Thomas Nashe

The Unfortunate Traveller

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Facts about Thomas Nashe

➾ He was the first of English prose eccentrics, notably inventing many strange and unique verbal hybrids.

➾ He wrote an extravagant dedication to Sir Philip Sidney’s sister, which was quickly withdrawn.

➾ He became involved in a bitter, ongoing feud with Gabriel Harvey, exchanging controversial pamphlets.

➾ The Archbishop of Canterbury banned all books by Nashe and Harvey in 1599 to end their conflict.

➾ He and Ben Jonson were successfully prosecuted due to their satirical but lost play The Isle of Dogs.

➾ Nashe fled to Yarmouth, a herring fishery town, after facing prosecution for The Isle of Dogs.

➾ His satire, Pierce Penilesse, used a free, extemporaneous prose style full of invented words and colloquialisms.

➾ His most successful work was The Unfortunate Traveller, the first English picaresque novel.

➾ During the plague, he warned Londoners they would suffer Jerusalem’s fate unless they reformed promptly.

➾ He may have worked as a paid hack for the bishops, matching wits against the Puritan “Martin”.

➾ He temporarily escaped oppressive poverty by living at the home of Sir George Carey while writing Strange Newes.

Thomas Nashe MCQs

1. In what approximate year was the English writer Thomas Nashe born?

A. 1567
B. 1588
C. 1594
D. 1601

A. 1567.
Thomas Nashe, the English writer and pamphleteer, was born in the year 1567 in the county of Suffolk.

2. Which town and country is specified as the birthplace of Thomas Nashe?

A. Lowestoft, Eng
B. Yarmouth, Norf
C. Cambridge, Scot
D. London, Wales

A. Lowestoft, Eng.
Thomas Nashe was born in Lowestoft, located in Suffolk, England, around the year 1567.

3. What was the primary genre for which Thomas Nashe is known, alongside being a poet and dramatist?

A. Pamphleteer
B. Novelist
C. Essayist
D. Biographer

A. Pamphleteer.
Thomas Nashe’s versatile career included work as a poet, dramatist, and most notably, a prolific pamphleteer.

4. Which educational institution did Thomas Nashe attend before moving to London around 1588?

A. Cambridge
B. Oxford
C. Christ Church
D. Magdalen

A. Cambridge.
Nashe received his formal education at the University of Cambridge before he travelled to London circa 1588.

5. In what approximate year did Thomas Nashe relocate to London and begin associating with professional writers?

A. 1588
B. 1567
C. 1594
D. 1601

A. 1588.
Thomas Nashe went to London around the year 1588, where he joined Robert Greene and other writers.

6. Who was the fellow professional writer Thomas Nashe became associated with shortly after arriving in London?

A. Robert Greene
B. Gabriel Harvey
C. Sir Philip
D. Ben Jonson

A. Robert Greene.
Upon moving to London, Nashe began an association with Robert Greene and various other professional writers.

7. What was the title of Thomas Nashe’s earliest known work, published in 1589?

A. Anatomie Absurditie
B. Menaphon
C. Pierce Penilesse
D. Strange Newes

A. Anatomie Absurditie.
The Anatomie of Absurditie, published in 1589, was Thomas Nashe’s first work that offered a bold survey of contemporary writing.

8. Which work by Robert Greene featured a preface written by Thomas Nashe in 1589?

A. Menaphon
B. Groats Worth
C. Pandosto
D. Mamillia

A. Menaphon.
In 1589, Nashe contributed a preface to Robert Greene’s work titled Menaphon, supporting his friend.

9. Nashe’s early works, The Anatomie of Absurditie and the preface to Menaphon, were described as having what literary style?

A. Euphuistic
B. Picaresque
C. Colloquial
D. Brutal Realistic

A. Euphuistic.
Both of Nashe’s 1589 publications were noted for their euphuistic style, although they were surveys of writing.

10. In 1589 and 1590, Nashe served as a paid hack for which group during the Marprelate controversy?

A. Episcopacy
B. Puritans
C. Parliament
D. Privy Council

A. Episcopacy.
Nashe evidently became a paid writer for the episcopacy during the Marprelate controversy, matching wits against the Puritans.

