Can you keep track of the dozen or so revelations that happen in the last moments of this complicated romance? Test your knowledge of the prophetic dreams, the battle triumphs and the sudden return of the long-lost princes with this Cymbeline Act 5 Quiz. Make your way through the turbulent reconciliation that ends the play.
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Cymbeline Act 5 Quiz
- Where does Act 5 begin
- What is Posthumus’s emotional state at the start of Act 5
- Why does Posthumus fight disguised as a peasant
- Which side does Posthumus initially fight for
- Who is captured during the battle
- Who rescues Cymbeline during the fighting
- What is the outcome of the battle
- What does Posthumus do after the battle
- Why does Posthumus choose imprisonment
- Who appears to Posthumus while he sleeps
- What do Posthumus’s family spirits beg Jupiter for
- How does Jupiter respond to the spirits’ prayers
- What object does Jupiter leave behind
- What is written on Jupiter’s tablet
- Who reveals the tablet’s prophecy later
- Who brings Iachimo before Cymbeline
- What does Iachimo confess to
- How does Posthumus react to Iachimo’s confession
- What disguise is Imogen wearing when she appears
- What mistake does Imogen make upon seeing Iachimo
- What proves Imogen’s true identity
- Who recognizes Imogen first
- How does Posthumus react to realizing Imogen is alive
- What does Belarius finally reveal to Cymbeline
- How does Cymbeline respond to the revelation
- What happens to Lucius at the end
- What does Cymbeline declare about tribute to Rome
- What theme concludes the play
- How does Cymbeline reward Posthumus
- What tone ends the final act