scandalous dramatization of two recent murders in Whitechapel.

27. What popular tract did Dekker revamp with a new preface in his later years?

A. The Wonderfull Yeare
B. The Bellman of London
C. The Double PP
D. London Look Back

B. The Bellman of London.
In the latter half of the 1620s, Dekker wrote a new preface for his most popular pamphlet, The Bellman of London.

28. What play is documented as Dekker’s earliest known connection in Henslowe’s diary (1598)?

A. The Honest Whore
B. Fayeton (Phaeton)
C. Sir Thomas More
D. Troilus and Cressida

B. Fayeton (Phaeton).
Dekker’s name first appears in Henslowe’s diary in 1598 in connection with the play “fayeton,” presumably Phaeton.

29. Which two specific dramatic genres make up the majority of Dekker’s surviving plays?

A. Histories, tragedies
B. Comedies, tragicomedies
C. Masques, pastorals
D. Satires, histories

B. Comedies, tragicomedies.
The sources state that the majority of Thomas Dekker’s surviving dramatic works are categorized as either comedies or tragicomedies.

30. What is the title of the long poem Dekker wrote describing his despairing confinement in prison?

A. The Dead Term
B. Dekker His Dreame
C. News From Hell
D. The Guls Horne-Booke

B. Dekker His Dreame.
Dekker His Dreame (1620) is a long poem specifically written by the author to describe his desperate time in confinement.

31. What was the title of Dekker’s first significant pamphlet (1603)?

A. News From Hell
B. The Wonderfull Yeare
C. Lanthorne and Candlelight
D. Seven Deadly Sins

B. The Wonderfull Yeare.
The Wonderfull Yeare (1603) was Dekker’s first pamphlet, a journalistic account of the plague and royal accession.

32. What events did The Wonderfull Yeare report on?

A. Gunpowder Plot
B. Death of Elizabeth
C. European turmoil
D. King’s Bench release

B. Death of Elizabeth.
This pamphlet was a journalistic account covering the death of Queen Elizabeth, the accession of James I, and the 1603 plague.

33. Which popular series of pamphlets by Dekker described the tricks of thieves?

A. Seven Deadly Sins
B. Cony-catching
C. City gallants
D. Whitechapel murders

B. Cony-catching.
Dekker produced a popular series of “cony-catching” pamphlets that detailed the various deceits and tricks used by confidence men.

34. Which earlier author influenced the form and incidents of Dekker’s “cony-catching” pamphlets?

A. Thomas Nashe
B. Robert Greene
C. John Marston
D. Thomas Lodge

B. Robert Greene.
Dekker’s “cony-catching” pamphlets, such as The Bellman of London, owe their form and incidents to Robert Greene’s similar works.

35. Which 1606 pamphlet was written as an anti-Catholic tract?

A. The Double PP
B. News From Hell
C. Dead Term
D. Seven Sins

A. The Double PP.
The Double PP (1606) was a specific anti-Catholic tract written by Dekker in direct response to the infamous Gunpowder Plot.

36. What play failed for Queen Anne’s Men at the Red Bull Theatre?

A. The Honest Whore
B. Match Me in London
C. If This Be Not
D. Lust’s Dominion

C. If This Be Not.
The play If This Be Not a Good Play, the Devil is in It (1611) failed spectacularly for Queen Anne’s Men.

37. What does the pamphlet The Dead Term (1608) describe?

A. City prisons
B. Westminster in summer
C. London’s theaters
D. Plague deaths

B. Westminster in summer.
The Dead Term is a journalistic pamphlet that offers vivid descriptions of Westminster during its summer vacation.

38. What Dekker work provides a valuable account of behaviour in London theatres?

A. The Honest Whore
B. The Guls Horne-Booke
C. Work for Armourers
D. Lanthorne and Candlelight

B. The Guls Horne-Booke.
The Gull’s Hornbook (1609) describes the life of city gallants and provides a valuable account of theatre behaviour.