11. Which Puritan opponent, operating under an unidentified pseudonym, did Nashe match wits against in the Marprelate controversy?

A. Martin
B. John Danter
C. Jacke Wilton
D. Doctor Harveyes

A. Martin.
Nashe wrote in reply to the unidentified Puritan opponent known by the specific pseudonym “Martin”.

12. Which tract, championing the Anglican side in the Marprelate controversy, is convincingly attributed to Thomas Nashe?

A. An Almond
B. Anatomie Absurditie
C. Christ’s Teares
D. Pierce Penilesse

A. An Almond.
Of all the Anglican replies, only An Almond for a Parrat (1590) has been convincingly attributed to Nashe.

13. Nashe wrote the preface to Thomas Newman’s unauthorized 1591 edition of which famous work by Sir Philip Sidney?

A. Astrophel Stella
B. Arcadia
C. Defence Poesie
D. Newes France

A. Astrophel Stella.
In 1591, Nashe wrote the foreword for Thomas Newman’s edition of Sir Philip Sidney’s highly acclaimed Astrophel and Stella.

14. Whose sister, the Countess of Pembroke, was the subject of an “extravagant dedication” written by Thomas Nashe in 1591?

A. Sir Philip
B. Gabriel Harvey
C. Robert Greene
D. Ben Jonson

A. Sir Philip.
Nashe penned an elaborate dedication to the Countess of Pembroke, who was the sister of Sir Philip Sidney.

15. Why was Nashe’s foreword to the 1591 edition of Astrophel and Stella removed shortly after publication?

A. Withdrawn Reissued
B. Archbishop Banned
C. Editor Refused
D. Printer Fled

A. Withdrawn Reissued.
The book, Astrophel and Stella, was withdrawn and reissued quickly in the same year without Nashe’s foreword.

16. What was the title of Thomas Nashe’s first distinctive work, a satire focused on the seven deadly sins, published in 1592?

A. Pierce Penilesse
B. Strange Newes
C. Summers Will
D. Dido Carthage

A. Pierce Penilesse.
Pierce Penilesse His Supplication to the Divell (1592) was recognized as Nashe’s first truly distinctive satirical work.

17. Which characteristic defined the prose style of Pierce Penilesse, utilizing newly coined words and colloquialisms?

A. Free Extemporaneous
B. Euphuistic
C. Classical
D. Academic

A. Free Extemporaneous.
Pierce Penilesse utilized a free and highly extemporaneous prose style, filled with colloquialisms and fantastic idiosyncrasies.

18. In Pierce Penilesse, Nashe buttonholes the reader with a story where the main objective seems to be what?

A. Immediate Entertainment
B. Narrative Structure
C. Controlling Objective
D. Moral Lesson

A. Immediate Entertainment.
Nashe’s narrative in Pierce Penilesse seemed to prioritize the reader’s need for immediate and engaging entertainment.

19. Thomas Nashe became embroiled in a pamphlet war after satirizing whom in Pierce Penilesse?

A. Gabriel Harvey
B. Robert Greene
C. John Danter
D. Sir George

A. Gabriel Harvey.
Nashe entered a controversy when he satirized Gabriel Harvey and his brothers in the 1592 work Pierce Penilesse.

20. Which two pamphlets were written by Thomas Nashe during his combative literary exchange with Gabriel Harvey?

A. Strange Newes
B. Have With
C. Almond Parrat
D. Anatomie Absurditie

A. Strange Newes.
Nashe contributed to the pamphlet combat against Harvey with the works Strange Newes (1592) and Have with You to Saffron-Walden (1596).

21. What specific action was taken by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1599 to end the long-running Nashe-Harvey controversy?

A. Banned Books
B. Imprisoned Writers
C. Issued Fines
D. Sponsored Debate

A. Banned Books.
The Archbishop terminated the controversy by ordering that “all Nasshes bookes and Doctor Harveyes bookes be taken” and banned further printing.

