TDoM Act 3

Question 1

how many children do the Duchess and Antonio have together act the start of act 3

Answer 1

3

Question 2

what does Antonio say the “common rabble” are calling the duchess

Answer 2

“strumpet”

Question 3

figurative language used in act 3 to describe ferdinand’s suspicious attitude

Answer 3

• “so quiet he seems to sleep the tempest out”
• “those houses that are haunted are most still”

Question 4

who does F suggest to the D she marry

Answer 4

Count Malateste

Question 5

when Bosola claims the D is victim to “some sorcery”, F replies that..

Answer 5

the only witchcraft is in her “rank blood”

Question 6

what does F demand from B at the end of 3.1?

Answer 6

the key to the D’s bedchamber

Question 7

in 3.2, what adjective best describes the atmosphere of the opening

Answer 7

playful

Question 8

A makes several allusions in 3.2 to classical literature to..

Answer 8

raise questions about the nature of love and marriage

Question 9

what does the D say when she realises F is in her bedchamber (3.2)

Answer 9

“Tis welcome: For know, whether I am doom’d to live or die, I can do both like a prince”

Question 10

what animal imagery does F use in 3.2?

Answer 10

The D is a “screeching owl”
He wishes he could “change eyes with a basilisk” to kill her husband on sight
The “howling of a wolf” is music to the D

Question 11

what does F claim the D doesn’t know th meaning of in 3.2?

Answer 11

reputation

Question 12

what are F’s parting words to the D in 3.2?

Answer 12

“I will never see thee more”

Question 13

what does F leave the D with in 3.2?

Answer 13

his poniard

Question 14

who does A believe betrayed him

Answer 14

cariola

Question 15

in 3.2 what does the D accuse A of infront of Bosola and the other guards

Answer 15

stealing from her

Question 16

why doesn’t B believe the D’s accusations about Antonio (3.2)

Answer 16

he thinks he’s “too honest”

Question 17

fill in the gaps of B’s exclamation after he hears the truth about the D’s relationship:
“Can this _____ age / have so much _____ in it to prefer / a man merely for his _____ without these _____ of wealth and ____ honours?”

Answer 17

ambitious
goodness
worth
shadows
painted

Question 18

where does B say he will “ wear the secret of his prince”

Answer 18

“on the inside of [his] heart”

Question 19

when B suggests feigning a pilgrimage to the Lady of Loretta, what does Cariola say?

Answer 19

“i do not like this jesting with religion”
“this feigned pilgrimage”

Question 20

where is 3.4 set

Answer 20

shrine of our lady loretto

Question 21

3.4 - what does the C swap at the shrine in a dumb show

Answer 21

his robes and symbols of religion for swords and symbols of war

Question 22

3.4 dumb show - what does the C remove from the D?

Answer 22

her wedding ring

Question 23

in 3.5, what did the D dream her coronet’s diamonds were changed to

Answer 23

pearls - a symbol of death and tears

Question 24

in 3.5, what does A call F and the C for the first and only time?

Answer 24

“my brothers”

Question 25

why does the D want A to flee with their oldest son (3.5)

Answer 25

in case there is “an ambush” - at least some of them will survive

Question 26

how does the D describe B’s parting kiss (3.5)

Answer 26

“Colder / than that I have seen a holy anchorite / Give to a dead man’s skull”

Question 27

who does the D compare B and his team to?

Answer 27

charon’s boat - she knows if she goes with them she will never leave

Question 28

what is the moral of the D’s allegory about the salmon and the dogfish (3.5)

Answer 28

men are most valued when they are most wretched