39. Which contemporary figure did The Roaring Girl incorporate?

A. Moll Cutpurse
B. Patient Grissel
C. Queen Anne
D. Sir Thomas Wyatt

A. Moll Cutpurse.
The Roaring Girl (1607–10), a city comedy collaboration, incorporated the real-life contemporary figure Mary Frith, known as ‘Moll Cutpurse’.

40. With whom did Dekker co-write The Honest Whore?

A. Ben Jonson
B. John Ford
C. Thomas Middleton
D. John Marston

C. Thomas Middleton.
Thomas Dekker co-wrote The Honest Whore (1604) with Thomas Middleton, producing it for the Fortune theater.

41. What Elizabethan dramatist was still alive when Dekker began writing plays?

A. John Dryden
B. Thomas Nashe
C. William Shakespeare
D. John Fletcher

B. Thomas Nashe.
When Thomas Dekker started writing plays, Thomas Nashe and Thomas Lodge were both still alive and active.

42. What noted English poet was born before Dekker died?

A. John Marston
B. John Dryden
C. Ben Jonson
D. William Rowley

B. John Dryden.
Dekker died in 1632, by which time the English poet and literary figure John Dryden had already been born.

43. What type of humour marks Dekker’s work, bearing the signs of his Elizabethan training?

A. Genial humour
B. Dark satire
C. Vicious wit
D. Acerbic realism

A. Genial humour.
Even his Jacobean works bear the marks of his Elizabethan training, characterized by genial humour and romantic action.

44. What play, co-written with Massinger, is noted as a significant tragedy?

A. The Roaring Girl
B. Match Me in London
C. The Virgin Martyr
D. Old Fortunatus

C. The Virgin Martyr.
The Virgin Martyr (1620), co-written with Philip Massinger, is listed among Dekker’s three significant tragedies.

45. Why did Dekker’s dramatic output decrease after 1602?

A. Lack of ideas
B. Split attention
C. Jonson rivalry
D. Prison term

B. Split attention.
After 1602, Dekker divided his focus between writing pamphlets and writing plays, causing his dramatic output to lessen.

46. What company was performing the earlier plays Dekker wrote before 1602?

A. Lord Chamberlain’s Men
B. Paul’s Boys
C. Admiral’s Fortune
D. Blackfriars Children

C. Admiral’s Fortune.
Most of Dekker’s earlier works, except Blurt, were performed by the Admiral’s Men at the Fortune Theatre.

47. Which large amphitheatres staged Dekker’s 1620s plays?

A. The Globe
B. The Cockpit
C. The Red Bull
D. Blackfriars

C. The Red Bull.
Dekker’s plays of the 1620s were primarily staged at the large amphitheatres on the north side of London, most commonly the Red Bull.

48. What group of play-goers was deeply identified with the Red Bull Theatre?

A. Apprentices
B. Scholars
C. Noblemen
D. Gentlemen

A. Apprentices.
By the 1620s, the Shoreditch amphitheatres were strongly identified with the louder, less reputable categories of play-goers, such as apprentices.

49. What characteristic of his drama suited the less reputable audiences?

A. Political neutrality
B. Bold action
C. Academic depth
D. Classical structure

B. Bold action.
His plays, being full of bold action and careless about generic differences, suited the vigorous tastes of these audiences.

50. What quality did Dekker carry into the Caroline era through his drama?

A. Satirical pessimism
B. Vigorous optimism
C. Metaphysical depth
D. Puritanical criticism

B. Vigorous optimism.
Dekker’s drama carried some of the vigorous optimism inherent in Elizabethan dramaturgy into the subsequent Caroline era.

The Witch of Edmonton MCQs

1. Why must Frank and Winifred live apart for a time?

A. For convenience
B. Gain thrift
C. Avoid arrest
D. Obey father

B. Gain thrift.
Frank says they must forbear each other’s company only to gain “a little time For our continuing thrift”.