22. According to Gabriel Harvey, Thomas Nashe was working as a hack writer for which printer in 1593?

A. John Danter
B. Thomas Newman
C. Edward Blount
D. Robert Greene

A. John Danter.
Harvey suggested that Nashe was working as a hack writer specifically for the printer John Danter during the year 1593.

23. While writing Strange Newes, Thomas Nashe was living at the home of which kind patron?

A. Sir George
B. Lord Burghley
C. Edward Vere
D. Sir Philip

A. Sir George.
Sir George Carey offered Nashe momentary relief from his “oppressive poverty” by providing him a home while he wrote Strange Newes.

24. What specific calamity was afflicting England when Nashe published Christs Teares over Jerusalem (1593)?

A. Bubonic Plague
B. Civil War
C. Foreign Invasion
D. Famine

A. Bubonic Plague.
Nashe published Christs Teares over Jerusalem in 1593, during one of the country’s severe outbreaks of bubonic plague.

25. In Christ’s Teares over Jerusalem, Nashe issued a warning that London would suffer the fate of which biblical city?

A. Jerusalem
B. Babylon
C. Sodom
D. Nineveh

A. Jerusalem.
Nashe warned his countrymen that London, unless they reformed, would be destroyed just like the city of Jerusalem.

26. Which of Thomas Nashe’s works is described as a discursive, sometimes bewildering, attack on demonology, published in 1594?

A. Terrors Night
B. Christs Teares
C. Summers Will
D. Dido Carthage

A. Terrors Night.
The Terrors of the Night (1594) is noted as Nashe’s confusing and lengthy literary attack on the subject of demonology.

27. Which four works, excluding Pierce Penilesse, are listed as Thomas Nashe’s most successful literary achievements?

A. Summers Will
B. Unfortunate Traveller
C. Dido Carthage
D. Nashes Lenten

A. Summers Will.
Nashe’s most successful works include Summers Last Will and Testament, The Unfortunate Traveller, Dido, and Nashes Lenten Stuffe.

28. In what year was Thomas Nashe’s dramatic entertainment, Summers Last Will and Testament, first published?

A. 1600
B. 1592
C. 1594
D. 1599

A. 1600.
Though dated 1592, the entertainment Summers Last Will and Testament was eventually published in the year 1600.

29. Which work by Thomas Nashe is recognized as the first picaresque novel written in the English language?

A. Unfortunate Traveller
B. Pierce Penilesse
C. Strange Newes
D. Nashes Lenten

A. Unfortunate Traveller.
The Unfortunate Traveller; or, The Life of Jacke Wilton (1594) holds the distinction of being the first English picaresque novel.

30. What is the name of the protagonist and “rogue hero” in Nashe’s picaresque novel, The Unfortunate Traveller?

A. Jacke Wilton
B. Pierce Penilesse
C. Martin
D. Thomas Nashe

A. Jacke Wilton.
The brutal and realistic tale of adventure in The Unfortunate Traveller is narrated by its central character, Jacke Wilton.

31. Through which two European countries does the rogue hero Jacke Wilton primarily travel in The Unfortunate Traveller?

A. Germany Italy
B. France Spain
C. England Scotland
D. Belgium Holland

A. Germany Italy.
The travels and adventures of Jacke Wilton, the central rogue hero, take place throughout Germany and Italy.

32. What specific outcome characterizes the adventures of the rogue hero Jacke Wilton at the end of The Unfortunate Traveller?

A. Converted Life
B. Wealth Accumulation
C. Tragic Death
D. Political Power

A. Converted Life.
After witnessing many historic events, Jacke Wilton is converted to “a better way of life” by the tale’s conclusion.

33. Who was the co-author of the play Dido, Queen of Carthage (1594) alongside Thomas Nashe?

A. Christopher Marlowe
B. Ben Jonson
C. Robert Greene
D. John Danter

A. Christopher Marlowe.
Dido, Queen of Carthage, a dramatic success, was a collaborative work between Thomas Nashe and Christopher Marlowe.