2. Frank’s primary plot aim is to maintain what specific relationship?

A. Father’s love
B. Marriage vows
C. New estate
D. True faith

A. Father’s love.
Frank’s “plots aim but to keep My father’s love,” which he fears losing if the marriage is revealed.

3. Where does Frank arrange for Winifred to live temporarily?

A. The city
B. Uncle Selman
C. Her home
D. The abbey

B. Uncle Selman.
Frank arranges for Winifred to live “Near Waltham Abbey with thy uncle Selman” while they are separated.

4. Winifred complains that Frank promises to visit her, but how often?

A. Once weekly
B. Once monthly
C. Twice yearly
D. Oftener occasion

B. Once monthly.
Winifred cries, “Once every month! Is this to have a husband?” after Frank states his planned visits.

5. Frank vows heaven should inflict what upon him if another woman tempts him?

A. Fearful ruin
B. Shameful end
C. Disgrace reproof
D. Lawless affections

A. Fearful ruin.
Frank vows that if beauty draws him away, heaven should “Inflict upon my life some fearful ruin”.

6. Sir Arthur accuses Frank of wronging his house by seducing a maid and building what?

A. A chapel
B. A stews
C. Good faith
D. A castle

B. A stews.
Sir Arthur angrily asks why Frank didn’t find “some more fitting place than here To have built a stews in” (a brothel).

7. What amount does Sir Arthur offer Frank as a portion if he marries the maid?

A. Fifty pounds
B. Two hundred pounds
C. Ten angels
D. Five hundred

B. Two hundred pounds.
Sir Arthur offers Frank “two hundred pounds and a continual friend” if he agrees to marry the wronged maid.

8. What surprising fact does Frank reveal immediately after accepting Sir Arthur’s offer?

A. Already married
B. I’m honest
C. Want money
D. Need payment

A. Already married.
Frank accepts the money and immediately declares, “We are man and wife”.

9. To deceive his father, what does Frank request Sir Arthur write in a letter?

A. I love him
B. Not married
C. Send money
D. He’s worthy

B. Not married.
Frank craves letters assuring his father that “I am not married” to Winifred, to prevent disinheritance.

10. What does Sir Arthur secretly call Frank after Frank’s elaborate deceit is revealed?

A. Go cuckoo
B. Honest Frank
C. Witty Frank
D. Sweetheart

A. Go cuckoo.
Sir Arthur refers to Frank in an aside as “Go thy way, cuckoo,” confirming Frank is the unwitting victim of deceit.

11. Winifred instantly repents her “lewdness” and “immoderate waste” of what quality?

A. Her virtue
B. Her time
C. Her love
D. Her honour

A. Her virtue.
Winifred repents that her lewdness gave way to Sir Arthur’s “immoderate waste of virtue”.

12. What specific sin does Winifred accuse Sir Arthur of adding to his lust by tempting her again?

A. Of treason
B. Of sacrilege
C. Of murder
D. Of dishonesty

B. Of sacrilege.
Winifred warns Sir Arthur not to study to add the sin “Of sacrilege” to his lust by tempting her constancy.

13. How does Old Carter prefer to be addressed by Old Thorney?

A. Master Carter
B. John Carter
C. Honest yeoman
D. Good neighbour

B. John Carter.
Carter insists, “call me by my name, John Carter,” refusing the title of Master.

14. What does Old Carter offer instead of security for the promised marriage money?

A. My word
B. Present payment
C. Good terms
D. His land

B. Present payment.
Carter says his security “shall be present payment,” viewing bonds and bills as needless delay.

15. Who does Old Carter confirm already holds his daughter, Susan’s heart?

A. Warbeck
B. Somerton
C. John Thorney
D. Frank Frank

D. Frank Frank.
Carter laughs that Warbeck tries hard, but “Frank, Frank is he has her heart”.

16. Old Thorney’s entire estate is burdened by a “labyrinth of dangers” related to what?

A. Encumbered estate
B. His health
C. His house
D. His children

A. Encumbered estate.
Old Thorney must free his “whole estate’s encumbered” by having Frank marry Susan for her portion.

17. What emotional response does Old Thorney have after learning Frank has already married Winifred?

A. Calm resolve
B. Villain devil
C. Great joy
D. Silent anger

B. Villain devil.
Old Thorney, learning Frank married Winifred, instantly calls him “O thou art a villain! A devil like a man!”.

18. What specific document does Frank use to “quit all scruple” about his supposed first marriage?

A. Bible oath
B. Thorney’s letter
C. Sir Arthur’s letter
D. Old Carter’s bond

C. Sir Arthur’s letter.
Frank hands his father Sir Arthur Clarington’s letter to assure him he is not married.

19. Frank resolves in an aside that no man can hide his shame from what power?

A. Heaven views
B. His conscience
C. His father
D. The world

A. Heavenly views.
Frank realises, “No man can hide his shame from heaven that views him,” recognising his inescapable guilt.

20. Elizabeth Sawyer, the witch, is compared to a “bow buckled” by whom?

A. Old Banks
B. Stronger mischiefs
C. The Devil
D. Pòor people

B. Stronger mischiefs.
Sawyer describes herself as “like a bow buckled and bent together By some more strong in mischiefs than myself”.

21. Who is identified by Elizabeth Sawyer as the “ground of all my scandal”?

A. Old Banks
B. The Justice
C. Cuddy Banks
D. Sir Arthur

A. Old Banks.
Sawyer curses Banks, saying, “That curmudgeon Banks Is ground of all my scandal” for causing her hatred.

22. What item does Old Banks burn as alleged proof that Elizabeth Sawyer is a witch?

A. Rotten sticks
B. Plucked thatch
C. His corn
D. His cow

B. Plucked thatch.
Hamluc brings “A handful of thatch plucked off a hovel of hers,” which they burn to summon the witch.

23. Why does the Dog (devil) say he cannot kill Old Banks upon Sawyer’s command?

A. Too rich
B. Loving charitable
C. Not cursed
D. Needs time

B. Loving charitable.
The Dog states Banks is “charitable to the por,” and men who love goodness are outside the Devil’s immediate reach.

24. What specific curse must Elizabeth Sawyer use upon others to achieve revenge?

A. Sanctibicetur nomen tuum
B. Contaminetur nomen tuum
C. Devil’s pater noster
D. Black orison

A. Sanctibicetur nomen tuum.
The Dog teaches her to turn her back to the sun and mumble the Latin phrase, “Sanctibicetur nomen tuum”.

25. Which character asks Elizabeth Sawyer to either unwitch him or bewitch a young woman to love him?

A. Old Banks
B. Young Warbeck
C. Cuddy Banks
D. Old Ratcliffe

C. Cuddy Banks.
Cuddy calls himself “bewitched already” by Kate Carter and asks the witch to stick a love bolt in her heart.

26. What does Cuddy Banks promise to follow after sunset to find his love, Kate Carter?

A. First live-thing
B. A black dog
C. A true heart
D. The pease-field

A. First live-thing.
Sawyer instructs Cuddy to follow “the first live thing thou seest” at the stile to bring him to his love.