34. Which work by Thomas Nashe is primarily a composition written in praise of herrings?

A. Nashes Lenten
B. Christs Teares
C. Terrors Night
D. Summers Will

A. Nashes Lenten.
Nashes Lenten Stuffe (1599) is a detailed and discursive composition that contains a lavish praise of herrings.

35. What town did Nashe charmingly describe in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, as it was a famous herring fishery?

A. Yarmouth, Norfolk
B. Lowestoft, Suffolk
C. Saffron-Walden
D. London

A. Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Nashes Lenten Stuffe contains an attractive description of Yarmouth, Norfolk, a town famous for its herring fishery.

36. Nashe retreated to Yarmouth after he and Ben Jonson faced prosecution for which satirical play?

A. Isle of Dogs
B. Dido Carthage
C. Summers Will
D. Troublesome Reign

A. Isle of Dogs.
Nashe fled to Yarmouth after facing prosecution due to the content of the satirical play The Isle of Dogs (1597).

37. In what year did Thomas Nashe face prosecution alongside Ben Jonson for the content of The Isle of Dogs?

A. 1597
B. 1592
C. 1599
D. 1589

A. 1597.
The two writers, Nashe and Ben Jonson, were prosecuted in 1597 as a consequence of their satirical play The Isle of Dogs.

38. For what characteristic is Thomas Nashe described as the “first of the English prose eccentrics”?

A. Verbal Hybrids
B. Euphuistic Style
C. Picaresque Plots
D. Philosophical Depth

A. Verbal Hybrids.
Nashe is called the first English prose eccentric due to his extraordinary ability to invent unique verbal hybrids.

39. In which approximate year is Thomas Nashe tentatively recorded as having died?

A. 1601
B. 1597
C. 1600
D. 1599

A. 1601.
Thomas Nashe is recorded to have died around the year 1601, likely while in Yarmouth, Norfolk.

40. Which modern scholar edited The Works of Thomas Nashe in the 1904–1910 edition?

A. R.B. McKerrow
B. F.P. Wilson
C. David H. Horne
D. Tucker Brooke

A. R.B. McKerrow.
The standard collection of The Works of Thomas Nashe was edited by R.B. McKerrow in five volumes.

41. What element of Pierce Penilesse dominated the structure, seemingly overriding any consistent narrative structure?

A. Immediate Entertainment
B. Controlling Objective
C. Formal Satire
D. Theological Debate

A. Immediate Entertainment.
The need for immediate entertainment seemed to dominate the text of Pierce Penilesse over traditional narrative structure.

42. Nashe’s pamphlet Have with You to Saffron-Walden (1596) was written in direct continuation of whose feud?

A. Gabriel Harvey
B. Ben Jonson
C. John Lyly
D. Robert Greene

A. Gabriel Harvey.
This 1596 pamphlet was one of Nashe’s contributions to the heated and long-running literary combat with Gabriel Harvey.

43. Nashe was accused of being a hack writer for the printer John Danter by his rival, whom?

A. Gabriel Harvey
B. Robert Greene
C. Ben Jonson
D. Sir George

A. Gabriel Harvey.
The accusation that Nashe was a hack for Danter in 1593 was made by his long-time literary combatant, Gabriel Harvey.

44. What specific genre did The Unfortunate Traveller effectively introduce and popularize in English literature?

A. Picaresque Novel
B. Court Comedy
C. Theological Treatise
D. Classical Satire

A. Picaresque Novel.
Nashe’s achievement lies in writing The Unfortunate Traveller, introducing the picaresque novel genre.

45. Nashe’s early works like The Anatomie of Absurditie (1589) often ranged freely over what type of subjects?

A. Great Variety
B. Theological
C. Political
D. Military

A. Great Variety.
His 1589 works, although sometimes obscure, ranged freely over a great variety of different topics.

46. The preface to Menaphon and The Anatomie of Absurditie are described as what type of surveys of contemporary writing?

A. Bold Opinionated
B. Objective Neutral
C. Reserved Cautious
D. Scholarly Detailed

A. Bold Opinionated.
Both 1589 works are categorized as bold, opinionated surveys regarding the state of writing at that time.

47. Which town in Norfolk is tentatively identified as the place where Thomas Nashe died around 1601?

A. Yarmouth, Norfolk
B. Lowestoft, Suffolk
C. Saffron-Walden
D. London

A. Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Thomas Nashe died around 1601 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, where he had retreated following his prosecution.

48. Before being converted, the rogue hero Jacke Wilton in The Unfortunate Traveller lived by what means?

A. By His Wits
B. By Inheritance
C. By Fighting
D. By Trading

A. By His Wits.
The tale details Jacke Wilton’s travels through Europe, where he survives by relying solely “by his wits”.

49. Which work is the last piece of writing by Thomas Nashe cited by its publication date, appearing in 1599?

A. Nashes Lenten
B. Have With
C. Terrors Night
D. Summers Will

A. Nashes Lenten.
Nash’s Lenten Stuffe, published in 1599, is the latest work by Nashe.

50. In Christ’s Teares over Jerusalem (1593), Nashe specifically urged his fellow Londoners to adopt what specific action?

A. Reform
B. Flee City
C. Fight Plague
D. Donate Money

A. Reform.
Nashe warned his countrymen during the plague that they must reform or face the calamitous fate of Jerusalem.

The Unfortunate Traveller MCQs

1. What position did the protagonist Jack Wilton hold at the court of King Henry VIII?

A. Page attendant
B. High nobleman
C. Court diplomat
D. Royal scholar

A. Page attendant.
Jack Wilton, the protagonist of the novel, was employed as a page, or an attendant gentleman, at King Henry VIII’s court.

2. What was Jack’s chief motivation for playing tricks on people at court?

A. Just for fun
B. Earn money
C. Seek revenge
D. Gain promotion

A. Just for fun.
The narrative notes that Jack enjoyed playing pranks and tricks on others simply for the enjoyment of it.

3. What specific lie did Jack use to frighten the Cider Merchant at the King’s camp?

A. Spying French
B. Stole gold
C. Attacked Captain
D. Forged document

A. Spying French.
Jack falsely told the merchant that the English King suspected him of spying for the enemy, the French King.

4. What did the Cider Merchant give the soldiers to ease the King’s suspicion?

A. Free wine
B. Fresh cider
C. Gold coin
D. Military intelligence

A. Free wine.
To show loyalty and please the King, the frightened Cider Merchant promptly provided free wine to the soldiers in the camp.

5. What condition did Jack encourage the Captain to escape by taking a new job?

A. Extreme poverty
B. Bad reputation
C. Military duty
D. Legal trouble

A. Extreme poverty.
Jack convinced the Captain to take a secret service job to escape his dire condition of poverty.

6. What specific type of job did Jack find for the “Mechanical Captain” to earn high income?

A. Spying French
B. Military leader
C. Court lawyer
D. Royal treasurer

A. Spying French.
Jack found the Captain a job spying for a great man in the court of the French King.

7. What activity was the Captain doing that showed his idleness before accepting Jack’s offer?

A. Cutting nails
B. Reading books
C. Drinking wine
D. Polishing sword

A. Cutting nails.
Jack observed the Captain’s idleness, noting he was busy polishing and cutting his nails rather than working.

8. What did the Captain spend the money Jack earned from the trick on?

A. Game of dice
B. New uniform
C. Legal fees
D. Buying food

A. Game of dice.
The Mechanical Captain took Jack’s earnings from the trick and immediately wasted them gambling at a game of dice.

9. What was the final result for the Captain after his spying job failed?

A. Was punished
B. Got rich
C. Fled the country
D. Became noble

A. Was punished.
Jack notes that the Captain was apprehended and subsequently punished after the failure of his secret service mission.

10. What epidemic did Jack return to England during after the Campaign of Turwin?

A. Sweating sickness
B. Bubonic plague
C. Smallpox outbreak
D. Yellow fever

A. Sweating sickness.
Following the Campaign of Turwin, Jack arrived back in London during a severe epidemic of ‘sweating sickness’.