27. When Susan questions Frank about his distress, he claims it is due to a palmistry prediction of what?

A. Sudden murder
B. Two wives
C. Much sickness
D. Lost love

B. Two wives.
Frank lies, saying his heart is disturbed because a palmist told him he “should have two wives”.

28. Susan eventually realizes Frank is leaving, not to travel, but to engage in a duel with whom?

A. Sir Arthur
B. Young Warbeck
C. Somerton
D. Old Thorney

B. Young Warbeck.
Susan accuses Frank of planning a “pre-appointed meeting of single combat with young Warbeck”.

29. What is Winifred wearing when she serves as Frank’s companion in his flight?

A. Plain dress
B. Riding suit
C. Old clothes
D. Her own

B. Riding suit.
Winifred enters Act 3 “dressed as a boy,” or in a “riding suit,” serving as Frank’s page.

30. What object does Susan bestow upon Winifred (the page) as an “earnest of a larger bounty”?

A. A jewel
B. A horse
C. Her purse
D. A sword

A. A jewel.
Susan gives the boy “a jewel for thee,” intending it to whisper, “Thou hast my jewel with thee”.

31. What weapon does Frank give to Winifred to take with her before he parts from Susan?

A. His knife
B. His sword
C. A musket
D. A dagger

B. His sword.
Frank tells Winifred, “Prithee take that along with thee,” and gives her his sword before she exits.

32. What specific action does the Dog (Devil) perform just before Frank decides to murder Susan?

A. Laughed loud
B. Rubs him
C. Sat silent
D. Barks twice

B. Rubs him.
Frank thanks the Dog for the rub, which gave him the sudden idea to “ease all at once” by killing Susan.

33. When justifying the murder, Frank confesses he married Susan only for what specific gain?

A. Her pleasure
B. Espoused dowry
C. Her love
D. New life

B. Espoused dowry.
Frank tells Susan, “I espoused your dowry, and I have it,” admitting the marriage was based on theft.

34. What justification does Susan give for forgiving Frank and embracing death?

A. Her virtue
B. Unwitting sin
C. His kindness
D. Better life

B. Unwitting sin.
Susan forgives Frank, lamenting the stain of her “unwitting sin” of adultery and welcoming death.

35. After stabbing Susan, Frank uses what to help him tie himself to the tree to simulate an attack?

A. Winifred
B. The Dog
C. A rope
D. His hands

B. The Dog.
A stage direction notes that “The Dog ties him” to the tree after Frank has inflicted minor wounds upon himself.

36. What item of clothing does Frank use to describe the men he falsely accuses of the murder?

A. Their coats
B. Their shoes
C. Their clothes
D. Their hats

C. Their clothes.
Frank describes the colored satin and velvet worn by Warbeck and Somerton, allowing his father to identify them.

37. What does Old Carter refuse to own, saying, “I’ll not own her now”?

A. Frank’s shame
B. Susan’s body
C. Thorney’s name
D. The house

B. Susan’s body.
Carter, in shock and rage, says, “Sir, take that carcass there, and give me this. I’ll not own her now”.

38. What musical instrument is bewitched and becomes soundless during the morris dance?

A. The pipe
B. The tabor
C. The fiddle
D. The lute

C. The fiddle.
The fiddler, Sawgut, complains that his instrument has “caught cold” and suspects his pòor fiddle is “bewitched”.

39. Warbeck and Somerton are arrested for murder immediately following what event?

A. Their duel
B. Morris ended
C. Frank’s confession
D. Susan’s flight

B. Morris ended.
The Constable enters to serve the warrant for apprehension right after the morris dance concludes.

40. What ridiculous animal act does Old Banks blame on Elizabeth Sawyer’s witchcraft?

A. Cow kissing
B. Horse striking
C. Hog fainting
D. Sheep falling

A. Cow kissing.
Banks was bewitched to run to his “dun cow” and repeatedly “kiss… my cow behind”.

41. What item does Katherine find in Frank’s pocket that proves he murdered her sister?

A. His keys
B. Bloody knife
C. Susan’s jewel
D. A love letter

B. Bloody knife.
Katherine, while looking for his knife, discovers the “bloody knife in’s pocket”.

42. Who appears to Frank in his bed, causing him fear, just before his confession?

A. The Dog
B. The devil
C. Susan’s spirit
D. Old Carter

C. Susan’s spirit.
The “Spirit of Susan his second wife comes to the bedside,” staring at him, until it vanishes.

43. When confronted by Old Carter, Winifred reveals her true identity as what to Frank?

A. His page
B. Lawful wife
C. A whore
D. Sister-in-law

B. Lawful wife.
Winifred casts off her disguise, stating, “I am not as my disguise speaks me… But his first, only wife, his lawful wife”.