11. What country did Jack travel through after leaving London and escaping the sickness?

A. Germany
B. France
C. Spain
D. Scotland

A. Germany.
To continue his travels abroad and escape the sickness, Jack traveled through the region of Germany.

12. Whom did Jack appeal to for an introduction to the Chief Inquirer, Petro Aretino?

A. Mr. Russell
B. Earl Surrey
C. King Henry
D. Gabriel Harvey

A. Mr. Russell.
Jack sought assistance from Mr. John Russell, a gentleman of King Henry VIII’s court, for an introduction.

13. What position did Petro Aretino hold in the narrative?

A. Chief Inquirer
B. Court Jester
C. Spanish Bandit
D. English Lord

A. Chief Inquirer.
Petro Aretino was identified in the narrative as the Chief Inquirer, or Chief Inquiry Officer.

14. Who was the woman Lyly helped gain freedom and possession of her property?

A. Diamante
B. Juliana
C. Heraclide
D. Geraldine

A. Diamante.
Diamante was successfully given her freedom and the possession of her deceased husband’s property by Aretino.

15. What city, which was her place of birth, did Diamante agree to travel to with Jack?

A. Venice
B. Florence
C. Rome
D. London

A. Venice.
Diamante, upon gaining her freedom, consented to accompany Jack Wilton on a journey to the city of Venice.

16. Where did the Earl of Surrey eventually find his beloved fiancée, Geraldine?

A. Florence
B. Venice
C. London
D. Rome

A. Florence.
The Earl of Surrey travelled, and surprisingly, discovered his fiancée, Geraldine, residing in the city of Florence.

17. What type of poem did the Earl of Surrey compose in Florence for Geraldine?

A. Sonnet praise
B. Epic tragedy
C. Moral ode
D. Historical ballad

A. Sonnet praise.
The Earl of Surrey was so moved by seeing his fiancée that he composed a sonnet entirely in praise of her.

18. What kind of competition did the Earl organize to defend Geraldine’s honor?

A. Jousting battle
B. Sword duel
C. Archery contest
D. Wrestling match

A. Jousting battle.
To uphold his declaration of Geraldine’s beauty, the Earl organized a challenging competition of jousting.

19. What was the result of the jousting tournament for the Earl of Surrey?

A. Defeated opponents
B. Lost honor
C. Fled the country
D. Was captured

A. Defeated opponents.
The Earl of Surrey performed successfully, defeating every single knight who participated in the combat.

20. Which city did Jack travel to after the Earl of Surrey was recalled to England?

A. Rome
B. Venice
C. Florence
D. Naples

A. Rome.
After the Earl’s departure, Jack Wilton continued his journey through Italy, heading specifically for the city of Rome.

21. Who provided Jack and Diamante with comfortable lodging upon their arrival in Rome?

A. Husband’s acquaintance
B. English Lord
C. Petro Aretino
D. Zadoch Jew

A. Husband’s acquaintance.
In Rome, Jack found comfortable accommodation from an acquaintance who knew Diamante’s recently deceased husband.

22. What structures did Jack spend time visiting while wandering around Rome?

A. Statues monuments
B. Gardens ruins
C. Art museums
D. Ancient castles

A. Statues monuments.
Jack spent his time viewing the various statues, shrines, and monuments scattered throughout the ancient city of Rome.

23. What did Jack prefer to talk about instead of the historical stories of Rome?

A. His misfortunes
B. Religious views
C. City gossip
D. Political troubles

A. His misfortunes.
Jack notes that instead of recounting Roman history, he preferred discussing his own past misfortunes.

24. What did the gentlemen in Rome wear, setting them apart from Jack’s foreign fashion?

A. Black dress
B. White tunics
C. Colourful robes
D. Military armour

A. Black dress.
Gentlemen in Rome were noted for their distinct fashion of wearing black clothes and keeping their hair short.

25. What devastating event visited Rome during the hot summer Jack described?

A. Epidemic plague
B. Bandit invasion
C. Great fire
D. Severe flood

A. Epidemic plague.
Jack witnessed the terrible effects of the plague epidemic that occurred during the particularly hot summer in Rome.

26. What was the nationality of the bandit leader Esdras, who attacked rich houses during the plague?

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

A. Spanish.
The bandit who led raids on wealthy houses during the Roman plague was named Esdras of Granada, a Spaniard.

27. What happened to Diamante when the bandit Esdras attacked Jack’s residence?

A. Taken forcibly
B. Escaped unharmed
C. Joined bandit
D. Killed servant

A. Taken forcibly.
Esdras’s band looted Jack’s dwelling, and Diamante herself was forcibly taken away by the Spanish bandit.

28. What crime was Jack wrongly suspected of and imprisoned for in Rome?

A. Rape murder
B. Theft banditry
C. Spying treason
D. Usury debt

A. Rape murder.
Jack Wilton was taken prisoner because he was wrongly suspected of committing the crime of rape and murder.

29. Where was Jack being held captive when the banished English Lord came to rescue him?

A. Barber’s shop
B. Zadoch’s cellar
C. Public jail
D. Church crypt

A. Barber’s shop.
Jack was found and rescued by the English Lord at a barber’s shop where he was being detained.

30. What was the political status of the English Lord who rescued Jack from imprisonment?

A. Was banished
B. Was a spy
C. Was a merchant
D. Was a scholar

A. Was a banished.
The gentleman who came to Jack’s aid was the English Lord who had been formally banished from his own country.

31. What was the English Lord’s advice to Jack about staying in Italy?

A. Return England
B. Stay safe
C. Visit Florence
D. Learn language

A. Return England.
The banished English Lord advised Jack to return home, citing the unhealthy and hot climate of the country.

32. Who was the Jew whose cellar Jack accidentally fell into while seeking shelter from the rain?

A. Zadoch
B. Zacharie
C. Esdras
D. Basterd

A. Zadoch.
While seeking refuge from a sudden rainstorm, Jack fell through a hole into the cellar of the Jew named Zadoch.

33. What was Zadoch the Jew’s intention for using Jack’s young body?

A. Dissect body
B. Sell organs
C. Use as servant
D. Ransom money

A. Dissect body.
The Jew Zadoch planned to dissect Jack’s body to use his parts for various medical experiments.

34. What was the name of the female prisoner who became romantically interested in Jack?

A. Juliana
B. Diamante
C. Heraclide
D. Tabitha

A. Juliana.
Juliana, who was kept by the Pope, became attracted to Jack Wilton because of his youth.

35. Whom did Juliana intend to discredit by poisoning the Pope’s medicine?

A. Dr. Zacharie
B. Zadoch Jew
C. English Lord
D. Spanish Ambassador

A. Dr. Zacharie.
Juliana mixed poison into the Pope’s medicine specifically to cast blame on Dr. Zacharie.

36. What was Diamante’s relationship to Zadoch the Jew after her earlier capture by the bandit?

A. Bond-maid
B. Lover
C. Wife
D. Slave owner

A. Bond-maid.
After her capture, Diamante was given to Zadoch the Jew and served in his house as a bond-maid.

37. Who directed Diamante to put poison in Juliana’s food or drink?

A. Dr. Zacharie
B. Zadoch Jew
C. The Pope
D. English Lord

A. Dr. Zacharie.
Dr. Zacharie, seeking revenge against Juliana, instructed Diamante to poison Juliana’s food or drink.

38. What did Diamante promise Juliana in return for protection and help escaping the Jew?

A. Large dowry
B. Jewels gold
C. Eternal service
D. Secret money

A. Large dowry.
Diamante promised to give Juliana a large sum of property or money as a dowry in exchange for protection.

39. What grand event did Jack and Diamante attend with Juliana near the story’s end?

A. Spanish feast
B. Pope’s funeral
C. Jousting battle
D. Venice fair

A. Spanish feast.
Jack and Diamante went with Juliana to a lavish feast hosted by the Spanish Ambassador in Rome.

40. What action did Jack and Diamante take while Juliana was distracted at the feast?

A. Ran away
B. Got married
C. Fought Jew
D. Confessed plot

A. Ran away.
Jack and Diamante seized the opportunity at the feast to run away together.

41. What did Jack and Diamante take from Juliana when they escaped?

A. Money valuables
B. Bond-maid freedom
C. Food drink
D. Jewels clothes

A. Money valuables.
Upon running away, Jack and Diamante looted all of Juliana’s money and portable valuables.

42. What did Juliana discover when she returned home after the feast?

A. Had been looted
B. Found freedom
C. Found a new home
D. Married Zadoch

A. Had been looted.
Juliana came back from the Ambassador’s feast only to find that she had been completely looted by Jack and Diamante.