44. What visible change occurs in the Dog’s appearance when he visits Elizabeth Sawyer near her end?

A. Now white
B. Growls low
C. Fully black
D. Now silent

A. Now white.
The Dog appears “in white,” symbolising the exposure of her sins and her imminent death.

45. What does the white Dog tell Elizabeth Sawyer will happen when he comes to her as a “lamb”?

A. Have at thy throat
B. Give thee peace
C. Show thee heaven
D. Fly away

A. Have at thy throat.
The Dog warns her that “When the devil comes to thee as a lamb, have at thy throat!”.

46. What does the Dog confess that he made Cuddy Banks pursue instead of Kate Carter?

A. Fine clothes
B. Spirit form
C. Bad path
D. True love

B. Spirit form.
The Dog confesses, “The wench thou seekst after thou never spakest with, but a spirit in her form”.

47. The Dog reveals he sometimes borrows the cadavers of what kind of unfortunate person to appear human?

A. Dead soldiers
B. Self-strangled wretch
C. Pòor beggar
D. Wise hermit

B. Self-strangled wretch.
The Dog mentions, “The old cadaver of some self-strangled wretch We sometimes borrow” to take human shape.

48. The Dog rejects serving Cuddy, stating he is now targeting what kind of people?

A. Silly fools
B. Corrupted greatness
C. Good, honest men
D. Witches now

B. Corrupted greatness.
The Dog says, “I am for greatness now, corrupted greatness,” targeting bribe-takers and officials.

49. Frank warns others against marrying only for a “goodly portion” rather than what alternative?

A. Dower virtues
B. Honest name
C. Kind spirit
D. Great wealth

A. Dower virtues.
Frank, before dying, warns of a curse hanging on those who choose money (“goodly portion”) over “a dower of virtues”.

50. How much is Sir Arthur Clarington fined for his involvement in the general misfortunes of the play?

A. Five thousand
B. A whole estate
C. Thousand marks
D. Two hundred pounds

C. Thousand marks.
The Justice informs Winifred that Sir Arthur is enjoined to pay “A thousand marks” for his abuse of her and Frank.

Brief Overview

The Witch of Edmonton is an English Jacobean play by Thomas Dekker, published in 1658. The play explores the tragic conflict between individual desires and social pressures, the hypocrisy of a community, and the abuse of power by both authority figures and ordinary citizens.

The play opens with Frank Thorney secretly marrying Winifred, who is pregnant. Frank keeps this marriage hidden, fearing he will lose his father’s love and his inheritance.

His father, Old Thorney, forces Frank to commit bigamy by marrying the wealthy Susan Carter to save the family estate from debt with her dowry.

Frank later murders Susan to hide his deception and theft. He falsely blames two innocent men for the crime. Susan’s sister finds the bloody knife and exposes Frank’s villainy.

Winifred, disguised as Frank’s boy page, then reveals she is his lawful wife. Frank is arrested, confesses, and is executed for murder and lust. Before he dies, he warns men not to marry for money over virtue.

In a separate, parallel plot, Elizabeth Sawyer is a poor, old woman who her neighbors, especially Old Banks cruelly abuse. Because of their persistent cruelty, she curses them. The Dog, who is the Devil in disguise, appears to her and promises her revenge in exchange for her soul.

The Dog helps her cause mischief, such as making a neighbor’s cow act strangely. The Devil also drives another woman mad, leading to her death. Elizabeth Sawyer is arrested and later hanged. Sir Arthur Clarington, who helped Frank lie to his father, must pay a large fine.