43. What was the English opinion of Englishmen who travelled, according to the banished Lord?

A. Shun travel
B. Highly praised
C. Were scholars
D. Were spies

A. Shun travel.
The English Lord noted that generally, Englishmen dislike those who travel and advise others to shun travel.

44. What biblical figure’s fate did Nashe warn London would suffer unless they reformed?

A. Jerusalem
B. Babylon
C. Sodom
D. Nineveh

A. Jerusalem.
Nashe warned in his work, Christ’s Teares over Jerusalem, that London would suffer Jerusalem’s fate without reformation.

45. What character trait of the Captain made him susceptible to Jack’s deceitful plan?

A. Too trusting
B. Too intelligent
C. Too poor
D. Too brave

A. Too trusting.
Jack implied the Captain was gullible, advising him he must not sleep, but ‘sleep with his eyes open’.

46. What characteristic of Jack enabled his success in his exploits across Europe?

A. Power of persuasion
B. Physical strength
C. Military training
D. Great wealth

A. Power of persuasion.
Jack’s ability to read character and his strong persuasive power ensured his success during his travels.

47. What was the reason the bandit Esdras failed to listen to Heraclide’s pleas?

A. Didn’t believe
B. Didn’t care
C. Was deaf
D. Was ill

A. Didn’t believe.
The source implies Esdras did not listen to the matron Heraclide’s pleas, leading to his fatal poisoning.

48. What was Diamante’s place of birth that Jack was accompanying her to?

A. Venice
B. Florence
C. London
D. Rome

A. Venice.
After gaining her freedom and property, Diamante told Jack that her birthplace was Venice.

49. What object did Juliana mix a little poison into to poison the Pope?

A. The medicine
B. Wine
C. Water
D. Food

A. The medicine.
Juliana craftily mixed a small quantity of poison into the medicine that was intended for the Pope.

50. Who was the matron who scared the bandit Esdras away by threatening to breathe plague on him?

A. Heraclide
B. Diamante
C. Juliana
D. Geraldine

A. Heraclide.
The matron Heraclide protected herself from the bandit by threatening to breathe the infectious plague on him.

Brief Overview

The Unfortunate Traveller or The Life of Jack Wilton, by Thomas Nashe, is a short novel published in 1594. It is a picaresque, episodic first-person narrative.

The novel follows the protagonist’s chaotic adventures across Europe, focusing on his deceptive tricks and encounters with historical figures.

The protagonist, Jack Wilton, begins as a page, or attendant gentleman, at the court of King Henry VIII. He tricks a Cider Merchant by falsely suggesting the King suspects him of spying for the French King. The merchant then gives the soldiers in the camp complimentary wine to please the King.

Jack also convinces a gullible, “idiot” Captain to take a secret service job. Jack sends the Captain to the enemy camp as a spy. When the Captain is punished, he spends the money Jack earned gambling at dice.

After the Campaign of Turwin, Jack returns to England and finds a terrible epidemic of “sweating sickness” in London. He quickly travels abroad in Europe. He helps a woman named Diamante gain her freedom and property through Petro Aretino, the chief Inquirer.

Diamante agrees to travel with Jack to Venice, her birthplace. Jack later travels to Rome with Diamante. While in Rome, Jack visits the statues and monuments.

During a plague, a Spanish bandit, Esdras of Granada, attacks Jack’s residence and forcibly takes Diamante away. Jack is later imprisoned on suspicion of rape and murder. An English Lord, who is a banished outlaw, rescues Jack from the barber’s shop prison.

Diamante and Jack eventually run away during a feast, taking Juliana’s money. Jack ultimately converts to a better way of life.